Turn up turn up turn up !! It’s almost Thanksgiving everyone! I hope y’all are already to stuff your faces! We had a great turn out of volunteers helping repair a home in Northside of lifetime residents. Pictured here are … Continued
This month FYR had our 2nd show on North Carolina Politics. Under that umbrella was education. One of our staff reporters/host Elayna, interviewed a teacher from her school on the some of the problems with Education in our state. Check … Continued
Holiday Season!
Next month, Dec 12th; we will be having a Holiday Housewarming at the Jackson Center! We’re looking forward to having everyone join us for hot chocolate, some food, and maybe dancing? Join if you can!
Happy Foodie Friday
Happy Foody Friday everyone! We hope you all are excited about Thanksgiving because we all are! Here’s a recipe for a Sweet Potato Pie by Jimmie Lee Bynum. If you end up using this recipe, contact us and let us … Continued
Staff Reflection: Elizabeth McCain
I could see Toby from my desk when I first arrived at the Jackson Center in January. Toby is a dog that lives in the yellow house live next to St. Josephs. For the first few months there was only … Continued
Letter from our Executive Director
Dear friends: We have a new home. Side-by-side with St. Joseph C.M.E., we are still proudly at the gateway to Northside and still in immediate to proximity to “Heavenly Groceries/Comida Celestial.” What’s new? At first flush: space. We now have … Continued
Education and Research Update
With the opening of the new Northside Elementary School, this has been an extremely exciting time for the Public History Team. We have developed workshops for the students that nearly all of our staff members have played a role in. … Continued
Community Organizing and Advocacy Update
School has started back up at the University for another semester and the new Northside Elementary School has finally reopened. This has been a very exciting time. At the direction of the Compass Group, we engaged in a new student … Continued
Civic Media Update
Fusion Youth Radio is starting its third season! The first show was Sunday, October 20th with the theme of self-love. We have nine wonderful students this year from East Chapel Hill High School and Carrboro High School; two first years, … Continued
Celebrating Home Update
Just over two months ago, we moved into our new space next door to St. Joseph’s church. This has been extremely exciting! We now have a kitchen where we can cook, an entire room just for our library, and, overall, … Continued
tumblr_mvr8km0Nm91rrdbc9o1 HAPPY MUSIC MONDAY! Check out this rendition of “We Shall Not Be Moved” by St. Joseph’s CME choir. It is a song closely associated with political struggle. Hope everyone gets out and votes tomorrow!!! And be sure to tune … Continued