This week…
…at the Jackson Center we are all over the place! The Bonner Leaders have left us for the year to study for (and then pass) their final exams. Aleck and Hudson are on the third leg of the “Truth and … Continued
This past Saturday, April 21, St. Joseph CME and the Jackson Center hosted an Early May Day for the Northside neighborhood. There was joyful company, delicious food, perfect weather (until the very end), and music to warm your soul. What … Continued
Photo courtesy of Nate Davis Here, Martin Luther King Jr visits the Hargraves Community Center in the Northside neighborhood of Chapel Hill. In honor of the President of the United States visiting Chapel Hill to give a speech about student … Continued
Hello! My name is Ayat Soufan. I work here at the Jackson Center as a part of the Food Justice program. I began my work here during my fall semester at UNC when I joined the Bonner … Continued
Kick-started
The Food Justice Fellows are thrilled to announce that their Kickstarter campaign reached 100% funding on Wednesday evening. Don’t fear – we’re still accepting donations for the project! We can’t wait to save you a place at the table.
(above, from left to right): Della, Joe, Aleck, Monica, and Jasmine getting things done in the Jackson Center, giving moral support, and having a planning session for May Day. (below-left): Chelsea and Jasmine sharing a moment after not seeing each … Continued
Reflections on a Gathering of Movers and Shakers in the Civil Rights Movement
My name is Blanche Brown. I am a first-year student at UNC Chapel Hill, hailing from Tallahassee, Florida, and have been working at the Jackson Center as an intern since the fall. On Saturday, March 24th, a group of Civil Right … Continued
“That Twenty Percent” is an audio piece that Chelsea Alston produced in conjunction with her involvement with Fusion Youth Radio. Generation PRX picked up this piece as a “Pick of March” and it was featured on their blog! Blogger Olivia … Continued
The third week of Kickstarter
“We would take the kids fishing during the summer, spring and summer, and what would happen is, when summer would come, we would take all of those fish and clean them and have a big fish fry for the neighborhood.” … Continued
“Daily Tar Heels staffers Mickey Blackwell and Wayne King, at far right, observe the sit-in that paralyzes Franklin Street on February 8, 1964.” –Courage in the Moment: The Civil Rights Struggle, 1961-1964, Photographs by Jim Wallace, Text by Paul Dickson. Jim … Continued
Development Goals
We are very committed to processes that engage all residents in issues of development. Recently, the town council approved the creation of Shortbread Lofts. Shortbread will be a new development on Rosemary St, right alongside Northside. Standing at seven stories … Continued
tumblr_m176v8PDJ21rrdbc9o1 Nothing Without Our History Esphur Foster, Interviewed by Hudson Vaughan Hello followers! My name is Joe, and I work at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center. We are a center for oral history and advocacy for a safe and friendly … Continued
Kickstarter Update
“As a child we raised most of our vegetables. My father had a huge garden. We had a cow and chickens and of course we had chores too.” – Interview excerpt Hello Friends and Supporters! We are very humbled and … Continued
We are so excited to be on TUMBLR. To show this, we thought we’d share a photo of Hudson, an associate director, and Amanda, a friend of the center, compete against children in the donut eating contest from Fun on … Continued