Facing Our Neighbors Exhibit
Who are our neighbors? What makes a neighborhood strong? How can and should we be neighbors in the face of rapid change?
In the historic “Northside” area of Chapel Hill / Carrboro, North Carolina, economic development, food insecurity, and homelessness are on the rise. Home ownership is on the downswing; student rentals are popping up everywhere; truly affordable housing is hard to come by. Formerly segregated neighborhoods are becoming increasingly diverse. In the spring of 2010, university students and friends and staff of the Jackson Center for Saving and Making History began to ask people who live and work around the historic Northside of Chapel Hill / Carrboro about the nature and future of the neighborhood. One result was an interactive exhibit and May Day Festival of which this online exhibit is but a token.
You’ll see here three portraits of some of our neighbors. Click here to view more portfolios, reflections by others, and excerpts from poems by local youth about what it means to live together in a changing world.
Nothing Without Our History
Ms. Esphur Foster discusses the importance of history for her and her community.
On Chapel Hill
Mr. Eugene Farrar calls for work to be done in Chapel Hill, particularly in the area of affordable housing.
The Hildebrand Name
Dr. Reginald Hildebrand shares the story of how his family came to have its name.