Author Archives: Barbara Baranski
James Street
James Street is a senior from Fuquay-Varina, NC studying Public Policy and Critical Race Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. At his community partner, Blackspace, James has created intentional curriculums and has organized and facilitated organizational processes for efficiency. … Read more
Aislinn Antrim
Aislinn Antrim is a Journalism major with a Women’s and Gender Studies minor working with issues of education and community building at Roger’s Road Community Center. While at RENA, she has helped in the after-school tutoring program, assisted in implementing … Read more
Volunteers for Youth
Volunteers for Youth aims to prevent juvenile delinquency by providing community support and guidance. Susan Worley, the executive director, has been working there since she graduated from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work in 1988. During her studies … Read more
TABLE, Inc.
TABLE serves the children of Chapel Hill and Carrboro by providing emergency food aid to those in need. The Program Director, Laura Dille, became involved at TABLE while she was a student at UNC-Chapel Hill after going on an Alternative … Read more
Street Scene Teen Center (Street Scene, Inc./Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation)
The Street Scene Teen Center is a safe place for youth to hangout in a drug- and alcohol-free environment. Samathryn Witham, the current director, became involved in the Teen Center while she was gaining her Masters in Education degree at … Read more
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE)
SCALE is a national organization that grew out of the Campus Y and is currently affiliated with the School of Education at UNC Chapel Hill. It promotes literacy by utilizing evidence-based teaching techniques and a learner-centered approach, including analysis of … Read more
Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) Community Center
The RENA Community Center serves the Rogers Road community, which has historically been mistreated by the local government. A landfill was opened there in 1972 with the promise that it would close in 10 years and that the town would … Read more
Orange County Family Resource Center (Chapel Hill Training-Outreach Project)
Orange County Family Resource Centers offer services in low-income communities at no cost to the residents. Unfortunately, three of the four centers have had to close in the past few years due to various issues, leaving only the Dobbins Hill … Read more
The Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Making and Saving History
The Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s vision is creating a “beloved community” in the Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods of Chapel Hill. All of their services are developed based on community need, and their work is rooted in oral history. The … Read more