Communiversity Youth Programs (CYP), sponsored by the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at UNC, is a program helping local elementary and middle school students expand their experiences and education outside of the classroom. UNC Bonners have … Read more
we are (working to extend anti-racist education) provides anti-racism training for children, families, and educators. we are works towards dismantling systemic racism in education by offering summer camps for children in rising 1st-5th grade, professional development for educators, and workshops … Read more
Compass Center for Women and Families helps all people navigate their journey to self-sufficiency, safety, and health. The Center empowers individuals and promotes equal access to opportunity regardless of gender or economic status. Services include career and financial education, domestic … Read more
The Community Empowerment Fund (CEF) is a student-powered non-profit organization focused on enabling and sustaining transitions out of homelessness and poverty. Founded in 2009, CEF provides relationship-based support, workforce development, financial education, and matched savings accounts to individuals experiencing or … Read more
The following blog was written by Veda Patil, a first-year Bonner partnered with the Jackson Center. Before I was a Bonner, I didn’t think I could be one. When I heard about the Bonner Leaders Program at orientation this … Read more
The following blog was written by Owais Mahmood, a sophomore Bonner Leader who is partnered with Dobbins Hill and was selected to be the sophomore representative at the national Bonner Congress. I would have imagined the experienced that I had … Read more
The following blog was written by Jerome Allen, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and the Bonner Leaders Program who has been working in the Ukraine through Peace Corps. “Close your eyes. Breathe. Now, imagine yourself in front of the Campus Y in … Read more
Dan’Tayia Marable is a Biology major with minors in Chemistry and African and African-American Diaspora Studies. The social justice issues in which Dan’Tayia focuses on through her community partner are education and more directly closing the school to prison pipeline, as … Read more
Tiffany Turner is a senior Public Policy major with minors in Social and Economic Justice and Marine Science. Over the last three years with Bonner Leaders, Tiffany was partnered with TABLE, a Carrboro nonprofit that provides healthy, emergency food aid to children … Read more
Kamille Vargas graduated from Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Vargas worked as a Karate Teacher Assistant at family development center, volunteered for Beverly Woods Elementary’s Mother and Son Carnival, Santa’s Bag, Ronald McDonald House, and Centro Medico Latino’s … Read more
