Stone Center Brings Celebrated Artist Toni Scott’S “Bloodlines” for La Sombra Y El Espíritu II: Women’S Healing Rituals in the Diaspora

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▲ Carrarra Marble. Toni Scott 2007. ▲ Toni Scott 2011.

Stone Center brings celebrated artist Toni Scott’s “Bloodlines” for La Sombra y el Espíritu II: Women’s Healing Rituals in the Diaspora

The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery Series, La Sombra y el Espíritu II: Women’s Healing Rituals in the Diaspora, brings noted Los Angeles multi-media artist Toni Scott to the Stone Center for its Spring 2012 exhibition. Scott’s show, Bloodlines will open on February 7 and run through April 26, 2013.

Bloodlines is a personal and carefully executed exploration work ranges from lifelike sculptures cast in bronze and into the historical foundations of African Americans and fiberglass, to carvings in marble, alabaster, soapstone and their interest in recovery, remembrance, reconnecting Douglas fir — wood from which she carves totem poles and re-visioning. Through sculpture, painting and digital which stand over nine feet tall. Her paintings range from renderings, real stories of courage, survival, and racism large scale colorful figurative works to masterful represen- are explored. tational paintings in oil. A multimedia artist, Toni studied the classic and contemporary masters, is a former student The series was inspired by the years of research done of the Otis College of Art and Design and has a BA from by Scott’s uncle along with historical information and the University of Southern California. poignant stories told by Scott’s father about her Great Grandmother Fannie. Fannie’s story ignited a strong de- An opening reception for the exhibition featuring an artist sire for discovering and understanding America’s history talk by Toni Scott will be held on February 7, 2013 at 7:00 regarding slavery and oppression. p.m. at the Stone Center. The exhibition is co-sponsored by Department of Women’s Studies at UNC at Chapel “With this exhibition we depart slightly from featuring Hill, Carolina Women’s Center, Center for the Study of artists who work, or who are presented, through one me- the American South, and the American Indian Center at dium” said Stone Center director, Joseph Jordan. “Scott UNC at Chapel Hill. La Sombra y el Espíritu II: Women’s is an accomplished artist whose vision has been realized Healing Rituals in the Diaspora, Bloodlines: The work of Toni through a variety of media that extends her expressive Scott will be on display through April 26, 2012. Thegallery capacity as well as the possibilities for those expressions.” is open Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. or by appointment. Toni has sought to express her love of God, Beauty, ▲ The Ugandan Inspiration, Kabakuru Toni Scott 2011. Humanity, and Culture in everything she creates. Her

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Community Afro-Puerto Rican music and Reinvestment dance group, Los Pleneros de la by Zaina Alsous Fall 2012 Sean Douglas Fellow 21, returns to UNC for 2 days of workshops and performances

The late Bill Friday once stated, “Every Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21), a Spanish Harlem-based ensemble that morning a million North Carolinians performs traditional Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance, will perform get up and go to work for wages which in the Stone Center Auditorium on April 20 at 7 p.m. The Stone Center leave them below the poverty line so is hosting LP21 for a two-day residency that will include 2 FREE work- they can pay taxes that finance the shops on Friday, April 19 (one for UNC students and one for members education you receive at Carolina. of the community) and concludes with the performance on April 20th. Your job is to figure out how you’re going to pay them back.”

The ensemble was founded 26 years ago in the South their descendants in the context of plantation life in Bronx, NYC. The name evokes the place of origin of early colonial Puerto Rico. The musical style is highly In this quote, Friday raises a significant purpose its members, the Parada 21 (Bus Stop 21). The Parada participatory with dancers moving their bodies to the of public education — not solely as a tool for 21 was a predominantly black neighborhood in San beat of a drum. Plena has a similar call and response individual advancement, but rather, a public good ▲ Yolanda Rabun as Nina Simone, photos by Kathy Perkins Juan, Puerto Rico where many ofthe islands’ bomba fashion, but places more emphasis on lyrical narration to be redistributed in a process of uplifting our and plena performers resided. The term Los Pleneros of daily life and satirical commentary on current events. means “plena practitioner / musicians” and LP21 are The group also integrates contemporary and traditional communities. considered New York’s preeminent bomba and plena musical styles such as jazz, salsa, rock and rap in its Community reinvestment of resources and musicicans. The ensemble has performed all over the lively and engaging performances. world including Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Australia and education is a practice and a philosophy that is Fall 2012 season opens with capacity crowds at the former Soviet Union. The group consists of an This is the group’s second visit to UNC-Chapel Hill. The of paramount importance to me. Yet this call to intergenerational mix of Puerto Rican folk master’s and Stone Center brought LP21 to campus in 2009 as part reinvest our education in our communities is more of the Carolina Creative Campus Initiative, a yearlong professional musicians united to preserve and honor multifaceted than the popular notion of simply ‘act Nina Simone exhibition and play their heritage. In addition to performing, the group University-wide project initiated by the Office of the Executive Director for the Arts to explore global diaspo- locally’. holds regular workshops in public and private schools, The Nina Simone…What More Can I Say? California, and the archives and personal about the famed singer. Written by poet, Both the play and exhibition garnered ras and examine ideas on migration, nationality and the educating youth about traditional Puerto Rican music I am a product of diaspora — the daughter of exhibition and original play kicked off the collection maintained by Crys Armbrust, playwright and Stone Center artist-in- significant media coverage throughout the politics of home. traditions. Palestinian refugees that settled in the suburbs of Fall 2012 season in September. The exhibi- founder and director of the Nina Simone residence Howard Craft, Nina Simone…. state, with features in The Daily Tarheel, tion featured rare photographs, awards, Memorial Project located in Tyron, North What More Can I Say? starred singer and Independent Weekly, Triangle Tribune, LP21 perform two styles of Afro-Puerto Rican music; For more information on the LP21 workshops or the American south. I carry this diasporic identity personal letters and other documents of Carolina, Nina’s birthplace. The Stone actress Yolanda Rabun, was directed Chapel Hill News, The Herald Sun, UNC each has its own historical trajectory and musical performance ticket info, please call the Stone Center at wherever I go. Yet it is a deliberate choice I make to 919 – 962 – 9001, email [email protected] or visit acclaimed singer and activist Nina Sim- Center hosted Caroll Waymon, brother by UNC’s own Kathryn Williams with Public Radio’s “State of Things” and UNC distinctiveness. Bomba and plena are traditional Afro- utilize my privilege to invest myself in community one. The show combined materials from of Nina Simone, as a special guest at the lighting by UNC professor Kathy Perkins. Public Television’s “Black Issues Forum.” Puerto Rican musical genres respectively dating back to http://[email protected]. needs and struggles. 3 different collections: the Alden Kim- opening night reception. The play’s two night run was a huge suc- The exhibition was also spotlighted on the early 17th and 20th centuries. The music took root This article is adapted from the LP21 Web site and brough Collection, located in Los Angeles cess — hosting standing room only crowds the home page of the University of North when Spanish colonists brought West African slaves to I see this complexity of perspectives in the work group bio and descriptions. California; the Carroll Waymon (brother In addition to the exhibition, the Stone on both the Saturday evening premiere Carolina at Chapel Hill website. cultivate Puerto Rico’s sugarcane. Bomba describes a carried out by the Stone Center, a fusion of of Nina Simone) Collection of San Diego, Center commissioned an original play and Sunday matinee performance. range of regional styles, rhythmic patterns and associ- global understanding with deep roots within the ated dance styles that were cultivated by Africans and North Carolina community; evidenced by the Chapel Hill youth empowerment and engagement program: Communiversity, or bringing in Durham community organizers from El Kilombo Intergaláctico to discuss their commitment to the needs of their Durham neighborhood.

Sean Douglas Leadership Fellows Program The artist the Stone Center chose to spotlight this The Publication of the Afro-Latin/ semester was singer and North Carolina native The Summer - Fall American Research Association The Sean Douglas Leadership Fellows Applicants for the SDLF will be selected on the basis of Nina Simone, in an incredible exhibit and play (SDLF) Program provides an opportunity a combination of factors including scholarship, record “Nina Simone … What More Can I Say?” 2013 Undergraduate (PALARA) invites submissions for of campus and off-campus participation in service / for undergraduate students interested in social justice activities, clarity in describing their The ethos behind actions of community rein- International Studies the Fall 2013 number 16 gaining practical experience in planning objectives for participating in the program, and quality vestment includes a desire to cherish the rich and managing arts, cultural and academic of recommendations submitted in support of their history and culture around us, alongside the Fellowship PALARA, a multi-lingual journal devoted to African diaspora studies published annually programs to serve as an intern at the Stone application. understanding that we are often best equipped to by African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College, is now accepting sub- Center while working closely with the serve the needs of those we live and share with. Application packages should include: The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will be ac- missions for the Fall 2013, Number 16 edition. PALARA is multi-disciplinary and pub- Director. lishes research and creativity relevant to diaspora studies in the Americas and Equatorial As Dr. Joseph Jordan (Stone Center Director) ex- cepting applications from UNC undergraduates for its Summer and Fall • A brief narrative of no more than 4 pages that Guinea in West Africa. Manuscripts should conform to the latest style manual of the The intern will participate in various Center activities 2013 Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship (UISF) beginning addresses the criteria described above; plained to me, community work also requires us to individual discipline and may not exceed twenty-five pages in length. Submissions are to that may include participation in staff, Board and other February 1, 2013. The Stone Center, established in 1988 to support the engage in political analysis to develop a “collective critical examination of all dimensions of African and African-American be sent electronically to the editor of the journal. It is our policy to have all manuscripts key meetings, working on specially designed projects, • An official or unofficial transcript (you may also sense” — what are the needs and the aspirations anonymously refereed; therefore, please omit any identification of authorship from assisting the Director in drafting project, program and diaspora cultures, created the UISF program in support of the Universi- include a brief resume outlining your extracurricular the typescript. The submission should be accompanied by a contact file which lists all special reports and serving as Stone Center representa- present within our community and where are the ty’s effort to globalize the campus and internationalize the curriculum. activities, awards, and other supporting background pertinent information for the author and submitted manuscript (name, university affili- tive at selected gatherings. points of unity? information); UISF recipients are awarded up to $2,500 toward academic research or ation, rank, contact information, and title of submission). We are especially interested in study in an international setting. Through the fellowships, the UISF Interns will receive a stipend for completing the pro- • Two letters of recommendation (from a faculty or staff As a student organizer, I ground my work in the receiving submissions from colleagues in the social sciences. gram. The internship covers a 10-week period and is program supports the participation of students of color and other un- member that is familiar with you and your work). conviction that we don’t choose where to struggle, Don’t delay; email your SUBMISSION today! open to all registered UNC at Chapel Hill sophomores, derrepresented students in travel and study abroad programs. Students PALARA “you struggle where you happen to be”. For more information, please visit www.alarascholars.org juniors and seniors in good academic standing. The dead- Submit your application electronically to stonecenter@ who plan to study abroad in the Summer or Fall of 2013 who are in good standing and enrolled full-time are eligible to apply for the fellowship. Forward submissions and inquiries to: line to apply for the Fall SDLF is March 1, 2013 at 5 p.m. unc.edu, or you may hand deliver to Christopher Wallace In this process of serving the community through at Room 215, The Stone Center. For information call Preference is given for programs from six-weeks to a year in length. Antonio D. Tillis programs, celebrating our rich and layered 919 – 962 – 9001 or email [email protected]. Managing Editor, PALARA histories, telling the often untold stories, working Full instructions and applications are available at the Stone Center, AAAS HB 6134 to build collective consciousness — the Stone suite 215 or on the Center’s website at http://sonjahaynesstonectr.unc. Dartmouth College edu/programs/scholarship-scholarly-initiatives/. The application dead- Center continues to create spaces of community all 34 North Main Street line is March 1, 2013. For more information on the fellowship, contact Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 along the way. Chris Wallace at 919 – 962 – 9001 or email [email protected]. [email protected] spring 2013 politically vibrant atmosphere of the African personalized with the inspiring stories of relent- American community in Kansas City, KS, has less civil rights crusaders who lived under the lived for past forty years in the Tanzanian village ever-present shadow of the state spy apparatus. January 21 | 7 pm | Stone Center Auditorium of Imbaseni. The film uses exclusive interviews and rare He Was a Poem, He Was a Song This event is free and open to the public. historical footage, including segregationist propaganda films, newly uncovered documents, Part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel April 19 and April 20 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose February 19 | 12 pm | Wilson Library (UNC Campus), Pleasants Family Assembly Room * Following screening, reception and film discussion dynamic on-screen graphics and a powerful, Hill annual week long Martin Luther King Jr. Room The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film – Lunch and a Movie Series with film director UNC Professor Joanne Hershfield original music score to bring the story to life. commemoration, the Stone Center joins together with commu- and Charlotte O’Neal. This event is co-sponsored by At the center of the film is an exploration of the nity members, faculty, staff, and students to honor Dr. King’s * Sign up on our Facebook page 24 hours before the screening and we’ll have a free lunch waiting for you! UNC Department of Music; UNC African Studies connection between the state-run spy appara- Los Pleneros de la 21 life, work and legacy through dance, music, poetry, and spoken Center; North Carolina State University African tus and several crucial events in the civil rights word. Reception immediately following program. Children Go Where I Send You Dir: Caroline Stephenson and Jochen Kunstler/Documentary/US/English/35 min./2012 American Cultural Center; UNC Center for Global struggle, the most infamous being the murder of (LP21) workshop and Initiatives and Ackland Art Museum. the three civil rights workers whose bodies were Children Go Where I Send You tells the story of Rosenwald Schools in Hertford County, North Caro- discovered buried under a dam. performance January 30 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room lina. Dr. Dudley E. Flood, noted educator and member of the UNC Board of Governors, narrates the LP21, a Spanish Harlem-based bomba and plena The Diaspora Festival of Afro-Surrealist Film history of the schools in his home county and their impact on the children, families, and communities in which they were located. Hertford County High School students assisted in the production of performing ensemble, will host a workshop and Umkhungo (The Gift) the film, interviewing Rosenwald alumni, and also being interviewed themselves about the changes performance at the Stone Center. Bomba and Dir: Matthew Jankes/Feature Short/South Africa/English/29 min. April 4 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock in education from then to now. plena are traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical /2010 Multipurpose Room genres, respectively dating back to the early Set in the slums of Hillbrow, Umkhungo tells the story of * Following screening, discussion with film directors, Caroline Stephenson and Jochen Kunstler and film Conversation with Christina Sue, 17th and 20th centuries. Themba, a young boy shrouded since birth by paranormal narrator, Dr. Dudley Flood (UNC Board of Governors). This is event is co-hosted by the Southern Historical author of “Land of the Cosmic events; most say haunted by the ancestors. When his mother Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library. Race: Race Mixture, Racism, and April 19 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room is murdered, Themba is rescued by a disillusioned street crimi- nal, Mthunzi, who reluctantly finds himself responsible for this Blackness in Mexico” and Laura LP21 Community Workshop extraordinary young child. Mthunzi, haunted by his own past Lewis, author of “Chocolate and LP21 will host a FREE Workshop for community members. Call and the disappearance of his brother, sets out to profit from the We Corn flour: History, Race, and 919-962-9001 or email [email protected] for LP21 workshop child. Yet the mystery surrounding the boy deepens. Themba and Place in the Making of ‘Black’ information or to RSVP for the workshop. Mthunzi soon learn that Themba’s curse is in fact not a curse, it is Will Mexico” and photo exhibition of a gift; a truly remarkable one — not the least a powerful one. February 21 | 12 PM | Stone Center Hitchcock March 4 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock April 20 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room Multipurpose Room Multipurpose Room Shoot “Carnaval in Coyollilo” a new The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent The Diaspora Festival of Afro-Surrealist Film collection by photographer and LP21 Performance Film – Lunch and a Movie Series Back The Last Angel of History Pumzi scholar Wendy Phillips. LP21 band comes full circle in an energetic performance of * Sign up on our Facebook page 24 hours before the Dir: John Akomfrah/Documentary/United Kingdom/English/45 min. Dir: Wanuri Kahiu/Sci-fi Short/South Africa, Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement traditional and contemporary Afro-Boricua music and dance screening and we’ll have a free lunch waiting for Land of the Cosmic Race is a richly-detailed /1995 Kenya/English/21 min. /2009 works that captures the intense drive and swinging spirit of the you! ethnographic account of the powerful role that Akinyele OmOwAle UmOjA bomba and plena genres. The event is FREE for students with a valid An examination of the relationships between music, Pan-African In a futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War race and color play in organizing the lives and student ID. Tickets are $5 for all others. Please contact the UNC Box culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and computer tech- Seven Songs for Malcolm X III, or The Water War, Asha is a curator at a thoughts of ordinary Mexicans. It presents a Office at 919.962.1449 for ticket info. nology. This cinematic essay posits science fiction (with tropes Dir: John Akomfrah/Documentary/ virtual natural history museum in the Maitu previously untold story of how individuals in such as alien abduction, estrangement, and genetic engineering) United Kingdom/English/52 min. /1993 Community in the Eastern African territory. contemporary urban Mexico construct their as a metaphor for the Pan-African experience of forced displace- identities, attitudes, and practices in the context Intercutting testimonies and eyewitness accounts Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which water March 27 | 3:30 pm | Bulls Head Bookshop (UNC ment, cultural alienation, and otherness. Included are interviews of a dominant national belief system. The book with tableaux and dramatic reenactments, the scarcity has extinguished life above ground, Campus) with black cultural figures, from musicians DJ Spooky, Goldie, centers around Mexicans’ engagement with film explores the life and legacy of Malcolm X. this award-winning short follows one scientist’s and Derek May, who discuss the importance of George Clinton to “We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resis- three racialized pillars of Mexican national ideol- Film includes interviews with his widow Betty quest to investigate the possibility of germinat- their own music, to George Clinton himself. tance in the Mississippi Freedom ogy — the promotion of race mixture, the asser- Shabazz, Spike Lee, and many others. ing seeds beyond the confines of her repressive subterranean Nairobi culture. Movement” Book Discussion with tion of an absence of racism in the country, and February 7 | 7 pm | Stone Center Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery the marginalization of blackness in Mexico. and Museum author Akinyele Omowale Umoja Exhibition Opening Reception and Artist Talk The notion that the civil rights movement in Chocolate and Corn Flour explores the history Transfer the southern United States was a nonviolent and contemporary culture of African descended Dir: Damir Lukacevic /Germany/German w/English La Sombra y el Espíritu: Womens’ Healing movement remains a dominant theme of civil Mexicans in the agricultural village of San Sub-titles/ 91 min./2010 Rituals in the Diaspora Bloodlines: The Work rights memory and representation in popular Nicolás on the southern Pacific Coast of Guerrero of Toni Scott Futuristic capitalism meets old-fashioned culture. Yet in dozens of southern communi- (the Costa Chica). Although the village is consid- colonialism in this crisp, cerebral science fiction ties, Black people picked up arms to defend ered by many to be the “cradle” of Afromexican Bloodlines, by Los Angeles sculptor, painter, and multi-media morality tale in which an elderly white German their leaders, communities, and lives. In We Will culture, Lewis finds that few of the inhabitants artist Toni Scott, is an all-encompassing large-scale installation industrialist and his wife of 50 years swap bodies Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi identify as African or black, instead referring to on the subject of the African American journey from slavery to ◄ Barbara Ransby with a couple of young, healthy, and beautiful Freedom Movement, Umoja argues that armed themselves as morenos, or black Indians. freedom. It speaks of resilience and tragedy, hope and history. African strangers. “Blacks have an advantage,” resistance was critical to the efficacy of the Carnaval in Coyollilo photo exhibit explores the says the saleswoman for the high-tech personal- southern freedom struggle and the dismantling Scott uses photography, graphic design, digital rendering, intimate Carnaval celebration of the Afromestizo ity transfer firm Menzana. “Our earth is getting of segregation and Black disenfranchisement. and in an “extraordinary fusion of forms and materials in this February 26 | 3:30 pm | Bulls Head Bookshop town of Coyollilo, with community members hotter. We’re vulnerable; they’re resistant.” The To overcome the system of segregation, Black remarkable installation.” (UNC Campus) pooling efforts to prepare food, participate in a discreet procedure is initially a great success, but people had to overcome fear to present a signifi- procession, present regional dance and music, “Eslanda: The Large and there’s a catch: for four hours each night, the cant challenge to White domination. Armed self- and to “party” one last time before the begin- February 12 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul young hosts regain control of their bodies and defense was a major tool of survival in allowing ning of Lent. The images in this collection are soon come to resent the exploitation of their some Black southern communities to maintain Education For Action: A Social Justice Series Event Robeson” Book Discussion with made by painting silver gelatin emulsion onto to privileged “clients.” their integrity and existence in the face of White author Barbara Ransby handmade paper from the artists’ collective in El Kilombo Intergaláctico presents An supremacist terror. San Augistin, in the state of Oaxaca and printing other politics Eslanda “Essie” Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a them using traditional darkroom chemistry. colorful and amazing life. She was a woman of March 19 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock Multi- El Kilombo Intergaláctico is a community of migrants, students, unusual accomplishment — an anthropologist, a purpose Room March 27 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock working class, and people of color in Durham, NC. We came together April 11 | 7 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock prolific journalist, a tireless advocate of women’s The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Multipurpose Room around a shared desire to live and act politically. We have spent Multipurpose Room rights, an outspoken anti-colonial and antiracist Film – Lunch and a Movie Series The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent several years together investigating and enacting an alternative model activist, and an internationally sought-after “Mama C: Urban Warrior in the Film Nine Muses for social change based in collective self-determination. The Diaspora Festival of Afro-Surrealist Film speaker. Yet historians for the most part have African Bush” Film Screening and Spies of Mississippi confined Essie to the role of Mrs. Paul Robeson, In the workshop, we will explore the limitations and possibilities Discussion Special Sneak Preview Screening and discussion Dir: John Akomfrah/Sci-fi /Ghana, United of both activism and the academy to enact political change and a wife hidden in the large shadow cast by her with film producer Dawn Porter Kingdom/ English/94 min. /2011 famous husband. In this masterful book, biog- Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush tells discuss the lessons that we draw from the history of struggle in A little-known chapter of American history, the Part documentary, part personal essay, this ex- rapher Barbara Ransby refocuses attention on the story of Charlotte O’Neal — or Mama C as the US and across the world in order to lay out a rough guide to frightening world of anti-civil rights espionage is perimental film combines archive imagery with Essie, one of the most important and fascinating she is known — poet, musician, visual artist, our approach to contemporary political action. presented in the film Spies of Mississippi. Replete the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell black women of the twentieth century. spoken word artist and ex-member of the Kansas with eerie accounts of the informants, infiltra- the story of immigrant experience coming into City Black Panther Party. Mama C, whose life tors, and agent provocateurs who worked in the the UK from 1960 onwards. was formed growing up in the artistically and shadows to undercut the movement, the film is

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Sonja Haynes Stone Center Turns 25 Recognizing Our Donors A special thanks to our loyal donors, and to our anonymous donors, who support the work of the Stone Center. Your generosity provided opportunities for students to travel and study abroad, supported numerous scholarly and social justice outreach Celebration begins Fall 2013! initiatives, art and documentary exhibitions and powered Communiversity through its 20th year of service. We are deeply grateful for your support of the Stone Center this, and every year!

For the past twenty-five years, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center has The Stone Center’s accomplishments are remarkable: an annual $25,000 positioned itself as a premier resource for Black culture, history and a scholarly impact in the areas of abroad travel and professional and aca- Ms. CatriceLaVell Adams Mr. Jonathan Edward Curtis Mr. Brendan Todd Haywood Ms. Brittani Chanae McKnight Ms. Norma McCoy Royal platform for social and intellectual conversation surrounding Africa and demic support, more than 750 events hosted in our facility per year and Ms. Dorothy Adams Mr. Carlton Bernard Dallas Ms. Ashley Joy Heilprin Judge Rickye McKoy-Mitchell Ms. Anitra Goodman Royster the African diaspora. A regal presence on Carolina’s campus and in the thousands of annual supporters of our work. Mr. Louis Adams Ms. Michelle B. Dallas Ms. LiloAlfreida Hester Mr. Bernard Aaron McLean Ms. Carla Brown Rumph Chapel Hill-Carrboro community, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Mr. Samuel Dean Adams Ms. Saundra Clement Daniels Mr. Reginald Hewett Dr. Barbara Butler McPherson Mr. Nathaniel L. Rumph II In 2001, the center aired independent film “Follow me Home,” which Ms. Wanda Mayo Adams Mrs. Bernice Howard Davenport Ms. Stacie B. Hewett Ms. Zaire D. McRae Ms. Denise K. Sampson Black Culture and history, opened on July 1, 1988, as the UNC Black featured actors Benjamin Bratt and Alfre Woodard, allowing us to bring Aetna-PAC Program Ms. Adrienne Bailey Davis Hi-Berry Inc Ms. Paulette Walton Mebane Mr. James Phillip Scotton Cultural Center, and since then more than 100,000 patrons have graced acclaimed actor Alfre Woodard to campus, where she addressed the Ms. Pamela Merle Alsobrook Mr. Delvin Maurice Davis Ms. Koryn Nichole High Mr. Willie H. Mebane Jr. Mr. Phillip QuennelScotton its halls. The free-standing facility known as the Sonja Haynes Stone Ms. Mary Umberg Andrews Ms. Kenya Tanganyika Davis Mr. Samuel Cameron Hill Mr. A. Leon Miller Ms. Marywinne Sherwood alarming September 11th events. This lecture filled UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center broke ground in April of 2001. Mr. Michael L. Andrews Ms. Melissa Henderson Davis Mr. Christopher LaVone Hinton Ms. Florentine Alfreda Miller Ms. Courtney Ann Shipp Memorial Hall, which seats 1434 guests. Mr. Peter Apone Ms. Cheryl Denise Day Mr. Reginald Stratford Hinton Dr. R. Christopher Miller Anonymous Many luminaries — scholars, artists, musicians, singers, dancers and Dr. Stephen John Appold Anonymous Ms. Tami Williams Hinton Mr. Charles Everette Mills Dr. Hermon Walter Smith III A more recent highlight: “Nina Simone: What more can I Say?” the one- performers — have made appearances on our stages, and 60,000 stu- Ms. Phyllis Arnold Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Dr. John Bates Hipps Mr. Artis Mills-Hall Ms. Danielle Laura Spurlock woman, one-act dramatic presentation inspired by the life of Nina dents are served each year by facility spaces. The Stone Center is a grow- Ms. Marjorie Arrington Ms. Linda Brown Douglas Mr. Ronald Stuart Holland Jr. Mr. Grady Mims Ms. Alicia DeCarla Steadman Simone and written by local playwright, Howard Craft. The presenta- Mr. Marcus Eugene Atkinson Ms. Chanda J. Douglas-Ward Ms. Emma Worthy Howard ing presence for cultural tourism and artistry with presentations that Ms. Lynnette Mims Anonymous tion, which commanded two capacity audiences in the Stone Center’s Ms. RenaePlattenberger Atkinson Ms. Sally Kaye Dove Ms. Yolanda Consuelo Howard Mr. Timothy Adams Minor Anonymous have included Nnenna Freelon, Alfre Woodard, the Carolina Chocolate Theatre, featured local artist and singer Yolanda Rabun and was directed Ms. YinkaAyankoya Mr. Brian J. Doyle Mr. Horace Humphrey Ms. Rhyan Ashley Minter Dr. David Lawrence Straight Drops, Melissa Harris-Perry, and Carolina’s own E. Patrick Johnson. by Kathy Williams. Mr. William Edward Barksdale Jr. Ms. Nicole Natasha Duggins Ms. Winona C. Humphrey Ms. Cheryl Mitchell Ms. Brenda Strong Mr. D. Arkell Barnes Mr. Therren Jermaine Dunham IFFC LLC Ms. Denise Nicole Mitchell Mr. Harvey Strong “It’s fantastic to think about what has happened with culture here over Join us as we celebrate, honor and reflect on our Center’s rich heritage Ms. Margaret Bryant Barrett Mr. Mark Fitzgerald Dunn Ms. Jokena C. Islam Mr. James Mitchell Anonymous the past 25 years because this has always been a place for inclusion and in the areas of the performance and visual arts, scholarship and schol- Dr. Constance Yvonne Battle Ms. Uconda Ruffin Dunn Mr. Rushdan Islam Mr. Rick Mitchell Mr. Thomas William Suttles dialogue, and continues to be a place for progressive thought and in- Ms. Leslie MashelBauknight Dr. Connie Clare Eble Dr. Candice Love Jackson Ms. Wanda Tucker Moore Ms. Terita Sutton-Williams arly initiatives and social justice outreach programs! novative programming,” Assistant Director Joscelyne Brazile says of the Mr. Carroll Louis Belfield Ms. Carol Willis Echols Mr. E. Patrick Johnson Mr. LafminCleofus Morgan Mr. I. Noble Swain Stone Center’s pending milestone. Dr. Calvin Arthur Bell Mr. Gregory Scott Edwards Ms. Camile Brittany Jones Ms. Teri Andrea Morgan Mr. Addison Noel Sweeney Mr. R. Keith Belton Jr. Ms. Margaret M. Eifler Mr. Fred Jones III Ms. Tonya Parker Morgan Ms. Angela Lisa Talton Dr. Gloria Berry-Holly Mr. Thomas Raymond Eifler Ms. Leander Jones Mrs. Mary Nunn Morrow Ms. Kea Prather Taylor Mrs. Reggell Pryor Bertolone Dr. Edward Vernal Ellis Dr. Leigh A. Jones Mr. Dwayne Everette Muhammad Ms. Aqiyla Melissa Thomas Mr. Bobby Ray Best Mr. Joseph Evans Ms. Millie J. Jones Ms. Dara Lee Murphy Dr. Dorothy Elliott Thomas Dr.Judith R. Blau Ms. Annie Fairley Ms. Rosalind Marie Jones-George Mr. Eric Benjamin Myers Ms. Margaret T. Thomas Ms. Kristen Suzanne Bonatz Reverend Robert Fairley Sr. Anonymous Mr. Lewis Horace Myers Ms. Rosa Emory Thomas Ms. Veronica Nichols Boyd Mr. Michael Lynn Farmer Dr. Joseph F. Jordan New Zion United Methodist Church Ms. Danita Marie Thompson Mr. Anthony Eugene Braddy Ms. Doris Ferree Ms. Nadine Pickett Jordan Ms. Sue Marshall Nicholson Ms. Audrey Boone Tillman Mr. Matthew Ernesto Bradley Mr. James Ferree Ms. Maya Simone Jumper Ms. Tammy Denise Nicholson Dr. Otis Edward Tillman Jr. Ms. Angela M. Brice-Smith Mr. E. J. Fleishman Anonymous Dr. Thomas Westray Nicholson Dr. Phillip Zachary Timmons Communiversity Youth Mr. Jerry Bright Dr. Mark Christopher Fleming Ms. Lynne K. Kane Dr. Wanda Kay Nicholson Mr. Andre LaroneTippens Mr. Barry Omar Gaetean Brinkley Ms. Jeri Fisher Flood Mr. Charles Kearney Mr. Robert Lawrence Nixon Ms. Andrea Fulton Toliver Program en ters 21st year, spotlight Ms. Aishah Briscoe Dr. Roy DeVonne Flood Jr. Ms. Cynthia Kearney Ms. Margie Norman Ms. Ella Simmons Tomlinson Ms. Bianca Rae Champagne Brown Mr. Maurice Keith Foushee Ms. Connie Kelley-Sidberry Mr. Ronald Norman Mr. Gershom G N Tomlinson Mr. Cedric Levon Brown Ms. Teresa Michelle Frazier Dr. James Edward Ketch Ms. Jacquelyn McCray Nowell Ms. Mabel W. Troutman-Jenkins welcomes new director donor Ms. Konstance Leanne Brown Dr. Sylvia A. Frazier-Bowers Mr. W. H. Knight Jr. Ms. Alicia JuneeOdum Mr. Heber Earl Tucker Mr. Sam Lamar Brown Ms. Ida Howell Friday Ms. HemaRaoKondur Ms. Christiana Ms. Michelle Yeager Turner Ms. ToNola Brown-Bland Mr. William Clyde Friday Ms. Patricia Ann Kornegay-Timmons OnomeasikeLeOkoruwa Mr. Kenyatta LavodusUzzell Ms. Beverly Farrow Browne Mr. James Arthur Garriss Ms. Lisa Underwood Kukla Mr. Marshall Okoruwa Mr. Jonathan Blaine Vaughters Development Institute of Greensboro's Spirit Ms. Sylvia Karen Bullock Ms. Marsha MallettGaster Dr. William Wesley Lawrence Jr. Mr. Adekola Akin Okulaja Ms. Karen Sears Vertreese of Excellence AmeriCorps tutorial program. He Mr. Clarence Harvey Burke Mr. Roy Rosser Gaster Ms. Tina Davis Lea Ms. Casella Foster Okulaja Ms. Asia-La’Rae Martin Walker has also taught Basic Skills at Guilford Technical Ms. Syvil Summers Burke Ms. Astrid Laureen Gatling Ms. Ebonie Harrelson Leaven Dr. J. Mark Oliver Ms. DaveneDaShawn Walker Community College, served as a Communica- brendan haywood Ms. MalikaTijarah Butler Ms. Karen Edwina Gavin Ms. Michelle Diane Lewis Dr. Pamela Alston Oliver Mr. Joe Walker tions Intern with the Carolina Panthers and has Ms. Kesha Campbell Ms. Tonia Nicole James Gilchrist Mr. Adam Michael Linker Ms. Monica Glynn Parham Ms. Shirley Walker tutored and mentored in programs such as the This past spring, Charlotte Bobcats’ center and Tar Heel Mr. Craig Warren Carlson Mr. Harry Clayton Gillespie Dr. Keenya L. Little Ms. Jan Paris Dr. Vanessa Siddle Walker National Youth Sports Program, Upward Bound, Brendan Haywood awarded the Stone Center’s Commu- Ms. Shamiah Denise Carlton Dr. Lisa Armsrees Gillespie Mr. Leroy M. Little Jr. Mr. Michael Quinton Parker Ms. Anita Branch Walton the YMCA, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the niversity Youth Programs a grant for $10,000 in honor of Center for Cardiovascular Health Ms. Robin Cox Gillespie Mr. Malcolm Logan Mr. Thomas Parrish Ms. LauresaTennette Washington Black Child Development Institute of Greens- the program’s milestone 20th Anniversary. This generous Dr. Wilsonia Emma Dellena Cherry Dr. Cassandra GoldstonGiraudy Ms. Natasha Latrelle Long Ms. Miranda Shard’E Patterson Mr. Harvey Watson boro. contribution will be used to fund the program’s continued Mr. Michael A. Clark Dr. Anthony Graham Dr. DeWayne Lee Lucas Ms. Veronica M. Patterson Ms. Luesther Watson service to fifty students from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Ms. Simone Rochele Clayton Mr. Julius Graham Mr. Timothy Shawn Lucas Mr. Jeffrey Joseph Philogene Mr. Aaron Mckenzie White Chris received his B.S. in Mass Communication public school system. from N.C. A&T State University and a B.A. in Ms. Alfreda Currie Clegg Ms. Pamela K. Graham Mr. William Norris Luckey Jr. Dr. Bradford Lee Picot Ms. TyechiaLaShauna’ White Communication Studies from UNC Greensboro. The contribution was made through the “Brendan Hay- Mr. Claude Andrew Clegg III Judge George Royster Greene Mr. David J. Mack Mr. Joseph Marion Pipkin Ms. Connie Marie Whitener Additionally, he earned a Nonprofit Manage- wood Single Parents Fund,” a partnership Brendan forged Mr. George Montgomery Cleland IV Ms. Wendy Leigh Greene Ms. Mary B. Mack Ms. Karol Doster Pittman Ms. Celeste Elaine Whittaker ment Certificate from the Duke University with the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro in Mrs. Melissa B. Cleland Mr. Richard Alvin Greenlee Jr. Ms. Mary L. Mack Mr. Lawrence Jerome Pittman Dr. Norman Earl Whitten Jr. Continuing Studies program through a special North Carolina. He initiated the fund with a contribution Ms. Allison Hunter Coleman Mr. Jesse Lee Grissom Jr. Ms. Colette Malone Dr. LeShawndraNyrae Price Ms. April Nichole Williams program offered by the N.C. Commission on of $25,000 and desires to partner with others in the com- Ms. Gwendolyn Trecia Colvin Ms. Karen Dudley Grissom Ms. Deborah A. Marshall Ms. Krista Lynne Purnell Mr. Richard Tyrone Williams Volunteerism and Community Service. munity to help him provide grants to fund programs that Ms. Sadie Ravonia Copeland Ms. Chandra Yolanda Guinn Mr. Khambrel R. Marshall Mr. Christopher Jon Questel Ms. Teresa Holland Williams ▲ Christopher wallace exist to help underprivileged single parent families in North Ms. Joi Marie Corrothers Ms. Rhea Gupta Ms. Caroline Rowe Martens Ms. Anne Raftery Mr. Richard Burton Wilson Chris is an enthusiastic Lakers and Packers fan Carolina. Mr. Jack W. Couch Ms. Harriett Nunn Haith Dr. Christopher Sargent Martens Dr. Rupa Cook Redding-Lallinger Mr. James Stedman Womack II and an even more enthusiastic husband and Ms. Helen Hunter Cox Ms. Ilana Louise Haliwa Mr. B. Deems May Jr. Ms. Mary Louise Brown Reed Ms. Evelena S. Wood father. He currently resides in Greensboro with Brendan’s passion for helping kids is personal. “My mother Ms. LaJeune J. Cox Ms. Ebonie Monique Hall Ms. Susan Williams May Mr. L. Ladell Robbins Mr. Harold Woodard After celebrating a milestone 20 years of con- his wife and their two wonderful sons. raised me as a single parent and she worked twice as hard to Mr. Gregory Sherrill Cranford Ms. Ishna Jami Hall Ms. Andre Flowers Mayes Ms. Shalita Monique Robinson Ms. Joanne Glenn Woodard tinuous service to students in the Chapel Hill make sure I always had the things I needed,” Brendan said of Ms. Cherry Ophelia Crawford Dr. Lizzie Johnson Harrell Ms. Marla Denine McAllister Ms. Valerie Ford Robinson Dr. Terri Angie Wood-Cummings and Carrboro school system in April of 2012, The Communiversity program has been able his motivation to give. “I’ve seen other children from single Ms. DeLisa Woodburn Crosby Dr. Sampson Emanuel Harrell Ms. Clara McArthur Mr. Joseph A. Rodriguez III Mrs. Elicia Timberlake Wright Communiversity Youth Programs enters its 21st to continue its work over the last twenty years parent families who haven’t been as fortunate as me and Mr. Ronald Christopher Crosby Jr. Dr. Hugh A. Harris Mr. Thomas McArthur Mr. Antoine Lee Rogers Ms. Laura Anderson Wright year this January. primarily because of the dedication of its volun- needed a little extra help. I’m hoping this fund will provide Mr. Algernon Darius Crumpler Ms. Maureen M. Harris Ms. Natalie Rochelle McBryant Ms. Robin Allison Rogers Mr. Robert Louis Wynn II teers and the support from donors. If you would The newest member of the Stone Center team, support for numerous single parent families on various Ms. Jennifer TereseCrumpler Ms. Tasia Harris Dr. Brenda Celeste McClain Anonymous Ms. Melanie Pribisko Yen like to learn more about Communiversity, or Christopher Wallace, will be leading the 20 levels and help them during those times when they need Judge Anthony Wayne Cummings Mr. Jerel Walter Harvey Ms. Hortense K. McClinton Dr. Denise Olivia Ross sign up to be a volunteer, please contact us at year old program as the Communiversity and a helping hand.” This gift is Haywood’s first gift to UNC- Ms. Edna C. Cummings Ms. Ernestine Haskins Ms. Elizabeth Ann McCue Dr. Kathleen A. Rounds 919 – 962 – 9001 or email Christopher Wallace Undergraduate Program Director. Prior to join- Chapel Hill. Ms. Gwendolyn Cummings Mr. James Haskins Dr. G. Williamson McDiarmid Dr. Wendy Alexia Rountree at [email protected]. ing the Stone Center team, Chris spent four and Dr. J. F. Cummings Dr. Darnell Felix Hawkins Mr. Rodney E. McKenzie Ms. Angela W. Rowdy Thank you, Brendan, for your commitment to Carolina, and a half years as the Director of the Black Child the surrounding Chapel Hill-Carrboro community! Joseph Jordan Director 919.962.9001 [email protected] SOULS: A Critical Journal of Black politics, Joscelyne Brazile Assistant Director Culture and Society invites submissions for 919.962.9001 [email protected] upcoming issue April Spruill Administrative Manager 919.962.9001 [email protected] The journal explores the intellectual debates that Souls only accepts unsolicited manuscripts by elec- Clarissa Goodlett are central to the work of scholars and activists, tronic submission. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed Program and Public challenging our understanding of history, politics, by members of our Editorial Working Group (EWG) Communications Officer social theory, and culture in ways that create new and our Editorial Advisory Board (EAB), as well as 919.962.9001 possibilities for a democratic praxis and pursuit of other affiliated scholars. [email protected] social justice. Produced in the spirit of the intellectual activism of W. E. B. Du Bois, Souls presents All submissions must include a cover letter that Christopher Wallace includes the author’s full mailing address, email Communiversity and Undergraduate creative and challenging interpretations of the key address, telephone and fax numbers, and profes- Programs Director issues now being confronted by scholars of modern sional, organizational or academic affiliation. The 919.962.9001 black diaspora. 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