Conferences and Events

Jan
19
January 19, 2022 – 12:00 pm
Watch: UNC Center for Civil Rights Panel on Critical Race Theory
Virtual
Oct
15
October 15, 2021 – 3:00 pm
Technology, Inclusiveness, Structural Racism, and Silicon Valley
Virtual
Feb
18
February 18, 2021 – All day
Watch: UNC Center for Civil Rights Symposium
Virtual

The center also develops and hosts a variety of conferences and workshops each year. Among some of the topics the center’s events have covered include:

  • Affirmative action in higher education
  • Voting Rights Act after Shelby County v. Holder
  • Section 8 of Fair Housing Act
  • Ethics of Representing Community Groups
  • Desegregation Law
  • New Strategies for Civil Rights Advocacy
  • School Integration
  • Environmental Justice
  • Municipal Underbounding
  • Leandro and the Right to an Opportunity to a Sound Basic Education
  • Criminal Justice Debt

Academics