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Beyond that, our growing global interdependence means that UNC students, faculty and staff have brought their dedication, energy and talents to bear on a range of problems confronting people throughout the world. Upcoming Events The Organizing Against Racism (OAR) Alliance is a local, grassroots group educating about and organizing against institutional and systemic racism. OAR is sponsoring four forums in fall of 2012 focusing on Civil Rights and Disenfranchisement, Economic Justice, Health, and Education. September 10 - Hargraves Center, Roberson Street, Chapel Hill Civil Rights & Disenfranchisement Speaker: Darryl Atkinson, Southern Coalition for Social Justice September 20 - OWASA Community Room, Jones Ferry Rd, Carrboro Economic Justice Panel: Ajamu Dillahunt, Senior Outreach Coordinator, Workers' Rights Project, NC Justice Center Robert Dowling, Executive Director, Community Home Trust Maxine Eichner, Professor, UNC School of Law Ellen Harnick, Senior Policy Counsel, Center for Responsible Lending October 4 - United Church of Chapel Hill, MLK Jr Blvd Health Panel: Gayle Harris, Durham County Health Director - invited Adam Searing, NC Justice Center - invited Pam Silberman, NC Institute of Medicine October 18 - United Church of Chapel Hill, MLK Jr Blvd Education Panel: Sandy Darity, Duke Professor of Public Policy, Professor of African and African-American Studies and Economics, and Chair, Department of African and African American Studies; Director, Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality - invited Mark Dorosin, UNC Center for Civil Rights Katy Munger, Progess NC The forums are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. All start at 7:00 p.m. Frank Porter Graham Lecture: American Poverty: The Hidden Story October 15, 2012Memorial Hall, 7:30 This lecture will feature award-winning photojournalists, Steve Liss and Jon Lowenstein. Liss and Lowenstein are among the founders of AmericanPoverty.org, an organization of photojournalists dedicated to poverty alleviation in the US. Centers & Initiatives Center for Banking & FinanceCenter for Civil RightsCenter for Law, Environment, Adaptation & ResourcesCenter for Law & GovernmentCenter on Poverty, Work & OpportunityMessage from the DirectorAboutStaff & BoardEventsPoverty TourMissionPoverty Awareness at UNCPoverty Quick FactsResearch ProjectsPublicationsLocal Service AgenciesPoverty LinksNewsletterBlogNorth Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy CenterUNC Center for Media Law and PolicyDirector Diversity InitiativeIntellectual Property Initiative Go to Top of Page