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  • Immigration Matters: A Conversation on Policy and Law

    International Civil Rights Center & Museum 134 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC, United States

    Facilitated by Dr. Omar Ali, Dean Emeritus at UNC Greensboro and Senior Fellow at the ICRCM, this community educational forum will bring together legal practitioners and community leaders to discuss the current landscape of U.S. immigration law and policy, including DHS detention practices and the broader impact of policy changes on communities. The event will feature expert panelists and offer attendees the opportunity to learn, ask questions, and engage in meaningful dialogue both in person and online.

  • Freedom-Makers: Maroons and the Underground Railroad

    Led by historian Omar H. Ali from UNC Greensboro, this offering will be a virtual visit to the “Underground Railroad Tree” in the Guilford Woods of North Carolina. The 300-year-old Tulip Poplar tree is a living monument and witness to the freedom-seekers who were part of this eastern seaboard launching point of the Underground Railroad during the early 19th century. The great tree is located in a 350-acre forest in Greensboro, N.C. We will walk through the woods, share the history of the area, read excerpts from primary source accounts (journals and runaway ads), look at material culture and discuss the oral history of runaway enslaved people (maroons), and explore the ways in which we–people and our living world–create community and connectivity underground, overground, everywhere.