Durham Community Events + More

Learning About Context in Durham

To learn more about our local context and the overlapping histories of identity-based oppression and resilience, click here for a comprehensive list of great places to visit in Durham.

This list was created by Nancy Kelly presented, Director of Nicholas Community Engagement & Events.

Indigenous Events

Pow wows happening in the area.  They are open to public and include cultural showcases, vendors, etc. Here are a few:

FAQ for pow wow visitors: https://www.powwows.com/main/pow-wow-visitors-guide/

Overview of NC tribal nations and urban Indian organizations: https://ncadmin.nc.gov/about-doa/commission-indian-affairs

Other Events

“Folklore and the Forest: A Discussion about Chinese Americans in Logging as found in History, Fiction, and Archaeology.:

Date: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 EST

Historians Sue Fawn Chung and William Gow and archeologist Stacey Lynn Camp joined artist and author Shing Yin Khor to discuss Khor’s The Legend of Auntie Po and folklore in the forest. Set in an 1880s logging camp in the Sierras, Khor’s graphic novel weaves together stories of thirteen-year-old Mei and her friends and family—including the mythical Auntie Po, logging camp life, and Chinese American community-building during the Chinese Exclusion Era. Award-winning artist Shing Yin Khor discussed their work with FHS historian Jamie Lewis as part of the Conversations in Forest History series in June (which you can watch on YouTube here). Sue Fawn Chung, Professor Emerita at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is the author of Chinese in the Woods: Logging and Lumbering in the American West and In Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners and Merchants in the American West. William Gow is a California-based community historian, educator, and documentary filmmaker at Sacramento State University, and was founder and director of the Chinatown Remembered Project. Stacey Lynn Camp, an historical archaeologist, is an associate professor of Anthropology and Director of the Michigan State University Campus Archaeology Program who examines migrant and diasporic communities living in the 19th and 20th century Western United States. 

This webinar was presented by the Huntington-USC Institute on California & the West and the Forest History Society. 

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Casting Your Ballot for Environmental Justice: Discussing where protest fills gaps in electoral process

Date: September 8th at 5:00pm EST

This event brought together Social Justice and Civil Rights scholars and advocates to discuss the intersection of voting, civil disobedience, and environmental justice. This program highlighted two things: the history and interconnectedness of voting rights and environmental justice in this country, and the ways in which movements have used other methods, such as protest, when the electoral processes have failed to promote equity and public wellbeing. 

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Interested in climate justice?

Date: September 8th at 7:00pm EST

The Climate Justice & Global Intersectionality House Course hosted a speaker series open to the Duke & Durham community. The speaker series kicked off with a talk from Crystal Cavalier Keck, chair of the Environmental Justice Committee for the NAACP.

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WOMEN OF COLOR ON CREATING A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE OUTDOORS

Date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 EST

Women of color face many obstacles to accessing the outdoors, including a lack of safety, racism, sexism, and distance to outdoor spaces. Research shows that being outdoors can significantly improve the physical and mental health of people, but not everyone has access equally, including women of color and especially Indigenous women, who are often barred from accessing land that belongs to them. Since the outdoors sector has often excluded them, women of color have created their own communities and spaces to help one another heal and connect with nature. When public lands are supposed to be a space for everyone, how do organizations and individuals work to create a more equitable and accessible outdoors? Join Green 2.0 for a discussion with outdoors leaders on why making space for women of color in nature is so important and how we can create welcoming and safe outdoor communities for all.  

SPEAKERS & PANELISTS:

Green 2.0 Event Contact
Juliana Ojeda, Program Associate, jojeda@diversegreen.org