✨ What stories does Black hair tell? How does it connect us to memory, identity and culture? Explore these questions at Memory & Texture, a conversation inspired by the Exhibition REVERENCE: Hair Memory Through Images. 📅 Thu Oct 29, 5 pm, Stone Center 👉 go.unc.edu/ReverenceExhibiti…

The Austin School Manifesto: An Approach to the African Diaspora—a call for activist research, Black feminist praxis & intellectual work that refuses to separate thinking from living. Manifestos aren't relics. They're living calls. They still move. Listen: stonecenter.unc.edu/podcast

🎬 Join us tomorrow for Screening Four of the Stone Center’s Diaspora Festival of Black & Independent Film! 📅 Thursday, Oct. 22 ⏰ 12:05 p.m. 📍 Sonja Haynes Stone Center 🎥 Three must-see films 👉 RSVP: go.unc.edu/filmfest2026

💙 YOUR HOME FOR HOMECOMING IS THE STONE CENTER! 🐏 Join us on Saturday, November 14, for an All-Day Open House filled with fun, food, music, and Carolina spirit as we welcome alumni, students, families, and friends back home! go.unc.edu/Homecoming We can’t wait to welcome you!

Join us for the Stone Center’s 2026 Diaspora Festival of Black & Independent Film on Tue Nov 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center. Experience compelling storytelling & conversations that celebrate diverse voices from across the African diaspora go.unc.edu/filmfest2026

🎬 Join us for Screening Five of the Stone Center’s Diaspora Festival of Black & Independent Film on Thu Nov 5, 6:30pm, Stone Center. Experience an evening of powerful cinema, storytelling & conversation celebrating voices from across the African diaspora go.unc.edu/filmfest2026

🎬 Aspiring filmmakers, storytellers and creatives - Join Us Today at 3:30 PM for a Masterclass: Storytelling & Short Film Workshop by Carolina alumna and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Resita Heavenly Cox! 📅 Thursday, October 8 ⏰ 3:30 p.m. 📍 Sonja Haynes Stone Center

Join us for the 34th Annual Stone Memorial Lecture featuring award-winning author Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Dr. Gumbs will present “A Homemade Field of Love: Expansive Understandings of Growth in Times of Change.” 📅 Tue Nov 17, 6:30 pm, Stone Center go.unc.edu/StoneMemorialLect…

Jamaica Gilmer, artist of REVERENCE: Hair Memory Through Images will be in conversation with Dr. Jasmine N. Cobb, author of New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair. Moderated by Dr. Rhon, director of the Stone Center 📅 Thu Oct 29, 5 pm, Stone Center go.unc.edu/ReverenceExhibiti…

🎓 The Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) offers undergraduate students an immersive summer research experience designed to support students interested in pursuing advanced degrees and careers in research and academia. Apply now: go.unc.edu/MURAPApplications…

🎬 Join us for Screening Four of the Stone Center’s Diaspora Festival of Black & Independent Film! 📅 Thursday, Oct. 22 ⏰ 12:05 p.m. 📍 Sonja Haynes Stone Center 🎥 Three must-see films ✨ Free & open to all 👉 RSVP: go.unc.edu/filmfest2026

October at the Stone Center is packed with exciting events! From film screenings and engaging conversations to special programs and more, there’s something happening all month long. 📅Save the dates! Explore our full events calendar for details and updates stonecenter.unc.edu/upcoming…

✨ The countdown has begun — just 3 days to go! ✨Join us for REVERENCE: Hair Memory Through Images by Jamaica Gilmer 📖 Brochure: go.unc.edu/ReverenceBrochure 👉 RSVP: go.unc.edu/ReverenceExhibiti… Join us for the Exhibition Opening + Artist Talk: 📅 Thu, Sep 24 ⏰ 6:30 pm 📍 Brown Gallery

🎬 Join Carolina alumna and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Resita Heavenly Cox for a Masterclass: Storytelling & Short Film Workshop. 📅 Thursday, October 8 ⏰ 3:30 p.m. 📍 Hitchcock Room | Sonja Haynes Stone Center ✨ Free and open to all.

Our newly wrapped Stone Center van is ready to hit the road — carrying our story, our history and our community with it wherever we go. 🚐 Keep an eye out for us around #Carolina & beyond & stay tuned for more from #VanCam! #SonjaHaynesStoneCenter #UNCStoneCenter #UNCChapelHill

🎬 Join us tomorrow for the second screening of the Stone Center’s Diaspora Festival of Black & Independent Film! 📅 Thursday, Sept. 17 ⏰ 6:30 p.m. 📍 Sonja Haynes Stone Center 🎥 Four must-see films 💫 Free and open to all 👉 RSVP: go.unc.edu/filmfest2026

🎬 Join us today for Opening Night of the Stone Center’s Diaspora Festival of Black & Independent Film! 📅 Thursday, Sept. 10 ⏰ 6:30 p.m. 📍 Sonja Haynes Stone Center 👉 RSVP: go.unc.edu/filmfest2026 #SonjaHaynesStoneCenter #UNCStoneCenter

🎬 Join us for the Headliner Film of the Diaspora Fest of Black & Independent Film - Moving Masculinity 📅 Thu, Oct 1, 6:30 pm 📍 Sonja Haynes Stone Center Moving Masculinity is a powerful documentary exploring memory, masculinity, race & emotional justice go.unc.edu/filmfest2026

🎬 Join us for Screening Two of the Stone Center’s Diaspora Festival of Black & Independent Film! 📅 Thursday, Sept. 17 ⏰ 6:30 p.m. 📍 Sonja Haynes Stone Center 🎥 Four must-see films ✨ Free & open to all 👉 RSVP: go.unc.edu/filmfest2026 #SonjaHaynesStoneCenter #UNCStoneCenter

📅September is shaping up to be an exciting month at the Stone Center! From our Exhibition Opening to the Diaspora Festival of Black & Independent Film, there’s so much to look forward to! ✨Save the dates and join us for an inspiring month of community, culture and conversation!