Student Staff Spotlight: As part of her work with BIC, Communication Specialist Kassandra Ciriza- Monreal attended the first 2024 meeting of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs. Below she reflects on her experience attending the meeting, providing student insight … Read more
The Building Integrated Communities (BIC) Language Access Summit on January 19, 2024 marked a pivotal moment for the Language Access Collaborative after a year-long journey of instructional webinars, local assessments, relationship-building, and peer exchange. Nine Collaborative teams comprised of local … Read more
Two new Building Integrated Communities partnerships are underway in the Town of Carrboro and the City of Marion, and both places will soon have new language access plans as a result. Since May of 2023, local government staff and community … Read more
On August 5th, the Sanford-based non-profit organization Let’s Do It Together Foundation (LDIT) held its 2nd annual Back to School event with support from local non-profits and local education institutions. Despite the North Carolina heat, Horton Park was jam-packed with … Read more
Energized by the successful conclusion of the Language Access Summit in late January, the Building Integrated Communities (BIC) program set about organizing monthly virtual workshops that have served to anchor the efforts of the nine Language Access Collaborative (LAC) teams. … Read more
On January 27, 2023, teams of local government officials and community organizations from nine NC locales came together at the Chapel Hill Public Library to kick off the 2023 Language Access Collaborative. Facilitated by the Building Integrated Communities (BIC) program … Read more
The City of Washington in Beaufort County recently proclaimed September 15th- October 15th as Hispanic Heritage Month to “honor and celebrate the many ways Hispanic and Latino Americans contribute to the success of Beaufort County communities.” The proclamation follows nearly … Read more
On October 20th, the second day of the 2022 Tour, around forty Carolina faculty, administrators, and staff were welcomed to the City of Winston-Salem by Mayor Allen Joines for a briefing on the Human Relations/DEI Department’s Building Integrated Communities (BIC) … Read more
The complex river system and the low-lying geography accompanied by land degradation from agriculture makes the region severely prone to flooding, which has been exacerbated by a higher frequency and intensity of hurricanes and tropical storms. Creating mitigation strategies and … Read more
En español aquí The Institute for the Study of the Americas at UNC-Chapel Hill was awarded $1.55 million from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. The funding will support Building Integrated Communities, a planning and leadership … Read more