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Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Linking Generations in Northside Program

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PiAP works with the Marian Cheek Jackson Center to support student-elder and residential engagement programs, as well as organizing and responding to the interests of elders and long-term residents in the Northside, Pine Knolls, and Tin Top neighborhoods. The Jackson Center is is a hub of creative action dedicated to preserving the future of historically Black neighborhoods in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

Linking Generations in Northside (LINK) and the Northside Residential Fellowship is a collaboration with the Marian Cheek Jackson Center to connect UNC-Chapel Hill students with older residents in the Northside community. LINK offers students and elders opportunities to build reciprocal and abundance-based relationships. Through this program, students learn about and engage with local historically Black communities, while elders gain the opportunity to connect with and mentor young people.

Applications Now Open for 2023-2024 LINK Program

Apply via https://go.unc.edu/link-app. Applications are due October 5, 2023. Questions? Contact Kendra Oliver-Derry (kendra_oliver-derry@med.unc.edu).

UNC students in Linking Generations in Northside (LINK) and the Northside Residential Fellowship (NRF) celebrating the end of the semester with program coordinators Aisha Booze-Hall and Ryan Lavalley and Northside neighbor and NRF/LINK Resident Leader Ms. Louise Felix.
UNC students in Linking Generations in Northside (LINK) and the Northside Residential Fellowship (NRF) with program coordinators Aisha Booze-Hall and Ryan Lavalley and Northside neighbor and NRF/LINK Resident Leader Ms. Louise Felix.
The 2022-2023 Linking Generations in Northside (LINK) cohort of UNC students and community mentors got to know each other through a speed dating-style meet-and-greet event at MCJC.
The 2022-2023 Linking Generations in Northside (LINK) cohort of UNC students and community mentors got to know each other through a speed dating-style meet-and-greet event at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center.
2022-2023 Linking Generations in Northside (LINK) cohort of UNC students at an event at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center.
2022-2023 Linking Generations in Northside (LINK) cohort of UNC students learn best practices in recording oral histories at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center.

For up-to-date photos and information on LINK and NRF students’ work, visit the Marian Cheek Jackson Center Instagram.

 

 

For a full description of the program please check out our Handbook here.