SOCI 468: United States Poverty and Public Policy: Campus Resources

seeks to meet the individual needs of applicants and current students with disabilities and medical conditions by coordinating and implementing appropriate accommodations and providing resources and services as they relate to academics, residences, dining and co and extra-curricular campus activities. ARS also functions as a source of information, educational outreach and advice, as well as a communication link among individuals with disabilities, faculty and staff, outside agencies, and the community at large.
Location: SASB North
Contact: 919-962-8300, T - 711 (NC RELAY), ars@unc.edu

Location: James A. Taylor Building (320 Emergency Room Drive)
Contact: 919-966-2281 and contact list: https://campushealth.unc.edu/about-us/contact-us

On-campus food pantry that provides food at no cost to students who are facing food insecurity.
Location: Avery Residence Hall’s basement (295 Ridge Road) - can be accessed through side doors
Contact: CarolinaCupboard@gmail.com

Committed to addressing the mental health needs of a diverse student body through timely access to consultation and connection to clinically appropriate services. CAPS affirms that people of every background are to be treated with respect and dignity.
Location: James A. Taylor Building (320 Emergency Room Drive)
Contact: 919-966-2281 and caps@unc.edu

Offers the following programs: Academic Coaching, Peer Tutoring, STEM Support, Test Prep Resources, and ADHD/Learning Disabilities Services.
Location: SASB North (450 Ridge Road), Suite 0118 & 2109 and drop-in hours at Dey & Greenlaw
Contact: 919-962-3782 and learning_center@unc.edu

Students will be able to find a pair of SafeWalkers outside of Davis Library during their hours of operation - Sunday-Thursday, 10pm-2am
Location: Outside of Davis Library (208 Raleigh St.)
Contact: Call (919)-962-SAFE or schedule a reservation

University-wide public service Center with three primary goals: leadership in American Indian scholarship and research, engagement with and service to Native populations & enrichment of campus diversity and dialogue.
Location: 205 Wilson St, Chapel Hill, NC
Contact: aic@unc.edu or 919-843-4189
Carolina American Indian Caucus

Their mission is to cultivate a critical understanding of Asian American peoples, cultures, and histories. Through education, organizing, and advocacy, the AAC will engage and empower Asian American students, faculty, and staff and the greater Carolina community. The AAC will enhance the University’s commitment to excellence by expanding access to interdisciplinary learning and preparing the next generation of leaders for an increasingly multicultural society.
Location: 215 W. Cameron Ave. Carriage House CB #3040 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Contact: AAC's team or 919-966-0275

UNC’s flagship organization for Asia-related activities. Mission is to positively transform our understanding of and relationship with Asia and to equip students and others with the knowledge of Asia to assume leadership roles. They develop resources for engagement with Asia-related topics through seminars, language study, outreach, cultural competency, study abroad and visiting scholars programs.
Location: FedEx Global Education Center
Contact: contact list or 919-843-9065

Their vision is a university community that consistently and enthusiastically fosters, supports and celebrates the achievement of Black employees at the UNC-CH.
Contact: cbcchair@unc.edu or 919-843-4149

Interdisciplinary academic program in the College of Arts and Sciences, promotes a deeper understanding of Jewish history, culture and thought through its teaching, research and community outreach initiatives
Location: Pettigrew Hall, Suite 100
Contact: jewishstudies@unc.edu or 919-962-1509

Promotes understanding of the Middle East through teaching, research, and community outreach. The center is distinguished by its cross-regional approach to Middle East studies, one that breaks down area studies barriers in order to track global flows of ideas, commodities, and people.
Location: 3023 FedEx Global Education Center
Contact: mideast@unc.edu or 919-962-2034

Committed to developing a greater awareness of Latinx issues, cultures and identities by building collaborative relationships across campus and the community. Provides a supportive environment for students, faculty, staff and alumni to discuss and understand important issues that affect the Latinx community and welcoming space for Latinx students through resources and services that foster and enrich their academic, social and cultural experience.
Location: Abernethy Hall
Contact: clc.unc@gmail.com or 919-962-1229

Dedicated to assisting veterans, active duty, National Guard members, and reservists in making a successful transition into the Carolina community.
Location: Office of Dean of Students (211 Branson Street)
Contact: cvrc@unc.edu or 919-962-9640

Works to provide a more inclusive environment by celebrating achievements towards gender equity and by ensuring there are no gender-based barriers to success. They serve students, faculty, staff, and postdoctoral fellows, by providing gender violence services, parenting resources, HAVEN training and events.
Location: Stone Center, Suite 101 (150 South Road)
Contact: cwc@unc.edu or 919-962-8305
See their list of Campus and Community Resources

Committed to the advancement of civil rights and social justice, especially in the American South. It fosters empirical and analytical research, sponsors student inquiry and activities and convenes faculty, visiting scholars, policy advocates and practicing attorneys to confront legal and social issues of greatest concern to racial and ethnic minorities, to the poor and to other potential beneficiaries of civil rights advances. The Center's work focuses on education, housing and community development, economic justice and voting rights.
Location: 323 W. Barbee Chapel Road
Contact: civilrights@unc.edu or 919-445-0195

Through collaborative programs and competitive funding opportunities, they fund faculty to develop global courses, empower students to conduct ambitious research and internships abroad, direct global events on campus, and connect the community with the University’s global resources.
Location: FedEx Global Education Center, Suite 3000 (301 Pittsboro Street)
Contact: cgi@unc.edu or 919-962-3094

Works to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for UNC-Chapel Hill community members of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Location: SASB South, Suite 3308
Contact: lgbtq@unc.edu or 919-843-5376
Gender non-specific bathrooms on campus

Advocates for issues of concern to students of color in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and promotes research and programs aimed at addressing public health issues that affect people of color.
Location: 170 Rosenau Hall (135 Dauer Drive)
Contact: minoritystudentcaucus@gmail.com

Encourages and supports the critical examination of all dimensions of African-American and African diaspora cultures through sustained and open discussion, dialogue and debate, and to enhance the intellectual and socio-cultural climate at UNC-CH and in communities beyond the campus boundaries.
Location: 150 South Road
Contact: stonecenter@unc.edu or 919-962-9001