Community history

Chapel Hill Community History staff work with local people to document and share untold, ignored, and erased stories from Chapel Hill's history. Our work is an intentional, collaborative co-creation with history makers, historians, local government, and community members. Together we initiate, design, and share public history projects, programs, and exhibits. 

1. People are the experts of their own histories.
2. Histories & stories that have been ignored or erased from the written record are vital to understanding who we are today and how we can create a better future together.
3. Histories & stories must be relevant and accessible to people of all ages.
4. The most powerful way to become relevant for diverse communities is to become representative of them and co-created by them.

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