PEMBROKE, N.C., May 19 -- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke issued the following news release:
Thousands of miles from Pembroke, Sheena Holbrook handed Aboriginal Elder Aunty Rhonda
Dixon-Grovenor two baskets crafted by Lumbee artists.
The exchange reflected more than a shared appreciation for art and history. It became
a moment of connection between Indigenous communities separated by oceans but linked
through storytelling, preservation and cultural memory.
That kind of work is at the heart of UNC Pembroke's REACH program, where students
are turning archival research, oral histories and community storytelling into graduate
school opportunities, national internships and careers in public humanities work.
Funded by the Mellon ...