CAROLINADAZE Essay Series

September 12, 2024

This essay series is a collaboration between Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies and CAROLINADAZE, a music, arts, and civic engagement project organized by Common Cause North Carolina. The series features the stories and voices of young everyday North Carolinians and their visions for a better future in North Carolina and the South.

Articles in this series

'Things fell into place'

By Sonia A. Rao

September 27, 2024 - In the second story in our CAROLINADAZE series, Sonia Rao explores her search for community in North Carolina and the growing importance of Asians and Asian-Americans in shaping the state's political landscape.

Justice

'Committed to our neighbors, whoever they may be'

By Barbara Sostaita

September 10, 2024 - In the first installment of our CAROLINADAZE series, a partnership with Common Cause North Carolina, Barbara Sostaita explores how NC's Latinx communities and churches are creating spaces for people to organize and chart a new vision for the future.

Introducing the CAROLINADAZE essay series

By Victoria Bouloubasis

September 10, 2024 - The editor of the CAROLINADAZE essay series introduces this new collaboration between Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies and Common Cause North Carolina to feature the stories and voices of young everyday North Carolinians and their visions for a better future.

CAROLINADAZE Essay Series

Articles in this series

'Things fell into place'

'Committed to our neighbors, whoever they may be'

Introducing the CAROLINADAZE essay series

We are building a better South.