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Ongoing Efforts
Ancient Tragedy in the Community
This annually recurring project aims to create an intergenerational space for community members to grapple with life’s inherent tensions and contradictions, and to ask questions that are grounded in the richness and lived experience of folks across the lifespan.
Service Learning with the National High School Ethics Bowl
“Ethics Bowl and Democratic Deliberation” is an undergraduate community engagement course in Philosophy offered in the fall semester. In this course, UNC undergraduates have the unique opportunity to combine the philosophical study of ethics with service to high school students across the country.
Intergenerational Philosophy
In partnership with the Orange County Department of Aging, we are committed to creating opportunities and spaces for intergenerational encounter and intergenerational dialogue. In “Philosophy across the Lifespan” experiential education course in philosophy, UNC undergraduates participate in regular discussions with older adults in the Triangle Area.
Philosophy in Juvenile Justice
Thanks to the support of UNC’s Humanities for the Public Good, the Outreach Program launched a multi-year program entitled “Dialogue and Transformation: Bringing Philosophy to Juvenile Justice Centers in North Carolina.”
Ethics in the Workplace
In partnership with UNC Human Resources, we regularly offer a training module on ethics in the workplace, centering on case studies and intentional discursive practices that aim to promote a collaborative and vibrant workplace culture.
Deliberative Pedagogy in Teaching
We regularly work with teachers to produce curricular resources, assignments, and lesson plans that promote ethical inquiry and deliberation in the classroom.
Philosophy by Mail with Correctional Facilities
Thanks to a partnership with North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety, the Outreach Program offers extracurricular discussion programs with adult correctional facilities across the state of North Carolina. The basic aim of the Philosophy by Mail program is to facilitate philosophical reflection on questions and issues at the core of human existence and to create opportunities for meaningful social interaction.
Philosophy for Older Adults
At its core, philosophy is about asking perennial and intractable questions and critically reflecting on our beliefs and values. We believe it is best practiced in the company of others and we regularly partner with retirement communities across the Triangle Area to provide philosophy programming of various kinds.
Philosophy in K-12 Schools
We work with a number of primary and secondary schools across the Triangle Area to integrate philosophy and ethics into the classroom. With some of our primary school we partners we use picture books and fun activities to generate conversations with children about values and big philosophical questions.
2023-2024 Outreach Fellows
Aurora Yu
Intergenerational Outreach Fellow
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Dashiell Shulman
K-12 Schools Outreach Fellow
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Heidi Segars
Undergraduate Assistant for Program Assessment & Evaluation Fellow
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