Friends: I wrote this for the Coalition for Carolina about the events of Monday, August 29th, 2023. Reposting here. Texts, Tears and Fears By Mimi

Mimi V. Chapman, MSW, Ph.D. I'm a professor at UNC Chapel Hill and currently Chair of the Faculty. In this space, I share perspectives, personal and professional. All opinions are my own.
Friends: I wrote this for the Coalition for Carolina about the events of Monday, August 29th, 2023. Reposting here. Texts, Tears and Fears By Mimi
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. This makes it hard to
No, say the greedy ghosts. Books for the living will have to wait.
This post is about my mother-in-law who died on Monday. It is published with my husband’s permission in hopes that is might speak to families
We arrived at the “Rumble in Richmond” just after 11 a.m. and I braced myself for a long day. Heavily tattooed and long bearded people
When I was a teenager, my school would receive the occasional bomb threat. The student council donut sale would be relocated to the parking lot