UNC-TV's Past Outreach Projects

Current Projects with this icon feature related programs for viewing at each project website.

• A Lion in the House
  Join UNC-TV for this journey with five extraordinary young people and their loved ones, as they confront childhood cancer and the indelible make it leaves on a family.
• Becoming American in North Carolina
  In association with the Bill Moyer's special, Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, UNC-TV explores North Carolina's own Chinese populations to provide a well-rounded view of what it means to be Chinese in the Tar Heel State.
• Be More, Be Diverse
  UNC-TV's Bridges to Diversity Project invites you to participate in this workshop training community leaders in techniques for discussing potentially sensitive themes in a safe and non-judgmental learning environment.
• Eyes on the Prize
  Surrounding the rebroadcast of the groundbreaking Civil Rights series Eyes on the Prize, UNC-TV presents the Eyes on the Prize Oral History Project, allowing North Carolina’s citizens to share & showcase oral histories capturing the local face of America’s Civil Rights movement.
• GEAR UP North Carolina
  As more than 13,000 middle and high school students across North Carolina prepare to "Gear Up" (G ain E arly A wareness and R eadiness for U ndergraduate P rograms) this documentary captures the thoughts of education policymakers, political leaders, and students contemplating their future in a rapidly-changing world.
• My Journey Home
  What is home? See the winners of UNC-TV and Carolina Central Community College's video essay contest and what "home" means to them.
• Remaking American Medicine
  To parallel the profiles in the national series, Remaking American Medicine, UNC-TV launched a statewide search for those individuals making a difference in North Carolina's healthcare.
• Second Opinion: HealthWise: Diabetes
  In the last decade, diabetes has nearly doubled in the United States and has become one of the most prevalent diseases in North Carolina and the nation. In this UNC-TV HealthWise initiative special, host Christine Rogers leads a panel of experts in an hour long call-in program about diabetes prevention and control.
• Take One Step
  As part of UNC-TV's local Take One Step initiative, UNC-TV challenged you to walk across North Carolina— counting your steps every day during the six month period between January 1 and ending on June 30.
• UNC-TV's Literacy Initiative
  UNC-TV's goal for literacy is to use telecommunications wisely and imaginatively to inform, educate, and enrich all North Carolinians by providing literacy opportunities.
• Voices of Freedom
  What does freedom mean to you? UNC-TV collects responses to this educational topic through our Voices of Freedom website.