BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Metanoia continues pushing forward by evaluating ways we can help our community while operating within the parameters of safety for all during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a glimpse of what we are up to now!

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Metanoia is founded on a belief that when we honor one another fully across lines and divisions of race and class, we achieve a new reality that is better for everyone. We hope that we can do the deep work of building a new and better world together where everyone's humanity is honored.

See the video below to view Jamilla Harper, our Chief Operating Officer, and Alexandria Searles, our marketing specialist offer their reflections. Please use this opportunity to continue your journey of reflection on the movement for Black lives, and learn how to work towards our collective future together.

You can increase your understanding of policies and actions that support Black Lives by considering the resources below. This is a starting point and not an exhaustive list.

Avery Research Center Digital Classroom

The State of Racial Disparities in Charleston County, SC (2000-2015) Report

Academic Article Excerpt: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (1988) Excerpt with a facilitation guide

Color of Change

https://www.racialequityinstitute.com

INTERVIEW WITH GRADUATING SENIOR YORASIA

Meet Yorasia! This Metanoia Youth Leadership Academy senior has been accepted to nine universities! She has applied to over eleven colleges and is currently awaiting more letters!

NEW CLEMSON INTERN!

We are excited to welcome aboard Tayanna McKelvy, our Clemson Architecture Intern for this Spring semester. Tayanna is a South Carolina native from the Columbia area and is spending a semester here in Charleston at Clemson’s studio downtown.

Tayanna will be helping Metanoia continue our momentum on Reynolds Avenue by considering possibilities for the vacant Swinton Building that is next to the YEC and café building as well as streetscape improvements and dedicated parking areas we have encouraged the City of North Charleston to pursue along Reynolds Avenue. We are so excited to have her!