In view of the upcoming March 15 deadline for a committee from the UNC system’s Board of Governors to offer a new proposal for the future of the Confederate statue formerly in McCorkle Place, the Department of Religious Studies has submitted a letter (dated February 6) to UNC Leadership expressing our desires for how the process should move forward. The text of the letter can be found here.

Update (March 5): The decision has been delayed until May (see here for details).

Update (May 15): The decision has been further delayed (see here.)