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October 27, 2011<br />
Dear Black <strong>Alumni</strong> Reunion Participants,<br />
On behalf of Chapel Hill and Orange County, it gives me great pleasure to welcome attendees of<br />
the 2011 Black <strong>Alumni</strong> Reunion back to Chapel Hill. As an alumna of <strong>UNC</strong>, I’m thrilled to be<br />
part of the homecoming reunion this year because Chapel Hill and BAR, are so intimately connected<br />
by history and philosophy.<br />
Chapel Hill, after all, is where the BAR was born, and that was no accident. The cultural and intellectual<br />
affinities of this town provided a fertile soil for that seed to grow. As Walter Faison ’82 wrote<br />
welcoming the attendees of a previous year’s reunion, “<strong>UNC</strong> is our rightful place, and we are challenged<br />
to step up and claim it. The <strong>UNC</strong> Black Pioneers gave sweat and tears so that we could have<br />
the opportunities at the University that we relish today. Before the Black Pioneers were the “Unsung<br />
Founders,” the men and women of color — enslaved and free — who helped build the Carolina that<br />
we all cherish and hold dear.”<br />
As a member of the board of directors for the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau, rest assured<br />
that your stay here will be pleasant, and that the Visitors Bureau will do everything it can to make<br />
this reunion memorable for all of you. We are pleased to have this opportunity to welcome you back<br />
home.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
greetings<br />
Valerie Foushee ’78<br />
Orange County Board of Commissioners<br />
<strong>UNC</strong> Alumna<br />
Board member: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau