THE CAMPUS YCarolina’s Beating Heart

2 0 1 2 A n n U A l R E P o R T

powered by student passion, pulsing through the University, into North Carolina and beyond.

SoCiAl jUSTiCE

THE CAMPUS Y iS THE CEnTER foR SoCiAl jUSTiCE AT UnC-

CHAPEl Hill – THE oldEST And lARgEST STUdEnT SERviCE

oRgAnizATion And “THE ConSCiEnCE of THE UnivERSiTY”;

wiTH 2,000 STUdEnTS And 30 STUdEnT CoMMiTTEES

woRking To AdvAnCE SoCiAl jUSTiCE, ACHiEvE SoCiAl

iMPACT And SUPPoRT SoCiAl innovATion.

lETTER fRoM THE Co-PRESidEnTSDear Campus Y community,

Two years ago, the Campus Y celebrated its 150th anniversary, honoring its historical legacy of social justice at UNC-Chapel Hill with a critical reflection of our past and a revitalized pursuit of social justice through the cultivation of pluralism. Since this anniversary, the Campus Y has progressed in its development as the leader of social justice, activism, and social innovation at Carolina. Though much remains to be accomplished in tapping into student potential for social impact, we are excited to share how much we have accomplished as an organization in the past year in implementing the Y’s noble mission.

The Campus Y’s community is greater than the sum of its parts, and our model of social service, activism, and innovation is reflected in this synergy. Our student committees, Y Campaigns, the Bonner Leaders Program, the Global Gap Year Fellowship, the Social Innovation Incubator, and the many more Y-affiliated programs and initiatives speak to the power of an integrated Campus Y: one that blurs the conventional lines of service, activism, and innovation with the roles of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members.

In this Annual Report we strive to inform our diverse group of stakeholders how our values translate into student-led impact. We would like to thank all those alumni who have come before us in creating a space to foster such engagement. Additionally, we honor the Campus Y staff members who make it possible for student ideals to be implemented in the university context. The staff, our colleagues in the pursuit of social justice, provides expertise and perspective for students, all of whom walk into the Campus Y building daily with a passion to make the world a better place.

In honor of Terry Sanford’s description of the Y as “the conscience of the university”, students at the Campus Y strive to uphold the Y’s legacy of social justice by honoring the communities and people that enrich and strengthen our work. We honor you and many others who support our pursuit of social justice. With this support, we are ready to responsibly improve our world.

Thank you,

Jagir Patel and Mackenzie ThomasCo-Presidents

lETTER fRoM THE diRECToR

What if you had the chance to help lead the organization that transformed your life? In 2009 I got that chance, returning to Carolina to become the Director of the Campus Y, a place that left an indelible imprint on me as an undergraduate in the late 1980’s. The Campus Y was a uniquely empowering place where I could walk in the door as a freshman wanting to help the homeless and walk out four years later having created a committee to channel hundreds of volunteers into direct service and advocacy, one still operating 23 years later. When I returned to UNC in the fall of 2009, the Campus Y was comfortably familiar, but with much larger scope and reach – a swarming hive of 2,000 undergraduates in their newly restored historic home, working for social justice late into the night, driving social change in North Carolina and abroad.

Today this type of service model has a name – social innovation. In 2010 Chancellor Thorp launched a campus-wide initiative, Innovate@Carolina, to focus student and faculty ingenuity on creating commercial, scientific, social

and artistic businesses that solve problems and change the world. The Campus Y is a microcosm of that model; for more than 152 years, students have launched movements and created coalitions to change this campus and the world around them. Over the past 10 months, the Campus Y has taken the lead in crafting a campus-wide Social Innovation Initiative to support and accelerate the work of aspiring social entrepreneurs like Hetali Lodaya, Patrick Mateer, Amy Dingler and Alice Wang (see pages 6-12).

The secret sauce is our own recipe for social change. Campus Y social justice values + diverse students + interdisciplinary partnerships + community relationships = innovation. And the more cooks you have in the kitchen, the better. Our students come from all walks of life, from countries all over the world, with majors all over the map. Their ideas span the spectrum of the liberal arts curriculum, but they have one thing in common – passion. And they come to the Campus Y because they want to change the world in a profound and measurable way.

My experience 20 years ago as a Campus Y co-chair and co-president forged my future as a social entrepreneur. I spent nearly two decades building a nonprofit that has established a network of youth service programs in 250 villages and cities across Hungary. The Campus Y inspires you and it lasts for a lifetime. You’ll meet other Campus Y alumni (pages 13-14) who define their time here as a turning point. Today’s students are already changing the world, right here at the Campus Y. With your help we can tap into even more student potential and provide the support they need to succeed.

Sincerely,

Richard HarrillDirector, Campus Y

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THE woRld

TAblE of ConTEnTS

Y Passion Changes the World 4Student Committees 5Bonner Leaders 7Global Gap Fellows 9Social Innovation Incubator 11Campus Y Alumni 13How the Y Works 15Campus Y Financials 162011 Strategic Plan 17Giving Back 20Campus Y History 22In Memoriam 24

Y PASSion inSPiRES ACTion

The late UNC President Emeritus Bill Friday called the Campus Y the “nerve center”; our historic home in the heart of campus is humming around-the-clock with students and their social justice committees tackling economic, educational, environmental, and social challenges in communities in need. They create innovative solutions to persistent local and global disparities in areas of health, homelessness, hunger and human rights and drive on-campus advocacy, awareness, and activism.

This year student Co-Presidents Jagir Patel and Mackenzie Thomas and their Executive Board launched critical programs to strengthen student social justice committees, support student innovation and entrepreneurship, grow the Campus Y support base, and mobilize campus-wide activism:

Y PASSion CHAngES THE woRld

If we had to pick one word to define the last year, it would have to be innovation. The Campus Y has a rich history of cultivating student social enterprises and service programs into independent, sustainable organizations; creating university impact through Carolina Symposium, APPLES, Hillel, and Carolina Kickoff, and creating national and global impact through nonprofits such as SCALE, SEAC and Nourish.

Our 2011 Strategic Plan identified the need to distinguish the Y from other UNC service-oriented departments and organizations, and to raise the Y’s profile among the more than 600 registered student groups on campus. In 12 months, the Campus Y launched new global public service, diversity, capacity building and social innovation initiatives and created new student programming aligned with UNC’s new academic plan, diversity initiative, global education roadmap and innovation roadmap despite four consecutive years of state budget cuts that cost UNC $231M.

The Campus Y plants the seeds of social justice, public service, leadership and innovation that grow for a lifetime. Our students, powered by passion and nurtured through a network of resources, immerse themselves in communities and transform their ideas into action; achieving real-world impact and developing values and skills that follow them throughout their lives. There’s a single thread that weaves its way through a vibrant and dynamic organization that lasts more than 150 years; something that sustains it through good times and bad, through triumph and adversity. And that’s passion. It outlasts transitioning administrations, graduating students, and changing times. The Campus Y succeeds and endures thanks to the people who are most passionate about it: our inspirational students; our generous alumni, family, faculty and friends; and our dedicated staff.

in 2011-2012, THE CAMPUS Y:

• Launchednewfunding,capacitybuilding,andcommunicationsplatformstosupport 30socialjusticecommitteesand2,000studentvolunteers

• IncreasedthediversityofUNCstudentsengagedinpublicservice

• FoundedthefirstBonnerLeadersProgramwithintheUNCsystem;joininganationwide networkofcollegesanduniversitiestoprovideanintensivestudentcommunityservice and leadership development model

• EstablishedtheGlobalGapYearFellowship,creatingaprogramforhighschoolseniors whodeferenrollmentatUNC-ChapelHilltocombineglobaltravelandpublicservice; developingcareerandlifeskillsthatreturnwiththemtoUNC

• OpenedtheSocialInnovationIncubator;supportingstudent/facultyventures withinnovativesolutionstopersistenteconomic,environmental,educationalorsocial problemsthatachievesustainable,systemicchange

CAMPUS Y ACTiviTiES AT A glAnCE:

•30studentsocialjustice committees;20participating in global service work

•Newcommittees–Rethink: PsychiatricIllness, TarHeelTABLE

•CampusYwebsiteredesign andrelaunch,newblogand Twitterfeed

•Newstudent communications team launchesYWeeklyUpdate e-newsletter

•DevelopmentCommittee launchesYFund-$4,200 disbursed to 11 distinct projectsfrom13committees

•67%ofExecutiveBoard expenses($15,576) allocatedforcommittee programming

•Creationandimplementation ofYCampaignssupporting gendernon-specificstudent housing,opposing UNCtuitionhikesand NCAmendmentOne

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Y Development Committee – provides fundraising assistance, as well as capacity building in communications strategy, risk reduction, and project planning to promote leadership skills and development

Y Fund - a microfinance model administered through the Development Committee and sustained through membership dues and individual donations that provides monthly grants and microloans to Campus Y members and their social justice projects

Y Campaigns - a method of organization and mobilization of Y members around social justice issues with specific goals; incorporates lessons from failures and successes

Y Communications – a dedicated team with systems to strengthen internal connection between committees and executive leadership; amplifies the Campus Y’s profile both within the larger university ecosystem and beyond campus via social media and digital platforms

The team capitalized on their wealth of experience - Patel’s background as former Campus Y Director of Marketing and Publicity, and Thomas’ re-election for a second term as Co-President. 2012 also marked a transition to greater fiscal responsibility, with the Executive Board helping each committee develop project-specific budgets and core competency in accounting, enabling them to maximize their allocated funds.

MEET HETAli lodAYA ‘14Co-Chair Ventures Committee, Nourish-UNCStudent Leader, Sprout

You can thank the Backstreet Boys for Hetali Lodaya’s entry into the world of social entrepreneurship. In her first week on campus, Lodaya watched students from Nourish-UNC boogie down to the boy band at a Campus Y interest meeting, and she was hooked. Nourish-UNC is a Campus Y committee focused on addressing issues of global poverty; students raise funds through on-campus business ventures that they invest through nonprofit partnerships in sustainable development projects around the world. Students vet the projects, control the investments, and volunteer to complete the projects they invest in.

Lodaya says Nourish-UNC’s initial appeal was that its central mission challenged the very nature of development work – the idea of working with people rather than for them. Nourish’s model of student empowerment uniquely supports entrepreneurial, leadership and management skills to achieve social change. It inspired chemistry major Lodaya to leave the lab and launch a startup.

In spring 2011, Lodaya and Nourish-UNC’s Ventures Committee brainstormed possibilities for new long-term fundraising models and realized UNC-Chapel Hill was a campus ripe for produce pickup. They partnered with Coon Rock Farm in Hillsborough to launch Sprout; an on-campus CSA providing bundles of fresh produce available via curbside pickup at the Campus Y; capitalizing on the farm to fork movement to finance social justice. And Sprout didn’t just grow, it blossomed. Their 6-week pilot program signed up 86 subscribers with 100% of the profits supporting Nourish-UNC’s summer projects; simultaneously supporting local farmers and global causes.

Y PASSion dElivERS CoMMUniTY iMPACT

As the first public university in the United States, UNC-Chapel Hill has a long-standing commitment to the service of North Carolina and its people. As the flagship of the UNC system, Carolina is renowned for providing access to affordable, quality higher education for its citizens in all geographical areas for more than 200 years. A diverse and inclusive community of students, faculty, and staff is essential for educational excellence and public service that benefits the people of the state and the world.

The Carolina Bonner Leaders Program, launched in Fall 2011, is a perfect embodiment of these university values. It leverages federal community service work-study funds to support intensive undergraduate community service by students with high financial need. Each fall, a diverse group of incoming first-year students (nearly one-third are first-generation college students) are chosen through a competitive application process emphasizing service and leadership. The program is part of a nationwide network of more than 80 colleges and universities implementing this model. The Campus Y provides a unique home for the sustained public service program through its emphasis on diversity of experience, culture, and community that empowers students’ ability to affect change and act as advocates.

The Bonner Leaders Program follows a four-year student development model designed to engage students in addressing community-identified needs. They initially work as direct-service volunteers, grow into project and site coordinators, and ultimately engage in public policy and community-based research. The significant service requirement – more than 250 hours per year – is complemented by weekly reflection, capacity building workshops, and critical issues seminars. It is a campus-wide, interdisciplinary initiative involving both Student Affairs and Academic Affairs; staffed by the Campus Y.

The inaugural class of 12 Bonner Leaders worked as elementary school tutors in literacy and math, youth mentors, community outreach liaisons, oral historians, and hunger relief volunteers in conjunction with their community partners; next year they will transition into roles with increased responsibility. The Bonner Leaders Program is designed to add a new class each year until supporting approximately 60-80 students at full capacity.

bonnER lEAdERS AT A glAnCE

• 12studentsfromCalifornia,Florida,NorthCarolina,andPennsylvania

• 1,854volunteerhours

• 464trainingandenrichmenthours

• Communitypartners:ChapelHill/CarrboroHumanRightsCenter,MarianCheek JacksonCenterforSavingandMakingHistory,RogersRoadCommunityCenter

• Bonnerstrainedintimemanagement,creatinggoalsandobjectives,resume building,workingwithdiversecommunities,becomingasocialjusticeally, communicationskills,conflictresolution,assessment

• Bonnerseminarsonsocialcapital,immigration,poverty,entrepreneurship,and social movements

• BonnerLeadersProgramsettodoubleinsizeandtriplenumberofcommunity partnersin2012-2013

“Seeing ideas like Sprout come to reality, and giving

students a chance to make them real, has been an

invaluable experience. My favorite thing about the Y is

the culture of support that we foster – if you want to do

something, you can do it! All you have to do is stick your

hand in the air.”

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MEET bonnER lEAdER PATRiCk MATEER ‘15

Patrick Mateer’s green thumb for gardening and food justice sprouted at Chapel Hill High School in North Carolina, where he helped build and manage a garden that donated produce to local nonprofits and needy families in the community. In 2011, Mateer’s CHHS team was chosen as one of the winners of the “Green Your School” environmental challenge. The nationwide competition, hosted by Hewlett Packard and DoSomething.org, awarded grants and laptops to teams that used creativity, innovation and technology to generate awareness of environmental issues.

In his first year as a Bonner Leader, Mateer worked as an Afterschool Assistant at the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Human Rights Center, tutoring elementary school children from the predominantly Latino community of Abbey Court in Carrboro. But by the spring of that year, Mateer realized he could dig even deeper roots into the community by using his gardening expertise to address a growing need among low-income families for fresh, affordable produce. Mateer and his fellow Bonners applied for a Y Fund microgrant to finance the heavy machinery needed to till three 15-foot raised garden beds behind the Human Rights Center. Students donated their time to help with construction and parents donated the starter plants from their farm.

But Mateer’s passion for food justice didn’t end there. He also woke up before dawn on weekends to volunteer at Farmer Foodshare, a local nonprofit that delivers donated food from area farmers’ markets to organizations that serve the hungry in six N.C. counties. At UNC-Chapel Hill, Mateer is pursuing a double major in Political Science and Economics with a minor in Math and rows for the crew team.

Y PASSion iS A PASSPoRT To THE woRld

Over the past two decades, the Campus Y has seen a significant rise in student interest in international outreach and non-formal global education, along with an increased emphasis on entrepreneurial and sustainable strategies for grassroots community empowerment.

The Global Gap Year Fellowship (GGYF), launched in Fall 2011, is a highly competitive, nine-month fellowship housed in and administered by the Campus Y. The GGYF awards a $7,500 stipend to high school graduates who have been accepted to UNC Early Action and want to defer enrollment for one year to blend volunteer service, work and international exploration. The GGYF was made possible by an anonymous gift of $1.5 million to the Campus Y, providing support for students who would not otherwise be able to fund their service work.

Global Gap Year Fellows develop an extensive proposal with the help of Campus Y staff. Prior to departure, Fellows attend GO! Global Orientation on Culture and Ethics, a unique Campus Y collaboration, to help them anticipate challenges and prepare for engaging with global communities.

Campus Y staff provide mentoring during the Fellows’ time abroad, and a partnership with UNC student gap year advocacy group GAPPL helps Fellows transition into college life and integrate their experience into their education. Campus Y staff host a series of workshops and retreats to help returning students incorporate their global service work into social justice and public service programs at the Campus Y and UNC.

Campus Y students also achieve global impact through Campus Y Student Committees; 20 of them participate in global service work. Through the Campus Y’s global programs, UNC students create life-changing experiences through their volunteer work and immersion in other cultures, develop career skills and language skills, and gain real-world experience and independence that follows them through their college years and beyond.

“The Bonner Program has been integral in opening up

life opportunities for me at UNC. I say life opportunities

because the Bonner Program is the platform to continue

my passion for social justice and will be the platform for

what I do in internships, fellowships and after college work

in a social justice environment. The Bonner Program offers

academic support, leadership training, and professional

skills to put its students in the top tier of leaders at UNC.”

globAl gAP YEAR fEllowS AT A glAnCE:

• InauguralclassoffivestudentsfromNCandGA

• Requirements:approvedproposalincludingminimumsixmonthsofservice, pre-departureorientation,blogdocumentingtravels,regularcommunication with Campus Y coordinator

• Cultureimmersionandcountriesserved:Australia,China,France,Hungary, India,Italy,Madagascar,Myanmar,NewZealand,Peru,Scotland,Spain, Sweden,Thailand

• Typesofservicework:taughtEnglishtostudentsinChinaandMyanmar, promotedsustainableagricultureinThailand,workedatahospiceand taughtpreschoolchildreninIndia,workedwithayouthserviceorganization inHungary,workedwithamarineconservationorganizationin Madagascar,volunteeredatanorganicfarminTuscany,workedatasoup kitcheninRome,helpedbuildaYMCAandvolunteeredataYMCAyouth camp in Peru

• Languageimmersionandproficiency:Spanish,Chinese

• GGYFaddssevennewFellowsin2012-20138 9

MEET globAl gAP YEAR fEllow AMY dinglER ‘16

Amy Dingler has always been a trailblazer. Before she ever set foot on campus, Dingler started a nonprofit (International Friends Foundation) to provide resources for students who wanted to experience other cultures but didn’t have the resources to do so. She subsidized the nonprofit with a benefit concert, and simultaneously attended high school and college during her junior and senior years. In 2011 the teen who raised money for other students to travel won a global scholarship herself. Dingler decided to defer enrollment at UNC-Chapel Hill to pursue a year of public service abroad through the Global Gap Year Fellowship.

The Georgia native and social entrepreneur was chosen as one of five Global Gap Year Fellows in the Campus Y’s inaugural class. Dingler’s travels included a list of personal life goals featuring explorations of faith, heritage, and the human condition. She volunteered at a hospice in Kolkata, India, helping the chronically and terminally ill at Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity; taught English to Indian preschoolers in Dadawas village; explored Italy on a roots trip with her aunt and worked with Caritas Menthas soup kitchen in Rome; talked to high school students about civic engagement at Hungary’s Demokratikus Ifjusagert Alapitvany; learned to scuba dive the reefs of Madagascar, working in marine conservation with Reef Doctor; stopped to reflect in Johannesburg, South Africa; and finally, started her first year of college in Chapel Hill!

As a first-year at UNC, Dingler applied and was accepted into the Bonner Leaders Program, where she will share the benefits of her global service experience with her fellow Bonner Leaders and the program’s community partners.

Y PASSion SolvES SoCiAl PRoblEMS

UNC’s Social Innovation Incubator at the Campus Y employs the Y’s model of activist, entrepreneurial responses to social justice; taking advantage of the Y’s existing interdisciplinary network of support services and expertise across UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, professional schools and Student Affairs. The Incubator supports young UNC-Chapel Hill entrepreneurs and faculty focused on social change and provides a bridge to a social innovation ecosystem beyond campus.

In January 2012 a selection team of social innovation and entrepreneurship experts evaluated 17 teams competing for seed capital, dedicated workspace and equipment, capacity-building workshops, and expert coaching services. Two for-profit and two nonprofit teams were chosen as the Incubator’s first full-time residents.

The four startup teams are: Aquagenx, a student/faculty hybrid team whose portable lab-free water contamination test could save millions of lives by detecting infectious disease; HOPE Gardens, a student-run community garden delivering fresh, affordable produce to low-income families; Musical Empowerment, a student-run musical education outreach organization providing low-income children with access to instruments; and SEA Brand LLC, an eco-friendly apparel company whose revenue from promoting social causes supports nonprofit partners. A capacity building co-curriculum was developed to cultivate critical entrepreneurial skills and provide the professional expertise to promote development.

In just six months, Incubator teams were able to leverage invaluable insight from leading-edge mentors. They won more than $15,000 in seed capital competitions, legally incorporated their ventures, formed boards of advisors, developed branding campaigns, formalized leadership structures, refined business plans, resolved legal contract and trademark issues, and donated $2,000 in revenue to nonprofit partners.

“I was standing in the middle of South Africa, a

small American girl, oceans away from family

in a city filled with so much history and culture.

My mind started racing and memories popped up

randomly of a taxi ride through Kolkata, a small

student holding my hand in Dadawas village, and

a Meyer’s Butterflyfish in the Indian ocean. I started

crying and laughing at the same time. How lucky do

you get in life? How many blessings does God give

you? Why me? My gap year has been without a doubt

the most amazing year of my life.”

SoCiAl innovATion inCUbAToR AT A glAnCE:

• Fourstartupteams:Aquagenx,HOPEGardens,MusicalEmpowerment, SEABrandLLC

• UpfitofCampusY3rd floorfor24/7accessto1500sq.ft.ofco-workingspace

• NewSocialInnovationFunddisbursed$16,000inseedcapital

• Newco-curriculumbuiltstartups’skillsinstrategicbusinessplanning,organizational messaging,riskreduction,entrepreneurialaccounting,communicationstrategy, and marketing

• Entrepreneurialexpertiseworkshopsprovidedone-on-onementoringforstartup teamsandtrainingforacampus-wideaudience

• FormedstrategicpartnershipswithUNCprofessionalschools,socialentrepreneurs, UNC’sSocialEntrepreneur-in-Residence,andventurecoachestoadvisestartups

• Launchedspeakersseriesfeaturingindustrythoughtleaders(RyanAllis,Desh Deshpande,DennisWhittle)

• RecruitedBoardofAdvisors

• Hiredthreepart-timestaffforprogramcoordination,co-curriculumdevelopment, and communications

• MetwithglobalnonprofitsocialentrepreneurshipnetworksAshoka,EchoingGreen, DraperRichardsKaplanforassessmentandevaluationofIncubatormodel

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MEET SoCiAl EnTREPREnEUR AliCE wAngResearcher, Aquagenx

Environmental sciences doctoral student Alice Wang calls herself an “accidental entrepreneur”. That’s because the Aquagenx team found out about the Social Innovation Incubator purely by chance through a student listserv. The team, led by Dr. Mark Sobsey (Kenan Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at UNC’s School of Public Health) developed the Compartment Bag Test (CBT) – a portable, affordable household test that detects and quantifies fecal bacteria in water without the need for a lab, electricity, or expertise. Wang’s field-testing in Peru proved the CBT had the potential to save millions of lives by identifying high-risk communities and preventing the spread of infectious disease. The team knew international aid organizations and NGOs were interested, but they needed help commercializing their idea.

In January 2012, Aquagenx was one of four teams chosen for residency in UNC’s Social Innovation Incubator at the Campus Y, qualifying them for resources including co-working space, seed capital, venture coaching, and capacity-building workshops. Wang and her team developed a business plan, incorporated as an LLC, began recruiting a Board of Advisors, obtained legal advice on product licensing, and sharpened their pitching/messaging skills.

Spring 2012 was full of competitive milestones for the social venture. In March, Aquagenx was chosen as the South Regional Champion in the Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge, and in April the team won first place and $15,000 in seed funding in the Carolina Challenge. Wang spent the summer conducting expanded pilot testing of the CBT in Tanzania, where some communities have never known safe water sources. For Wang, her research is its own reward. Last year, she switched from a master’s to a doctoral track to continue the environmental health work that combines her love of science and policy, and helps Aquagenx change the world.

Y PASSion lASTS A lifETiME

We think of the Y today as an applied design thinking lab for college students; a seed bed for social entrepreneurship. Campus Y alumni consistently point to this place as an influential touchpoint in their lives; inspiring values that they carried with them beyond the Y into their personal and professional adult lives. It’s easy to see why. The Campus Y is more than just a physical space – it’s a place where students can make connections and create a web of support; where they can try, fail, and learn as they transform their ideas into action with lightning speed; pair knowledge, skills and experience with enthusiasm, optimism and energy; and in a matter of months make a difference that potentially lasts years. The Y changes you as you change the world.

Campus Y alumni come from a variety of liberal arts backgrounds. Those foundations in critical thinking and its applications empowered problem-solving innovation as students, and its breadth of perspective prepared them for the professional adaptation necessary in an ever-changing global marketplace. Those tools allowed them to change the world through careers that didn’t even exist when they graduated. Creating a culture of social innovation and passion for social justice creates a model that gives back. Our alumni are the bridge to internships and jobs, and bring their leading-edge expertise back to campus to mentor our students.

“My participation at the Campus Y in the early 1980’s had a big

impact on my future life; in particular my experience helped me

motivate the founding of GlobalGiving, which has facilitated

one hundred million dollars of funding for social causes in 130

countries. With its new Social Innovation Incubator, the Campus Y

is now poised to be the launching pad for a wide variety of exciting

initiatives targeted at improving the quality of life in North

Carolina and the world.”

dEnniS wHiTTlE ’83

Co-founder, GlobalGiving.orgUNC-Chapel Hill Social Entrepreneur-in ResidenceWorld Bank Lead EconomistCampus Y alumnusReligious Studies Major

“The Campus Y was effectively my primary residence at UNC – I

hardly left the place, and it gave me some of my best memories

of college. But the greater effect on my life came afterwards. In

many ways, the Y set the course for the rest of my career. The

Y tells students “If you’re passionate about something, here’s a

platform to work from, see what you can create.” It’s a perfect

training ground for entrepreneurship.“

AlEC gUETTEl ’91

Co-founder/Chairman, SungevityFounder, Axiom LawCampus Y Co-chair, Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), now a national nonprofitPolitical Science Major

“The Incubator helped us connect

across campus (and beyond!) with

rich resources, and also increased

our public profile. As a scientist,

it was a challenge to be able to

communicate my idea and passion

effectively to a general audience.

Incubator mentors taught me

how to pitch Aquagenx, and tell a

coherent and engaging story.”

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“The Y not only taught me the value of fighting for what you

believe in, and following your passion, but to also cherish

every interaction with those that I got to meet. It taught me to

relentlessly work hard, but to pause to see true beauties that

surround us. From my organizing efforts through the Y, as well as

my experience with leading different student groups, I broke my

fear about the possibility of my own potential. I was able to make

leaps after graduating. I truly don’t think I could have made my

life decisions with the kind of certainty that I did, had it not been

for the mentors, the lessons, and the experiences that came through

the Campus Y.”

fAHMidA AzAd ’09

Network Partnership Associate for Ashoka’s Changemakers GirlUp United Nations FoundationCampus Y Nourish International Chapter Founders TeamPsychology Major

“Watching my peers’ relentless commitment to causes that were

important to them was inspiring, and from them, I learned that

the choices we make every day - from the very large to the very

small - can help make our world a more just or unjust place. As

an alumnus, I’ve chosen to continue my commitment to achieving

social justice through my chosen career path (public health),

and also enact several of the values of the Campus Y - such as a

commitment to service and diversity, and working collaboratively

with others - into my daily life.”

AlExiS dEnniS ‘11

MPH Candidate, UNC-CHResearch Assistant, UNC Center for AIDS ResearchHealth Fellow, The Greenlining InstituteRobertson ScholarCampus Y Development Committee, UNC-NOW, HYPECommunication Studies Major

Y PASSion + PARTnERSHiPS + PRogRAMMingAdvancing Social Justice, Achieving Social Impact, Supporting Social Innovation

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Y PASSion lASTS A lifETiME

CAMPUS Y

CAMPUS Y finAnCiAlS

Over the past four years, UNC-Chapel Hill has seen its state funding cut by $231M. State funding is not expected to exceed current levels or keep pace with programming growth. In FY 2012, in spite of federal budget cuts, the Y was able to initiate key parts of its strategic plan: an evaluation and assessment system; expanded opportunities for low-income students; a new global service initiative; and a social innovation incubator. The Y secured startup funding from a variety of sources including foundations and individual donors. These new funds have been earmarked for specific initiatives, with a heavy emphasis on program-related costs. Discretionary funding is scarce and additional funds are needed to grow and sustain these initiatives. The Campus Y’s operational model remains extremely lean – its three full-time staff rely heavily on student volunteers to help support nearly 2,000 students engaged in social justice efforts and community service. Our organizational structure is fragile; with long-term success dependent on raising sufficient private funds to sustain staffing and operational support while growing programming.

CAMPUS Y ExPEnSES fY2012

CAMPUS Y REvEnUE fY2012

Total Expenses $577,534

Total Revenue $622,871

Programming $ 321,957

Operations $ 251,336

Fundraising $ 4,241

Total $ 577,534

University $ 210,301

Donations $ 193,310

Endowments $ 98,060

Grants $ 72,050

Federal $ 37,200

Dues/Fees $ 11,950

Total $ 622,871

THE STRATEgiC PlAn

To mark the 150th anniversary of the Campus Y, Director Richard Harrill assembled an advisory board comprised of university and community stakeholders and charged it with creating a five-year plan to help the Y set its organizational priorities for the future. The task was clear: to build on the Y’s rich legacy while answering Chancellor Holden Thorp’s call to innovate for social good in the 21st Century. The Campus and Community Advisory Board was composed of current students, represented by the 2010-2011 Y co-presidents and a Y committee co-chair, alumni, university representatives and faculty (including a representative from the office of the Chancellor), and heads of current community partners in the Y’s work.

The group met six times over an eight-month period, with student and alumni meetings convened between formal discussions to provide additional feedback. The Campus Y explored alignment between its own programming priorities and UNC’s Academic Plan, the Roadmap on Global Education, the new Roadmap on Innovation and the Diversity Plan.

The process affirmed the Y’s core strengths – its collaborations, partnerships, sense of openness and accessibility. It also highlighted areas where the Y could enhance its work – increasing diversity and providing opportunities to involve lower-income students, building and sustaining strong community relationships, increasing faculty and alumni involvement, expanding global programming, measuring social impact, building student skills and capacity, offering space for dialogue and issue exploration outside of the formal Y committee structures, and strengthening the Y’s ability to encourage and provide resources for social innovation.

As a social justice organization, the Y recognized that service and advocacy undertaken by its students and staff must also be measured by its effect in the neighborhoods and communities where students work. In 2011, a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund created an evaluation process that combines feedback from communities served by the Y with quantitative health and educational data about them to develop innovative approaches for lasting social impact.

In one short year, much has been accomplished. A talented and experienced student leadership group led by Jagir Patel and Mackenzie Thomas has worked closely with Y Director Richard Harrill, Assistant Director Lucy Lewis and Administrative Manager Jill Wuenschel to launch and implement new program pillars that expand and support the work of 30 committees. The Bonner Leaders program expands the diversity of students involved in Y work and significantly deepens relationships with community partners across the Carrboro-Chapel Hill area. Global Gap Year Fellows are bringing their first-hand experience in international service back to inform their work with Y committees, some local and some global. And the Campus Y has reclaimed and redesigned its third floor, transforming it into the physical home for the Y’s social innovation work and into a hub of leadership in UNC’s campus-wide social innovation initiative.

The Campus Y started FY 2012 with 6 organizational and 6 operational priorities to identify and execute goals that supported its students. The Campus Y has a unique institutional advantage as the sole site for intentionally integrating accessibility, global engagement, diversity and entrepreneurship into a hybrid model of domestic/global, academic/social, and campus/community impact.

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oRgAnizATionAl goAlS

MEASURE iMPACT/bUild CAPACiTY

• JessieBallduPontGrant(evaluation,assessment),YFund&Development Committee(microloans)• BonnerLeaders(workshops,seminars)• GlobalGapYearFellows• SocialInnovationIncubator(seedcapital,workshops)

STRong CoMMUniTY PARTnERSHiPS

• JessieBallduPontGrant,StrowdRosesFoundationinvestmentsincommunitypartnerships• BonnerLeadersincreasednumberofpartnersandgeographicalareasserved

fACUlTY & AlUMni involvEMEnT

• LaunchedBonnerLeadersProgramandGlobalGapYearFellowsProgram• EstablishedSocialInnovationIncubatorAdvisoryBoard• Partnerships(UNCBusiness&Lawschools,CenterforGlobalInitiatives,CarolinaCenter forPublicService,MinorinEntrepreneurship,GlobalStudies,SchoolofJournalism& MassCommunication,SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityCareerServices)

divERSiTY

• BonnerLeaders• GlobalGapYearFellows• UNCOfficesofAdmissions,Scholarships&StudentAid,Diversity&MulticulturalAffairs

globAl PRogRAMMing

• GO!GlobalOrientationonEthicsandCulture• GlobalGapYearFellows• StudentgapyearadvocacygroupGapYearPeople(GAPPL)• Studentorientation/trainingretreatsandspeakerseries

SoCiAl innovATion lEAdERSHiP

• SocialInnovationIncubator• Externalprofessionalpartnerships• On-campusAdvisoryBoard• SocialEntrepreneur-in-Residence• Academicinstruction(MinorinEntrepreneurship,LaunchingtheVenture)

oPERATionAl goAlS

lEgAl liAbiliTY

• OfficeofUniversityCounselguidance• Drafted501c3statusmemo• Probonolegalcounsel• PartnershipwithCommunityDevelopmentLawClinic(incl.workshops)

govERnAnCE & lEAdERSHiP

• HireddedicatedstaffforGGYF,Incubatorandevaluation• HirednewOfficeAdministrativeDirector• RefinedOfficeAdmin.&Asst.Directorduties• DefinedYStudentExecutiveBoardresponsibilities

finAnCiAl

• Identified&cultivatedprivateandfederalfundingsources• IntegratedYfinancialsystem• NewstudentCFOforcommittees

PHYSiCAl SPACE

• Officespace,studentspace,furniture&technologyupgrades• ReclaimedthirdfloorspaceforIncubator

CoMMUniCATionS

• Securedfundingforwebsiteredesignandrelaunch• Contractedwithcommunicationsconsultant• NewYExec.studentcommunicationsteam• NewYweeklye-newsletter

MARkETing

• Pre-collegeoutreach(UNCOfficesofAdmissions,Scholarships&StudentAid)• Newsocialmediaplatforms• Developedinternalpublicitylist• Draftedanddistributedpressreleases• Developedprofessionalmediacontacts

CAMPUS Y ACHiEvEMEnTS 2011-2012

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invEST in lASTing CHAngE

In summer 2012 the Campus Y launched the silent phase of a capital campaign to create a $10M endowment, making the Y, our programming, our students, and the communities we serve less dependent on fluctuations in state and federal support. Just as our alumni were critical to the preservation and restoration of the YMCA Building, they are the cornerstone of our new campaign to sustain the Y’s programming and operations.

The Campus Y is dedicated to making sure the new programs launched in FY2012 reach their full potential. The programs the Y has developed cannot flourish without sustained financial support and additional staff. What we accomplished this year was made possible through the generosity of individual donors - Campus Y alumni, UNC faculty, families and friends. We need your help to sustain our vision. Some of our most innovative programming has come from our sustaining donors. We ask you to consider making the Campus Y a part of your regular, long-term giving to support social justice, unparalleled student passion, dynamic leadership, experiential learning, community partnerships, innovative solutions, and real-world impact.

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Y PASSion givES bACk – THAnk YoU foR SUPPoRTing THE CAMPUS Y!

oUR CAMPUS Y STUdEnTSMake an investment in lasting change

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THE ConSCiEnCE of THE UnivERSiTY

The Campus Y is the Center for Social Justice at UNC-Chapel Hill. Since its establishment in 1860, the Campus Y has been one of the most vibrant organizations at UNC. With an estimated 2,000 student volunteers, the Y is the oldest and largest student service organization on campus. The Y houses more than 30 student social justice organizations and three pilot programs. Campus Y staff support the student social justice committees, the Bonner Leaders Program, the Global Gap Year Fellowship, and the Social Innovation Incubator.

For more than 150 years, the Campus Y has provided a link between UNC and external communities through social justice activities and volunteer outreach. It has been labeled the “conscience of the university” and has shaped the character of the campus for generations.

The Campus Y owes its origins to the YMCA and YWCA, which were organized at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1860 and 1935 respectively. Their mission of the social gospel initiated campus services for UNC students, such as the Book Exchange and the intramural sports programs, and challenged students to reach out to the community. The two Y chapters joined together to become the Campus Y in 1963 and later severed all ties with the national organizations. During

the early decades of the Y’s history it effectively functioned as the student union, serving as a hub for student leadership and social activism; serving a pivotal role in UNC student organization and action that addressed issues of integration, free speech, gender equality, diversity, workers’ rights, world hunger, apartheid, and armed conflict.

Since the 1970s, the Campus Y has worked for social justice as a recognized student organization and a department in the Division of Student Affairs, with a reporting line to the director of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. The organization has journeyed from its origins as a young men’s Christian fellowship group, to become a pluralistic, diverse institution that champions civil and human rights not just in North Carolina but around the world.

The Campus Y Leadership structure is unique at UNC; rather than a hierarchy with staff supervising students, the Y staff and student leadership work in tandem to provide support for programming, development and social justice initiatives.

CAMPUS Y STUdEnT CoMMiTTEES

Students who matriculate through the Campus Y become agents of social change with the leadership skills and energy to execute their vision; are invested in opening doors of access and opportunity for those communities in greatest need; gain hands-on experience through immersion in the communities they work with; and develop collaborative, sustainable relationships that emphasize the long-term growth and impact of their solutions.

An entrepreneurial culture is deeply embedded in the DNA of the Campus Y. UNC service-learning programs such as APPLES, SCALE and Nourish International spun out of the Campus Y; Campus Y innovations Carolina Kickoff, and UNC Student Stores have become campus institutions in their own right. Campus Y committees have transitioned their social justice enterprises into independent, sustainable organizations with measurable national and international impact. Students build their capacity to achieve systemic social change through key interdisciplinary relationships within the university and external partnerships with community-based organizations.

disaster ReliefExtendedDisasterRelief(EDR)Education and YouthBest BuddiesBig BuddyCarolinaforAmaniCarolinaKickoffCatalystConferenceCriminal Justice Awareness and ActionHelping Youth by Providing Enrichment(HYPE)Project LiteracyTechnology Without BordersUNC-NOWElderly CareYouthforElderlyService(YES)Environmental justiceStudentsWorkingforEnvironmentalActionandTransformation(SWEAT)Human RightsAdvocatesforHumanRights(AHR)Amnesty InternationalCarolina Against Slavery and Trafficking(CAST)

CAMPUS Y CHARTER

The Campus Y is a student movement rooted in a history of advocating grassroots social change, at our university and in our wider society. We are humbled by and accountable to our honorific, “the conscience of the university,” a responsibility earned by generations of Y students who championed justice and equality, even in unpopular circumstances. We strive to uphold this legacy, working alongside but also challenging university, government and private institutions. We honor our community as a place where change can happen, and a place that nurtures us with energy, knowledge, and a multiplicity of perspectives.

Stand-UNCHunger and HomelessnessCarolinaHungerEducationandActivismProject(CHEAP)HomelessOutreachPovertyEradication(HOPE)TarHeelTABLEimmigrationStudentsUnitedforImmigrantEquality(SUIE)LinkingImmigrantstoNewCommunities(LINC)international issues/developmentAdvocatesforGrassrootsDevelopmentsinUganda(AGRADU)CarolinaMicrofinanceInitiativeMillenniumVillageProject(MVP)NourishInternationalProject HealWorld Micro MarketPublic HealthHealth FocusRethink:PsychiatricIllness

We, the members of the Campus Y, resolve to:

• UpholdtheCampusY’slegacyofsocialjustice

• Honorthecommunitiesthatenrichandstrengthenourwork

• Modelaself-reflectiveethicofservice

• Respectdiversityofthoughtandbackground

• Recognizeourselvesasstudentswhoarelearningandgrowing

• Embracethemultiplicityofourapproachestosocialjusticework

• Committohonest,communicative,horizontal,andinclusiverelationships

• Workwithratherthanforcommunities

• BuildandpromoteY-widecoalitionstorespondtosocialinjustice

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in MEMoRiAM – bill fRidAY

The Campus Y wants to recognize two people who have been lifelong supporters of our work – Bill and Ida Friday. On October 17, 2012 the university community came together as a family at Memorial Hall to honor the life of William C. Friday in a moving ceremony celebrating the higher ed icon, civil rights champion, and renowned public servant. When Bill Friday became UNC’s interim president at 35 years old he thought he would stay “no more than a few months”, but instead stood at the helm of the university for three decades.

Those decades – from 1956 to 1986 – marked some of the most critical years in Carolina’s development; years rife with political conflict, and filled with unprecedented growth. During that time President Friday recognized the power of students to use their passion for social change and achieve social impact; he called the Campus Y the “nerve center” of UNC – a community full of “vitality and dynamism” channeling student energy into creative solutions to economic, environmental, and social problems. The Campus Y is carrying Bill Friday’s legacy of social justice into the 21st century. But if the Campus Y is Carolina’s “beating heart”, Bill Friday was its soul. And this is why:

He put civil rights and free speech front and centerFriday served as a mediator between student activists and the North Carolina General Assembly during the Civil Rights Movement, oversaw the racial desegregation of the university, and helped set the stage for a federal challenge to North Carolina’s Speaker Ban law. In 1966, Friday helped a coalition of UNC student leaders (including the Campus Y) fight for the freedom to voice, hear, and debate even the most controversial ideas. On University Day 2011, Bill Friday joined some of those same student leaders at the site of what he called “the most shameful day” of his tenure to dedicate a monument on McCorkle Place; marking the spot where students stood up for free speech and made history.

He embodied the idea that access + education = opportunityFriday never forgot his Depression-era roots, and witnessed firsthand how lack of access to higher education can cost a community. Friday made sure UNC was the people’s institution, supporting integration, college affordability, and supporting programs to reduce poverty and illiteracy.

He respected student passionFriday shepherded UNC through periods of intense student activism and social change during the 1960’s and 1970’s, and his conviction in supporting free speech and free debate meant a public university could be a safe place where students could speak up and speak out about what was important to them. The Campus Y was a focal point for that passion.

He believed the university had a moral responsibility to the larger communityGrowing up in the Great Depression and serving in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II left its mark on Friday; he believed it was his life’s work to give back. Friday was instrumental in increasing North Carolina’s federal funding for student aid through Pell Grants; he helped establish Area Health Education Centers across North Carolina to provide rural residents with access to UNC physicians and specialized health care services; he raised awareness about the state’s poor as the chairman of the N.C. Poverty Project and the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center; and the continuing education center that bears his name supports adult learners through credit and noncredit courses.

He never stopped trying to change the worldIn 1997, Bill Friday was awarded the National Humanities Medal for his commitment to the humanities and career in public service. Friday shaped all 16 of the state’s public colleges and universities into a modern model for a multi-campus system, increasing UNC’s student body to more than eight times its size; laid the groundwork for the high-tech hub Research Triangle Park, which now hosts 170 companies; co-chaired the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, which examined abuses in college sports; and hosted UNC-TV’s longest running show, “North Carolina People”, highlighting the people that were his home state’s treasures while showcasing the empathy and personal attention to detail Friday was famous for.

Bill Friday served as honorary Co-Chair of the Campus Y’s 150th Anniversary celebration in October 2010.

bill fRidAY July 13, 1920-October 12, 2012

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“All during the time that I was in the Dean of Students office, and early on in the presidency, I looked upon the Y as the place of vitality and dynamism--things happened there. And it was not just the controversial kind of things; they were working in the community. They were working with people that lived in poverty; they had been working on missions. And so you see, it’s been a beating heart; it’s been a nerve center. Something was happening there all the time. The Y’s right there in front of it. And that’s your frontmost piece: the beating heart. Because that’s what it did for half a century, because there was nothing else. No big student union, no progressive program like that.”

THE CAMPUS Y

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Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5115http://campus-y.unc.edu/