El Futuro, a Latino behavioral health clinic, will be hosting a conference on Friday, Feb. 1, from 3:30 to 8:30 pm and Saturday, Feb. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the UNC School of Social Work Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, 325 Pittsboro St.

¿Y Ahora Qué? 2013 - Sueños, Retos, y Oportunidades: Reflections on Latino Behavioral Health,” will help mental health providers learn new evidence-based methods and discuss ways to enhance the delivery of mental health to the Latino community. Attendees will also engage in discussions with the local legal community to address specific issues related to serving the immigrant population in North Carolina.

El Futuro opened in 2005 to fill a gap. Its mission is to strengthen the whole community by providing and advancing bilingual and culturally informed behavioral health treatment for underserved Spanish-speaking individuals and families. Now, as a trusted resource in the Latino community, El Futuro, with locations in Durham, Carrboro and Siler City, has served over 1,600 clients in the past year. The experience in serving the Latino community led to the vision of El Futuro’s executive director, Luke Smith, M.D., to host a behavioral health conference to provide education to other providers involved in treating this population.

Yolonda Williams

El Futuro

Free ‘Sam’ talk

The Chapel Hill Historical Society and UNC University Library present “Silent Sam in History and Memory,” a talk by Dr. Fitz Brundage and Adam Domby at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room at Wilson Library on the UNC campus. The event is free and open to the public, and parking is free on campus after 5 p.m.

To trace the history of Silent Sam, the memorial to UNC students who fought for the Confederacy, is to chart the shifting course of the historical memory of the Civil War in North Carolina and the broader nation.

When dedicated a century ago, the monument was a testament to the triumph of the heroic white southern “Lost Cause” narrative over competing memories of the Civil War. The controversy surrounding Silent Sam during the past quarter century testifies to the profound changes not only in the meaning assigned to the Civil War but to the public culture of the contemporary South. Brundage and Domby, of the History Department, will discuss the original impulse behind the monument, the role of the university community in its erection, and its evolution as an icon.

The Chapel Hill Historical Society was founded in 1966 to research and document the history of the Chapel Hill area, to encourage and assist in the study of local history, and to provide public programs and publications related to the heritage and traditions of the community.

Bob Schreiner

Chapel Hill Historical Society