LDA Ambassadors Frankie and Katie were invited to speak on the millennial panel at the 2017 Cary Dreamfest. They discussed race relations, community organizing, activism, and the use of social media from the perspective of the modern millennials. 

We kick off each year at Packapalooza with the North Carolina Language and Life Project to educate students and tell people about the awesome talks and panels we have happening that school year… (and to hand out our rad pins).

Karen Eisenhauer and Caroline Myrick (pictured) discussed Disney movies and myths concerning gender and speech for an eager crowd! (Follow "read more" to our twitter for our live tweets from the event). 

We hosted Ben Frey and a student panel of NCSU students to discuss native language, identity, and language preservation and revitalization.