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1. Civil rights era · 1945–1975

2. 1963
   Founding or opening · Chapel Hill and Carrboro Inter-Church Council forms

   Seven women’s organizing led to coordinated local poverty relief.

3. Recent decades · 1976–2026

4. 1983
   Chapel Hill Ground is broken for the Adelaide Walters Apartments

   Community Housing Alternatives, an organization created by the Inter-Faith Council, broke ground in 1983 for the Adelaide Walters Apartments in Chapel Hill, two years after Walters died.

5. 2015
   Founding or opening · Chapel Hill New community house opens

   The men’s shelter moved to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

6. January 21, 2021
   Founding or opening · Carrboro IFC Commons opens in Carrboro

   The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service opened IFC Commons at 110 West Main Street in Carrboro, a $6 million building that put its community kitchen, food market and other non-shelter programs under one roof. Its virtual grand opening was held January 21, 2021.

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