West End Neighborhood

Logo for the SWCD Quality of Life Project

"It takes a village to build a village and sometimes it takes a village to build an individual house" [Philip Azar]

To many in the Durham community, the Quality of Life Project and their efforts to create affordable housing options has been a source of hope and inspiration. Philip Azar has worked closely with the Quality of LIfe Project…

The future site of the Pauli Murray Center for History & Social Justice

Pauli Murray, influential 20th Century human rights activist, grew up in Durham's West End neighborhood. Murray was a lawyer, feminist, poet and Episcopal priest.Her childhood home was named a National Treasure in 2015 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is currently being renovated and transformed into the Pauli Murray Center…