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DocuSign Envelope ID:022328A8-D9F2-4935-B266-927E481327A4 <br /> the determined effort to achieve civil and human rights particularly for people of color,as well <br /> as for all Americans. Our hope is eventually to build Free Spirit Freedom into a vibrant <br /> community resource, collecting old photographs,historic images, narratives and documentation <br /> for an on-going public exhibition and continued interactive programming that will instill a <br /> sense of being and place while promoting diversity and inclusiveness in local affairs. <br /> • Current Programs and Services–a brief list. <br /> • Hillsborough Last Fridays—free concert series along with visul arts, crafts, children's <br /> activities and food vendors; <br /> • Last Fridays Art Walk—Hillsborough galleries and studios present artists and their art; <br /> • Hillsborough Handmade Parade—featuring handmade puppets, now a local tradition; <br /> • Hillsborough Downtown Arts&Crafts Show—an annual April event; <br /> • Free Spirit Freedom—celebrating Orange County's diverse history and future through <br /> photography and narrative; <br /> • Sculpture Tour—a bi-annual exhibit of outdoor sculpture in Hillsborough, currently <br /> featuring Stickworks; <br /> • HAC Gallery&Gift Shop,a consistent venue for works by local artists; <br /> • Art Cycle—collecting and distributing donations of new and used supplies for local <br /> school classrooms. <br /> • Arts Alive—a performance series of poetry and literature. <br /> • Parlor Concerts—providing fine music in an intimate setting. <br /> • Proposed Uses of Grant Funds–location, date,artists involved. Include whether you have <br /> undertaken similar activities in the past. Include approximate number of audience per program; <br /> geography of audience; mix of ethnicity, age, and gender. <br /> Free Spirit Freedom has progressed to the point where we see the need to design and produce a <br /> hardcopy version of the images that we have acquired and to accompany these images with <br /> documentary and anecdotal short essays—i.e.,a photo book.We have numerous photographs— <br /> some acquired by scanning old photos loaned to us by community members,and others <br /> acquired by shooting new images with the artistic assistance of Jacquelin Liggins and Joanie <br /> Alexander.Along with these photographs,we are obtaining oral histories of the places,people <br /> and events. Free Spirit Freedom now wants to make these images and stories more accessible <br /> to the general public. <br /> The first book,our pilot,will focus on our`Freedom through Faith and Knowledge' collection. <br /> We will incorporate images of the one and two-room schoolhouses and the larger consolidated <br /> schools that operated during the days of segregation and that were critical in the struggle and <br /> path to freedom.Joanie Alexander and Renee Price will be responsible for the book layout and <br /> design. Renee Price,with assistance from Dr. Freddie Parker,will conduct documentary <br /> research and interviews to compose the essays to accompany the images. <br /> Because we see the need to engage younger generations in perpetuating this history, Free Spirit <br /> Freedom also will seek to include poetry or prose that interprets the photographs and stories <br /> through the lens of our young people.We have connections with community youth <br />