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oocunignsnvelopo 0:oeoee1a4'one7-4aca*nrA-CmnAcocoeeco Exhibit /\ - continued <br /> Provider's �qIpb6Anpiication <br /> and participatory events,We honor civil rights history and inspire consciousness and <br /> action, Primarily the services that wmuMe,in this area include: <br /> • Community Gatherings and Annual Celebratory Festivals <br /> • Interactive History Exhibits <br /> • Resident-Driven Newspaper <br /> d> Agency's Experience with Similar Programs aa the Funding Request <br /> Th|s|a the fourth year nf the Jackson Center's Youth Leadership m Civil Rights Education Program, <br /> Each year we have met and exceeded our goals and benchmarks laid out for our program, |nfact, <br /> half-way into the current year, we have already m,$ program goals that nearly doubled the <br /> outcomes from the previous year. In addition to a huU'maffmam of support, we have two staff <br /> members (including one onaUmo resident of the neighborhood) and three four-year long interns <br /> dedicated solely to this program ��d|dona|ly.we have inom the <br /> partners and <br /> of collaboration with other organizations (see list of partners in answer below) and have built <br /> community teacher team of dozen long-term residents who lived through and participated in the <br /> Civil Rights struggle. Finally,the Jackson Center has gained support from local, state, and national <br /> foundations because of the success of this program and has been invited to participate in |nca|, <br /> ma»o, and national presentations for our model ufp|eco'haasd learning and intmrgonwrmt|mnol civil <br /> rights and oral history curricula. <br /> e) Other Pertinent Agency Information <br /> The Jackson Center has been recognized with several awards for its work over the last six years: <br /> most recently, the Harlan Joel Gradin Award for Excellence in the Public Humanities from the NO <br /> Humanities Council&the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge oui|der8wan1 from UNC'Chmpe|Hill. <br /> Additionally,we have received an Indy Citizen Award for our coalition building and work assisting in <br /> the implementation nf the Morthsido/pinm Knolls Community Plan;the Advocacy Award fmm <br /> Preservation Chapel Hill for our himtoriva|education mm�in Chapel MiU/nmrmom,yn award hvmthe <br /> Chapel M|Uchapter ofa black som��.and an award from UND'u Office of Engaged Scholarship for <br /> our neighborhood partnership work.Our Fusion Youth Radio program served as the inspiration for <br /> WUNC7s Youth Radio Institute and several of our youth pieces have won national awards.Our <br /> events and forums have been hailed uv civil rights and social justice activists as''themost <br /> genuinely integrated events"they have ever attended. <br /> Main Application 1/24/2016 5-04:30 PK8 P og e 5 of 2 % <br />