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DocuSign Envelope ID: 7A9252AF- OE3A- 47EE- A4F6- 2A3D9DF527FF <br />EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION <br />Collaborators for our Oral History Trust and Soundwalk: <br />• University of North Carolina and North Carolina Central University develop community <br />archives and educational materials through a diverse offering of course partnerships. <br />• Southern Oral History Program assists in oral history archive support and implementation. <br />• Carolina Public Humanities connects us to currently practicing K -12 teachers and <br />curriculum coordinators through their Oral History Teacher Fellows Program <br />Program Description (3 pages OR LESS) <br />Please provide the following information about the proposed program: <br />d) Summarize the program services proposed and how the program will address a <br />Town /County priority /goal? <br />Our Youth Leadership and Civil Rights Education program involve three main initiatives: <br />• History -Based Workshops and Intergenerational Community Education Tours <br />This educational series focuses on civil rights, local and oral history, and cross - generational <br />education. It can be broken down into the following: <br />1. Local Civil Rights Workshops highlight the critical and transformative role of local <br />youth in the struggle to integrate public spaces and attain racial justice. <br />2. Arts and Methods of Oral History Workshops transform the classroom space into an <br />immersive listening and interviewing place- setting. Fostering intergenerational dialogue, <br />students conduct their own oral history interviews with members of our Community <br />Mentor Team to learn local history from everyday history- makers. <br />3. Adventures in Local History provide experiential learning opportunities and field trips <br />to students, allowing them to explore Historical Northside through a guided tour. <br />Together we build customized modules that encompass teacher ideas and student creativity. All <br />our workshops meet Common Core State Standards for grade and unit goals. Examples of the <br />learning and visioning made possible through our unique model of multicultural <br />intergenerational education work include: <br />• Northside Alumni Interview (https: / /youtu.be /076SxuxSo6l): an oral history interview <br />between budding oral historians in the fifth grade and three Community Mentors <br />• Beliefs Like Glue' (https: / /youtu.beNA5loDH81rs): a glimpse into the freedom dreams of <br />fourth graders <br />• Audio Immersion Mentorship Program <br />Our audio immersion program is an innovative and creative series aimed at cultivating <br />community leadership among diverse, local middle and high school students. Integrating media <br />arts and performance with historical civil rights education, this program has provided a platform <br />for students to critically reflect on issues of civil rights and explore how their lives and <br />experiences intersect. Its current form is found within The TYS Project, which affirms that each <br />and every student has a story to tell and a voice that is of value. For this, we provide space to <br />amplify the truths and stories of students through the production of audio - documentaries (radio <br />and audio pieces) and photo essays. In addition to building public speaking, critical thinking, <br />and audio editing skills, students raise their social justice consciousness by collaboratively <br />engaging in racial equality discussions and recognizing the power of their own voice. After <br />successful completion of our fall pilot, we are excited to work towards establishing a partnership <br />with an Orange County School so their students can experience social justice storytelling. <br />• Community Learning Tools via our Oral History Trust and Neighborhood Soundwalk <br />Our ongoing oral history initiatives with long -time residents of this County fuel and deepen our <br />education work. Held within our Oral History Trust, an archival resource that we foresee <br />launching in April, our oral histories are utilized for our workshops and ongoing educational <br />work. The intersection of oral history and civil rights history present in all our education <br />endeavors has allowed us to brainstorm ways we can digitize our lessons and workshop plans <br />for the purpose of serving as resources for schools we have not yet reached. Additionally, we <br />have produced a Northside Soundwalk, an audio - documentary-tour featuring 15 oral histories of <br />the neighborhood & civil rights struggle. It orients hundreds of young people each year to learn <br />