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Grant Amount <br />Requested <br />2,000.00 <br />Project Start Date <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2020) <br />JULY 1, 2020 <br />Project End Date (no <br />later than June 30, <br />2021) <br />SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 <br />Project/Program <br />Summary <br />Under the name I AM SOTERIA, I hav e been using art in all forms to <br />bring communities together to combat hate, bias and injustice of all <br />kinds. I AM SOTERIA (IAS) & Friends are collaborations to create <br />awareness of what it means to be courageous in this time. In this <br />way, the mov ement seeks to fully bring people closer to their <br />destinies! <br />My passion also lies with the reentry community, with those who are <br />marginalized, and with those whose v oices hav e yet to be heard. I AM <br />SOTERIA & Friends brings awareness to the systemic injustices that <br />arise within our community and our country by being in community <br />with adv ocates and artists for justice, as well as local and national <br />organizations. <br />IAS & Friends started in 2019.This mov ement was created to bring <br />injustice and racism to light, and to create transformation in the <br />midst of all the turmoil, past and present. Local artists share their <br />artistic gifts with communities they likely would not hav e connect with <br />without my platform, an often 50-50 crowd of black and white people. <br />There hav e been fiv e renditions of IAS & Friends since its inception: <br />1 Lov e's Best Language: Music, At Mahalo Studio (Saxapahaw, NC) <br />2. Juneteenth: Redefining Freedom, in partnership with The <br />Saxpahaw Social Justice Exchange at the Culture Mill (Saxapahaw, <br />NC) <br />3. Coffee Shop|Hip-Hop, in partnership with Hip Hop Beats and Things <br />at Johnny’s Gone Fishing (Carrboro, NC) <br />4. Black Friday: A Celebration of An Ev olution, with Culture Mill, <br />Saxapahaw Social Justice Exchange at the Haw Riv er Ballroom <br />(Saxapahaw, NC) <br />5. AND now, once again in collaboration with Johnny’s Gone Fishing, <br />a local coffee shop in Carrboro, NC, Turning The Tables in a <br />Pandemic from the Outside in! <br />Beyond the partners listed abov e, each IAS and Friends also <br />included at least three artists from the black community. <br />For Turning The Tables, I inv ited six local brown and black artists to <br />come and Turn the Tables!! Yes, we are in a pandemic and there are <br />many unjust things happening in the world, but we still hav e <br />community. I reached out to local artists and asked them to paint the <br />tables symbolizing inclusiv ity, social justice and inspiration. For many <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 4172ECB7-1F6D-4340-8628-7AE14D0B5DF5