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Please explain the <br />impact of your <br />organization on the <br />Orange County <br />community in a <br />typical year. <br />Pre-pandemic (fall 2019), there were 183 students from Orange <br />County enrolled in our programming. Currently (fall 2021) there are <br />189 students enrolled. This shows how our college student <br />v olunteers were able to adapt to cov id challenges and reach the <br />highest number of enrolled students yet. <br />Each end-of-semester recital brings together out-of-town audiences <br />from both the student and the college mentor families. <br />In addition to weekly music lessons, our students and their mentors <br />also receiv e access to arts ev ents v ia free concert tickets, lectures, <br />and professional dev elopment opportunities hosted by Musical <br />Empowerment. <br />Musical Empowerment has also partnered with other Orange County <br />arts organizations such as: The Chapel Hill Music Teacher <br />Association and The Art Therapy Institute. <br />As of Spring 2020 Languages spoken by Orange County students are <br />the following: <br />Karen 9% <br />Spanish 52% <br />Mandarin 3% <br />89% of the Orange County children enrolled at Musical Empowerment <br />are BIPOC and 93% of our Orange County students are low-income. <br />Please explain your <br />intended use of a <br />Restart the Arts <br />Grant, if awarded. <br />Funds from a Restart the Arts Grant will help write a hopeful future for <br />underserv ed youth in Orange County. Inv esting funds locally through <br />the hire of Ahmed F. Selim and his studio, Films for W orld Peace, will <br />allow Musical Empowerment to effectiv ely communicate our mission <br />while celebrating and inspiring mentors and students of the past, <br />present and future. <br />A $6,000 contract with Films for W orld Peace will yield production of a <br />v ideo campaign that will include six 2-minute v ideos. These v ideos <br />will prov ide our children a platform to showcase their music and tell <br />their stories, regardless of socioeconomic status or musical ability. <br />The campaign will help share Musical Empowerment’s mission <br />through an interactiv e musical experience. <br />Videos will include the following Orange County <br />People: Students and College mentors (from 2002 to now) <br />Passion: Continued support from the Orange County Arts <br />Commission and arts community <br />Places: UNC campus, Carrboro NC Youthworx Office, lessons <br />spaces, public schools <br />This v ideo campaign will celebrate students and mentors of the past <br />20 years, recruit and inspire new students/mentors of the future and <br />create awareness in the arts community to ensure 20 more years of <br />music and mentorship in Orange County. <br />Please explain <br />measures taken by <br />The safety of Musical Empowerment mentors and families is the <br />number one priority. W orking with our families, board of directors, <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 9978ACCF-6224-4838-9174-30B7C8AA96E6