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Central Park School for Children Dance with Gaspard Louis <br />African Drumming and Dance with Teli Shabu and Aya Shabu of <br />Shabutaso <br />Resonant Voice W orkshop with Odeya Nini <br />LAC has hosted ov er 30 thousand people ov er time through ev ents <br />including dance festiv als, socials, liv e music experiences, ecstatic <br />dances, open mic performances, dance and martial arts classes, <br />improv isation, group meditations, mindfulness workshops, listening <br />and conv ersation groups, and more. Some of these ev ents hav e <br />been outdoor Dancewav es in downtown Hillsborough at Riv er Park, <br />prov iding space for the local artists and community groups listed <br />abov e. <br />Please explain the <br />impact of your <br />organization on the <br />Orange County <br />community in a <br />typical year. <br />Our ev ents bring people from all ov er the region on a regular basis. <br />Attendees and performers support local restaurants and businesses. <br />Our ev ents are family friendly and geared towards inclusiv ity. <br />W e offer a v ariety of workshops for more instruction and connection. <br />W e include local artists in all of our ev ents and compensate them <br />fully for their time, knowledge, energy and craft. <br />W e hire and collaborate with local black owned businesses to <br />support the ev ents. <br />W e intentionally collaborate and center artists that represent the <br />greater world majority. <br />W e regularly collaborate with tribal members and elders of the <br />Occoneechee Band of Saponi Nation. <br />W e collaborate with local organizations to support their ev ents. <br />W e prov ided somatic, embodied, therapeutic experiences for all <br />ages. <br />One of the principles of our Brav er Spaces Policy is: “Ev eryone here <br />treats each other with respect and consideration. W e are responsible <br />for our own actions. W e are aware that most if not all of our actions <br />hav e an effect on others, despite what our intentions may be, and <br />ask all attendees to maintain this awareness.” W e understand the <br />importance of hav ing an awareness around and holding space for <br />the fact that different people hav e different liv ed experiences. One of <br />the main goals of our ev ents is to highlight the grace and <br />responsibility we all hav e of acknowledging what we don’t know <br />about each other’s experiences and finding a way that we can <br />connect, learn, and create a shared experience that expands our <br />empathy for each other. <br />W e also make sure to hav e ev ents that are explicitly for marginalized <br />communities in order to support and respect the spaces they need to <br />thriv e. W e acknowledge that not all marginalized communities feel <br />safe in a div erse group, our intention is to increase safety by creating <br />community-specific ev ents. W e hold and prioritize space specifically <br />for BIPOC meetings and conv ersations centering People of the <br />Global Majority, and host ev ents dedicated specifically to <br />marginalized communities. Some of the ev ents we’v e held in the past <br />to do so hav e been: Black Ecstatic Dance, Queer Ecstatic Dance, <br />International Folk Dance, The Untokening Durham, Durham Emergent <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: A6EB2798-CEF7-4336-831E-E241A0F6792C