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Name of Organization:The Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History <br />Organization website:The Marian Cheek Jackson Center –for Saving and Making History <br />Street Address:512 W.Rosemary Street <br />Mailing Address (if different): <br />Authorizing Official Name:George Barrett <br />Title:Executive Director <br />Authorizing Official Phone:757-960-1670 <br />Email:george@jacksoncenter.info <br />Name of event or program:The Northside Festival <br />Date(s)of event or program:Saturday,April 29th <br />Approximate number of attendees expected:500 <br />Briefly explain the purpose of this event or program: <br />The purpose of the Northside Festival is to honor,renew,build and celebrate the historically Black Northside <br />communities.On the last Saturday in April,hundreds of folks who live,eat,worship,play and learn in <br />Northside,gather to celebrate,on a grand scale,the past,present,and future of these Black neighborhoods. <br />The Festival is a moment of community celebration.We mobilize an active community of elders and mentors <br />who remember the joyful ritual that was the May Day Festival of Orange County Training School.We root <br />ourselves in potluck style gatherings to feed over 400 community members,revive old school field games,and <br />highlight the abundance of community talent through local performers with national-level talent.We strip <br />away barriers,such as streets,and dance,symbolically taking back the land that has always been “ours” <br />through movement,song,laughter,and celebration. <br />Amount of grant:$1000 <br />This grant may only be used to support BIPOC artists providing services to the event or program.Artists must not be an <br />employee,board member,or other authorizing official of the host organization. <br />Please provide a list of artists who will be paid with this grant: <br />NAME RACE CITY/TOWN OF RESIDENCE AMOUNT PAID <br />The Zion Project African American/Black Chapel Hill $200 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 200AAD14-C64A-42AE-9619-586F95F8649A