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Name of Organization:The Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History <br />Organization website:jacksoncenter.info/ <br />Street Address:512 W.Rosemary Street Chapel Hill,NC 27516 <br />Mailing Address (if different): <br />Authorizing Official Name:Michelle Brown <br />Title:Director of Development <br />Authorizing Official Phone:919-960-1670 <br />Email:michelle@jacksoncenter.info <br />Name of event or program:The Northside Festival <br />Date(s)of event or program:April 27th,2024 <br />Approximate number of attendees expected:450 <br />Briefly explain the purpose of this event or program: <br />The Northside Festival is an adaptation of and tribute to the joyful ritual and rite of passage that was the May Day <br />Festival of Orange County Training School-the segregated Black school during the time of Jim Crow.The Festival is <br />a moment to strategically shift conventional narratives about the invisibility,or even non-existence,historically and <br />currently,of the black community,as well as disrupt current narratives that the neighborhood is “lost”or “gone”. <br />We are here and we have never left!Annually,on the last Saturday in April,hundreds of community leaders, <br />partners and residents who live,worship,play,learn and advocate for Northside,gather in celebration of the past <br />and future.The Northside Festival is a cost-free event for the community,with live local talent,home-cooked and <br />donated meals from neighbors and local restaurants and crafts for all ages.It is a neighborhood-wide celebration to <br />share and honor the local history through an artful form of neighboring.With support from the town,we strip away <br />barriers such as streets and dance in the parkway,symbolically taking back the land that has always been “ours” <br />through movement,dance,song,food,laughter,and celebration. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 6664002E-5724-4F28-86B1-2DC2F323EF10