|
P a g e 8 o f 1 4
<br />Criterion 1 - Social Justice and Racial Equity
<br />
<br />
<br />In some projects, collaborators and partners provide essential capacity and connections. If collaborators
<br />or partners are an essential part of your project whether or not they are receiving grant funds, please
<br />use this section to provide more details. If you are not working with collaborators or partners, please
<br />feel free to write N/A in this section and move to the Social Justice and Racial Equity section.
<br />
<br />13. Please describe one to three
<br />key partnerships/collaborations
<br />that add the most value to the
<br />success of the proposed
<br />project:
<br /> Both the Carrboro Farmers Market and the North Carolina Botanical Garden add unmatched value to the success of our proposed project by supporting Club Nova’s goals in enabling equitable access to healthy, plant-based meals and the overall wellness practices involved in planting, growing and harvesting our own produce as part of our Culinary and Horticulture/Garden units. These partnerships ensure that we are able to commit to environmental tenants of sustainable consumption, circular
<br />economies, waste reduction and meaningful investments in our local communities that support social justice and equitable access to healthy lifestyles for our members.
<br />Carrboro Farmers Market
<br />• Beginning early 2023, the Seasonal Wednesday Carrboro Farmers Market (CFM) and Market Manager Maggie Funkhouser, embarked on a volunteer-led partnership
<br />with our clubhouse to bring fresh, local produce to the Culinary Unit and living plants to the Horticulture Unit and Gardens spaces.
<br />• Every week, CFM vendors (i.e. farmers, artisans, bakers, etc.) donate leftover produce to Club Nova and these leftovers (which may otherwise go unused) are brought directly to Club Nova’s Culinary Unit by local volunteers. These donations are only available during the seasonal market hours (April through the week before Thanksgiving) and not year round however; and this means that Club Nova does not have access to this partnership for 4 months out of the year. Occasionally, however, the Saturday market may donate plants or other produce (but this is unpredictable and rare).
<br />• Club Nova’s Culinary Unit is a work unit within the work-ordered day in which clubhouse colleagues (which includes individual members served, living with serious mental illness and program staff) work side-by-side to clean, process, prep, and cook daily meals for our Club Nova community—member use the fresh, local produce to make these meals! Our vision is to increasingly move toward a menu that is primarily plant-based, in order to improve the health outcomes of our members, their equitable access to these health outcomes (better cardiovascular and internal health) as well as contributing to local environmental sustainability practices and waste
<br />reduction. Including fresh produce into our daily menus has also been key to communication, education and awareness-raising among our members about
<br />environmental sustainability and the benefits of a plant-based diet as part of their long term health and wellness routines.
<br />
<br />
<br />14. Who will directly or indirectly
<br />benefit from your project?
<br />Please be as specific as possible
<br />on the characteristics of those
<br />who will benefit including,
<br />gender, race, age, income level
<br />and geographic location.
<br />
<br />Also, what are the
<br />demographics of the area
<br />where your project takes
<br />place?
<br />
<br />Does your project help to
<br />address any racial disparities in
<br />the location it is proposed for?
<br />
<br />Please list any data sources
<br />used and show the steps of any
<br />calculations:
<br />All individuals living with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) who are currently members of Club Nova, or those individuals
<br />with SMI who apply for and are accepted into membership at Club Nova, will benefit from the Community Climate
<br />Action Grant (Please see our attachments of the Club Nova membership, Carrboro, and Orange County
<br />demographics). The demographics of the area where this project takes place is in Carrboro, Orange County. We do
<br />serve some members in neighboring counties, but majority of members are from Orange County. Club Nova itself
<br />resides in downtown Carrboro with 27% (26 out of 97) of members living in Carrboro. The engagement of Club
<br />Nova members is essential to the work of the Clubhouse and the Clubhouse Model that will include efforts to be
<br />more environmentally sustainable. Club Nova members are active in the gardening, building planning, grant writing
<br />and research, landscaping, and all facets of running Club Nova that relates back to individuals and the communities
<br />robust services that is central to the livelihood and community integration of our Clubhouse as a whole community
<br />of vibrant individuals with diverse support, needs, skills, goals, and interests. It is important to recognize the
<br />struggles faced by disabled individuals, particularly those with SMIs. This group is often marginalized and faces
<br />significant challenges in areas such as housing, food security, employment, and healthcare. When we consider the
<br />intersectionality of race and disability, the challenges faced by Black, Brown, Indigenous and otherwise Melanated
<br />people (BBIMP) are compounded and cumulative. At Club Nova, we serve and advocate for members who identify
<br />as multiply-marginalized through disability and race. Club Nova members will directly benefit from this project by
<br />confronting racial inequities and social barriers, we strive to support some of the most stigmatized and discriminated
<br />against individuals in our community. Our work encompasses issues related to economic stability, education, social
<br />connectedness, and beyond. Racial minorities are essential to the implementation, writing, and completion of this
<br />project. Both members and staff of Club Nova are diverse in demographic categories of race, socioeconomic,
<br />gender, sexual orientation, age, and where they live. Our efforts to support our members’ equitable access to a
<br />society where their rights, dignity, and quality of life are prioritized are directly impacted by the public health crises
<br />at the crossroads of racism and the stigma of mental illness in the United States. Club Nova has a commitment to
<br />itself to be a beacon of hope and safety, and a source of social change in which staff and members work together to
<br />advocate and take action against injustice and threats to human and environmental rights as a whole. At the same
<br />time, Club Nova confronts these inequities on an individual basis, through person-centered support, care, and goal
<br />planning for each and every one of our members. The climate action Club Nova takes can be part of raising
<br />awareness within our own community for individuals to take back to their personal lives to make changes that can
<br />be environmentally friendly and sustainable within families and communities they are a part of outside of Club Nova
<br />that will benefit from the diversity and inclusion that comes with integrating adults with SMI into advocacy efforts
<br />around the environment. These efforts can be part of interface with the broader Carrboro and Orange County
<br />communities, spreading awareness for mental health and our organization, as well as destigmatizing mental illness.
<br />15. Please describe any ways in
<br />which low-income or
<br />marginalized
<br />communities/households were
<br />engaged in the creation of this
<br />project proposal:
<br />
<br />Of note is our process of site and building design and the entirety of this project. The International Standards for Clubhouse Model Programs (decided on through the
<br />process of consensus by members, staff, and boards of the worldwide Clubhouse Community) define the Model. The section of the Standards related to Funding, Governance, and Administration includes the following standard on decision-making:
<br />The Clubhouse holds open forums and has procedures which enable members and staff to actively participate in decision making, generally by consensus, regarding
<br />governance, policy making, and the future direction and development of the Clubhouse.
<br />We take this standard to heart. Our process for our site and building plan has been a multi-year endeavor with members involved in decisions regarding our new facility,
<br />including many meetings with discussion related to essentially every facet of the design process. Examples of decision-making include:
<br />• Where to build • Design of space and the building including: Space for larger garden Horticulture Unit
<br />South facing Terrace for growing herbs and vegetables with space for connecting socially Charging port for electric car - Complete
<br />Solar cells - Complete
<br />• The decision to build an all-electric building including our commercial kitchen equipment and water heater which are all electric.
<br />Collaborators and Partners
<br />DocuSign Envelope ID: A9B18E2F-7835-4086-B808-E21D1F44AE18
|