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Organization <br />Description <br />The Human Kindness Foundation (HKF) serves as the fiscal agent for the <br />Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition (OCCRC), the program <br />applicant. HKF promotes spirituality, mindfulness, and wellness for people <br />experiencing incarceration and their families. They provide an ongoing <br />supportive presence and create a sense of loving community for those in <br />the midst of disconnection and isolation. HKF employs three full-time staff <br />members and is governed by a 6-member board. <br />Note: W hile HKF has a Durham mailing address, OCCRC is entirely based <br />in Orange County and serves Orange County residents. <br />Project Applicant, OCCRC, formed in 2018 in response to the opening of <br />the National Memorial for Peace and Justice at the Equal Justice Initiative <br />in Montgomery Alabama. A group of friends and colleagues in Orange <br />County, NC, convened a meeting to talk about the pressing need to <br />recognize the sufferings and sacrifices of our foremothers and forefathers <br />in ways that would respect them and their descendants as well as the <br />affected communities, past and present. Together, we agreed to establish <br />a coalition with at least five community-based organizations that have civil <br />rights, equity and justice as part of their mission or vision. <br />The mission of OCCRC is to recognize the people from Orange County <br />who were victims of racial terror lynching, including unnamed and unknown <br />victims. Our work is to disrupt and overcome the detrimental systems and <br />mindsets that have plagued America for generations, and to help usher <br />forth a future of humanity, equity and justice for all of us. <br />OCCRC’s goals are to carry out a set of undertakings in partnership with <br />the Equal Justice Initiative, including: <br />--Soils collection research and events pertaining to the location of the <br />lynchings of the six known victims in Orange County. <br />--An essay contest for students in Orange County public high schools on a <br />topic related to racial terror, set and judged by EJI, with scholarship prizes. <br />--Installation of at least two historic markers in honor of the men known to <br />have been lynched, with information about the history of racial terror <br />lynching in Orange County, NC. <br />--Installation in Orange County of a duplicate of the memorial located at the <br />National Memorial for Peace and Justice at EJI. <br />As part of this work, OCCRC members produce area programs and <br />exhibits. Our public programs incorporate both visual and performance art, <br />a vital means of interpreting and healing historic trauma. <br />Today, OCCRC counts 19 member organizations as part of the coalition. <br />The coalition is governed by 4 co-chairs. OCCRC serves all residents of <br />Orange County, though primarily teenagers and adults. Our programs are <br />free and open to the public. W e therefore seek to serve at least 126,000 of <br />148,700 OC residents. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 5C6A01E1-DC9B-4C6D-A69F-25955310CCCC