2024 Community Collaborative Grantees
Chris Adams: Farming Is An Art
Farming as art will bring local artists and farmers together to collaborate on pieces celebrating the importance, joy, struggles, and rewards of sustainable agriculture. This project aims to draw the audience in emotionally to gain insight into the source of food. Resulting artwork will be shared with the public through Lafayette's Second Saturday Artwalk, downtown.
The project lead will conduct a survey to better understand the challenges and needs of the immigrant Latino, non-English speaking professional population within the community. The aim is to understand the needs of this community to better integrate them into the workforce, especially because they bring needed credentials from their home countries. Better understanding their needs will facilitate their entry into higher paying jobs and contribute to fulfilling workforce needs.
The project lead will develop a 10-week savings program to teach financial skills to individuals in underrepresented communities.
Chelsea Murry: Black Women Educators Research Project: Why Black Women Stay in K-12 Schools
This project, through focus groups and a culminating networking conference, seeks to explore the journeys of Black women educators in K-12 schools. The intent is to amplify their voices while addressing why Black women teach, what sustains their educational commitment, and the need of belonging.