Founded in 2020, he Power and Place Collaborative is a partnership between Elon, the African American Cultural Arts and History Center and the Mayco Bigelow Center and strives to preserve and present stories from and about the people, places and moments of Alamance County’s Black communities.
The Times-News of Burlington recently featured the work of the Power + Place Collaborative, a partnership between Elon, the African American Cultural Arts and History Center and the Mayco Bigelow Center that strives to preserve and present stories from and about the people, places and moments of Alamance County’s Black communities.
Through the partnership, collaborators have digitally recorded the oral histories of more than 40 people, Danielle Lake, director of Elon’s Center for Design Thinking, shared with Times-News reporter Robby Nelms. The goal is to help ensure future generations can learn from the experiences of those who came before them.
“We need to let these stories be heard and live on. We don’t want them to be lost,” Lake told Nelms. “These are stories of leadership, love, activism, connectivity, engagement and belonging. They belong to everyone.”
Lake shared that this summer, the collaborative was awarded a $10,500 grant from Impact Alamance that will allow the efforts to expand. Those plans call for a project that will feature interviews focused on varying spiritual practices, faiths, traditions, religious communities and leaders.
Find more details about the efforts in the full article.