Transform 1012 N. Main Street is transforming the former Ku Klux Klan Auditorium in Fort Worth, TX into The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing, named after a Black butcher who was lynched by a White mob in 1921. |
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Dear Friends & Supporters of Transform 1012 N. Main Street, Thanks to your support, our project has made incredible strides in the last few weeks. With national media coverage, new sources of funding, and several new team members, Transform 1012 has sparked conversations pitched toward healing and reparative justice all across the country. Read below to learn more about what we have been up to and how you can get involved. |
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Transform 1012 is Hiring!We are thrilled to be hiring our first Executive Director thanks to funding from the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. Submissions accepted through July 12th, 2022 For more information, visit https://people-performance-resources.breezy.hr/p/5ae460e3aa92 Please direct all inquiries to Gabrielle Norton: gnorton@pprhr.com |
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Transform 1012 Awarded $3 Million in Federal Funding With the Help of Congressman Marc Veasey |
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“In March, President Joe Biden signed a government funding law that includes $3 million for Transform 1012 N. Main Street, the organization that plans to rebuild and repurpose what used to be a meeting hall for Fort Worth’s KKK branch. Congressman Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat, submitted the request for funding. Veasey, city leaders and the Transform 1012 board gathered to celebrate the funding Tuesday…” -The Star-Telegram |
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ICYMI: In case you missed it, Transform 1012 was Featured on CNN and the Today Show! |
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| | “The KKK once gathered at this Texas site…”Find us on CNN in this article from Brandon Tensley. Featured in the Race Deconstructed Newsletter. | | |
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| | “Former KKK building being transformed into space of healing”Watch the interview with NBC’s the Today Show here. | | |
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For a complete list of our news coverage, check out our Coverage Book profile here. |
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Board Members of the Month: Dr. Opal Lee & Sharon Herrera |
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Dr. Opal Lee worked tirelessly to commemorate Juneteenth, the abolition of enslavement in Texas, which occurred more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. In 2016, at the age of 86, she brought attention to this campaign walking from Fort Worth to Washington, DC; and on June 17, 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday. Dr. Lee also founded Opal's Farm, a community farm that employs formerly incarcerated people. Dr. Lee had this to say about her activism: If a person smiles at another person, helps an old lady cross the street, or watches someone’s kids while they go to the grocery store, these kinds of things add up and they make us love and like one another. We can do so many small things and they turn out to be so helpful that people respond and may even do something for someone else. These are things we can actually do. So, I advocate that each of us be responsible for some one of us. It’s in the Bible that we are our brother’s keeper and we should adhere to that. I want people to understand that the freedom we are trying so hard to achieve is for everybody. It’s not a Texas freedom, it’s not a Black freedom, it’s everybody’s freedom. It’s sad to say that we still have so many things that need to be addressed because none of us are free until we are all free. We aren’t free yet— as long as we have homelessness, joblessness, healthcare that some can get and others can’t, and climate change— I want people to take responsibility for our earth and our fellow man, and we can. |
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Sharon Herrera is a Veteran of the United States Air Force, consultant and owner of SHARE Link LLC, Founder and Executive Director of LGBTQ SAVES and serves as a leader in the LGBTQ community of Tarrant County. Sharon works closely with many organizations, universities, and school districts to help further education on LGBTQ issues. She is one of twelve ‘Mujeres Poderosas’ (Legacy of Strong Latinas in Fort Worth), sits on KERA/KXT Community Advisory Board, Millwood Hospital LGBTQ Advisory Council, The Parenting Center Board, and is on the Founding Board of Transform 1012 N. Main Street. Sharon lives in Fort Worth with her wife Marcel. How did you get involved with Transform 1012?: Daniel and Adam approached me about having a fundraiser for LGBTQ SAVES when they first moved to town. They donated all the money from the reading of AFTER ORLANDO (it was at Stage West and was their first project in Fort Worth). What is your favorite thing about the summer: The celebration of Pride month! It gives hope to youth and says, "somewhere over the rainbow, here we are!" Who is your hero: Harvey Milk. |
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Building on Strong Foundations |
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Advancement, Programming, Governance Committees are Welcome Addition to Leadership of Transform 1012 |
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Change starts with a solid foundation. Our committee members bring years of experience in activism, community development, and non-profit leadership as well as their demonstrated commitments to racial justice and equity in our community. |
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The Advancement Committee: Daniel Banks (Co-Chair)*, Fred Rouse (Co-Chair)*, Kippen de Alba Chu, Leah King, Román Ramírez*, Jeffery Richard, Andrea Vargas Severin, James Whitfield, Taylor Willis*, and Jeffery Richard. The Programming Committee’s: Freddy Cantú (Co-Chair)*, Ayesha Ganguly (Co-Chair)*, Vanessa Barker*, Jacora Johnson*, Dr. Opal Lee*, Adam W. McKinney*, Dr. Angela Mitchell, and Estrus Tucker. The Governance Committee: Sharron Herrara (Co-Chair), Taylor Willis (Co-Chair)*, Daniel Banks*, Ayesha Ganguly*, and Adam W. McKinney*. *Transform 1012 Board Members |
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Keep the Momentum Going.Follow, Forward, Like, and Share. Please consider becoming a monthly donor. Join us in our commitment to reparative justice in Fort Worth and beyond. |
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Transform 1012 N. Main Street is a nonprofit organization and donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. |
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Thank you for being part of the vision: TRANSFORM THE BUILDING, TRANSFORM THE CITY With appreciation, Transform 1012 N. Main Street Board Daniel Banks (DNAWORKS), Vanessa Barker (The Welman Project), Freddy Cantú (SOL Ballet Folklórico), Ayesha Ganguly (Window to Your World), Sharon Herrera (LGBTQ SAVES), Jacora Johnson (1012 Youth Council), Dr. Opal Lee (Opal Lee Foundation), Adam W. McKinney (Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice), Román Ramírez (SOL Ballet Folklórico), Fred Rouse III, and Taylor Willis (The Welman Project) |
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Transform 1012 N. Main Street is a nonprofit organization and donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. |
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Transform 1012 N. Main Street Founding Organizations |
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