Operating Support
ACHF Arts Access
1. Enrich cultural understanding and learning for students and educators. 2. Advance the literary craft and community of African American writers. 3. Advance public understanding of and access to the authors and literary works that articulate the unique history, identity, and cultural themes found within the African American experience. Utilize surveys of students, teachers, and literary artists; work samples; participant data tracking; event surveys; focus groups; and interviews.
1. Conducted 368 literary arts education residency hours. Eighty-seven percent of survey respondents increased student awareness and knowledge of African American literature and culture; 73% of survey respondents increased student literacy through engagement. African American literary resources were provided at eight residency sites. Three hundred educators attended the 2011 biennial conference/symposia for educators. 2: Nine black writers participated in a four-day Givens Black Writers Collaborative Retreat followed by three to four months of mentoring workshops and staged performance. 3: The NOMMO African American Authors Series featured two public events, with Percival Everett and Elizabeth Alexander, that celebrated and defined the state of the art of African American literature. The Alexander event was broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television. The Givens Black Books reading program engaged 1,500 community members with literary arts residencies in schools, book groups, film screenings, broadcasts, and an author event celebrating the work of Walter Mosley.
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