WHO MAY APPLY: Only organizations from Dallas County are eligible to apply for a grant.

PLEASE NOTE THAT GRANTS WILL NOT BE AWARDED TO:

• individuals • political organizations, officials, or candidates

for public office• fundraising drives or events• school systems

Please note for grant applications that: • Organizations MAY NOT request more than the maximum amount. Potential grantees must attend a grant

seekers workshop and either have attended or be willing to commit to a racial equity training sessionadministered by TRHT Selma.

REMINDER: If at any time you have questions and/or need clarification, please contact Lawrence Wofford or Daron Harris before 4:30PM on Thursday May 16, 2019 at 334-874-1126, and they will be glad to assist you.

BBCF TRHT 2019 Grant Applications will be reviewed through a comprehensive process conducted by the BBCF TRHT Grants Committee and the BBCF Board of Directors. The grants committee consists of one BBCF board member, one BBCF staff member, one SCNTR staff member, one design team member, and one community associate. The BBCF Board of Directors will make the final decision no later than June 7, 2019, after which point applicants will be notified of their status. An awards ceremony for grantees will happen on June 29th at Wallace Comunity College in Selma, AL. Funded organizations are required to attend the grant ceremony. Please plan to notify and send regular project updates to trhtgrants@blackbeltfound.org for any BBCF TRHT funded work, and be ready to hear from us too. The BBCF would like to see the impact of your work to share in our annual report and other media.

FINAL NOTE: TRHT Selma believes that transformation comes when people take action in both the areas of hearts and minds (i.e., racial healing & relationship building and narrative change) and in the areas of material conditions (i.e., economy, law, and separation)--applications that make this connection clear and strong will have the greatest chance of funding.

Black  Belt  Community  Foundation  2019  TRHT  Grant  Application  

The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) through funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation invites groups and organizations based in and serving Selma and Dallas County to apply for six-month grants for activities pertaining to TRUTH, RACIAL HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION (TRHT) for our Selma/Dallas County community. Applicants are encouraged to learn more about the background and goals of TRHT Selma at: http://healourcommunities.org.

BBCF seeks organizations engaging Dallas County citizens in addressing TRHT areas. These projects are expected to stimulate truth, racial healing and transformation in the following areas (but not limited to): • Economy• Law• Separation• Narrative Change• Racial Healing & Relationship Building

In this round, grant awards will be available in amounts ranging from $500 - $5000, and will be awarded based on the discretion of the grants committee for projects.

  INSTRUCTIONS: Applications must be completed by May 17, 2019. Complete proposals should be e- mailed to trhtgrants@blackbeltfound.org (preferred method) or can be mailed to the Black Belt Community Foundation’s office at 609 Lauderdale Street, Selma, AL no later than 4:30 PM Central Time on Friday, May 17, 2019. Mailed applications must be received by May 17th. Late or faxed applications will NOT be accepted.

*Attendance at one of the four grant seekers workshops is mandatory to quality for a grant. See final page of thisapplication for full schedule flyer of workshops. Attendance will also be mandatory for at least one racial equity training. This information is also on final page.

• tickets for benefit• lobbying activities• scholarship or endowment funds• religious organizations for a religious

purpose

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Detailed descriptions of these 5 areas will be provided at your grant seekers workshop and some will be available electronically on page 3 of this application.

The terms of these grants will be for one year starting July 1,2019.

(Unless they have a fiscal sponsor)

Black  Belt  Community  Foundation  2018  TRHT  Grant  Application  PART  I:  

Organizational  Information  Organization’s Legal Name: Amount of Request: $ Mailing Address: City: State: Zip: County: Contact Person: Mr. Ms. Rev. First Name: Last Name: Contact Number: Home: ( ) Work: ( ) Cell: ( )

Email Address: Has organization received funding in the past: □Yes □ NoTax ID: Year Organization was founded:

Fiscal  Agent’s  Information  (if  applicable)Does your organization have tax-exempt status [501(c) (3)]? Yes No If your organization is not an incorporated nonprofit with tax-exempt status acknowledged by the Internal Revenue Service, you MUST submit this grant proposal through a qualified Alabama tax-exempt organization that will serve as your fiscal agent. This organization must be located within Selma and Dallas County service area. A letter from your fiscal agent must accompany your application. Please contact the Black Belt Community Foundation office at (334) 874-1126 for more information, in particular, if you need help connecting with such a tax-exempt organization.

Fiscal Agent’s Legal Name: Mailing Address: City: State: Zip: County: Contact Person: Mr. Ms. Rev. First Name: Last Name: Contact Number: Home: ( ) Work: ( ) Cell: ( ) Email Address: Tax ID: Year Organization was founded: Part  II:  Grant  Request  Information                                    (Application  Responses  2  Pages  Not  Including  Attachments)    Project Name: Start Date: Project

End Date:

Approximately how many individuals will your project engage?

Specify which target audience your proposed project will address:

0-12 years 13-18 years 19-25 years 26-54 years 55 and older All ages

1. Attachment 1 – GRANT NARRATIVE

2. Attachment 2 – PROJECT IMPACT

3. Attachment 3 - BUDGET

4. Attachment 4 – LIST OF ORGANIZATON’S OFFICERS/LEAD VOLUNTEERS

Authorization Two original and legible signatures are required before a grant application will be considered for funding.

The governing board or leadership group of our organization has approved the submission of this request for grant support from the Black Belt Community Foundation.

________________________________ ____________________________________ Executive Director or Lead Volunteer Date Board Chair or Additional Lead Volunteer Date

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ATTACHMENTS TO BE SURE TO INCLUDE FROM BELOW:

TRHT Pillars & Strategies/Actions

*TRHT Selma encourages unique ideas, so you are not required to choose from the strategies/actionsabove, but you have the option of choosing 1 primary & 1 secondary strategy/action most related to yourgrant goals (you will be asked to detail your specific proposal below either way); the strategies/actions werechosen over several months by the 3 TRHT Design Teams (DT).

Primary strategy/action your grant aligns with (if applicable)

• Law

• Economy

• Separation

• Narrative Change

• Racial Healing & Relationship Building

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Secondary Pillar Secondary strategy/action your grant aligns with (if applicable)

• Law

• Economy

• Separation

• Narrative Change

• Racial Healing & Relationship Building

Choose one secondary pillar your proposed project will address; as with the above question, if you choose Law, Economy, or Separation, consider selecting a strategy/action from the dropdown (or write the code in by hand)—for ex., if you chose “Economy” above and planned to help with home repairs, you could choose “Narrative Change” and host a public conversation about racial segregation in housing. If there is a secondary strategy/action within the same pillar from above, you can select that pillar again below & choose the relevant strategy/action.

Select one primary pillar your proposed project will address; if you choose Law, Economy, or Separation, consider selecting a strategy/action your grant most aligns with*, though this is not required (for example, if your proposal focuses primarily on the economy & relates to helping people with home repairs, select "Economy" below, then select the related strategy from the dropdown--if filling this out by hand, you would consult pages 9-10 & enter the code from the strategy of your choice).

Primary Pillar

If you are having any difficulties electronically with this document in viewing the codes and descriptions in the dropdown menus above, please simply use pages 9 -12 to see full list of codes and descriptions of all strategies.

If you are having any difficulties electronically with this document in viewing the codes and descriptions in the dropdown menus above, please simply use pages 9 -12 to see full list of codes and descriptions of all strategies.

ATTACHMENT  1:  Grant  Narrative

Project  Description:    1. Summarize your project in relation to TRHT (Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation) for which the funds are being requested. 2. Describe how your project will use narrative change and/or racial healing & relationship building to impact one or more of the following: Law, Economy, and Separation.

(Attach additional page if necessary.)

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Answer the following: 1. What resources will you need and what specific activities you will use to accomplishyour project goals? 2. How will you measure the success and share outcomes of yourproject? (At the end of one year with this project, what do you expect to havehappened that clearly shows the impact of your work?)

(Attach additional page if necessary.)

ATTACHMENT  2:        Project  Impact  

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ATTACHMENT  3:        BUDGET & TRAINING  ATTENDANCE

Applicant Organization:

Overall Budget: $

Grant Request: $

Project Date(s):

Project Name:

Project Budget:

Overall Budget Grant Request $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Total $ $

Who from your organization attended a day-long racial equity training & when?Name: Date:

Who from your organization attended a grant seekers workshop & when?Name: Date:

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Sample  Budget  

Applicant: Dallas County Against Unjust Incarceration (HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE ONLY)

Overall Budget: $ 4,852.50

Grant Request: $ 3,000.00

Project Date(s): Starting July, 2019 and ending July, 2020 Project: To support a one year long initiative of community dialogue between first time offenders and Selma Police Department police officers.

Project Budget:

Overall Budget Grant Request

Offenders Outreach Consultant $ 1,500.00 $ 1,200.00 Supplies $ 500.00 $ 400.00 Publicity/Advertising $ 200.00 $ 100.00 Offenders Outreach Consultant #2 $ 1,500.00 $ 1,300.00 Facility Meeting space rental $ 500.00 $ ---- Volunteers (3 people x 3 hours a day at $7.75 an hour each for the 30 days) $ 652.50 $ ----

$ $ $ $ $ $

Total $ 4,852.50 $ 3,000.00

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ATTACHMENT  4:Briefly describe the diversity of your organization’s leadership, board of directors (if you have one), staff, volunteers

List of all Board Members/Lead Volunteers (Include name, email and contact phone number)

NAME TITLE E-MAIL PHONE

OVERALL : How would you descrbe the  (age, gender, race, socio-economic status) make-up of your organization leadership and membership included in the above table?

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TRHT Pillars & Strategies/Actions *Use codes below for page 3, if you decide to add strategies/actions your project aligns with

Law DT Regranting Strategies 1. Goal 1: Promote efforts to reduce crime

1.1. Support violence reduction strategy program (ISPN, Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence)

1.2. Promote efforts of youth engagement (conflict resolution, conflict reconciliation, mediation, mentoring, youth leadership development, youth employment opportunities)

1.3. Promote positive activities including early childhood reading education, summertime out of school activities, support for parents of school age children, & increased adult education to improve career opportunities

1.4. First response & intervention teams/after care 1.5. Faith based strategy 1.6. Jail outreach (general, special needs)

2. Goal 2: Promote Restorative Justice programs & practices for communities &institutions, including the city & county school system & the court system2.1. Promote & repair of harm done to victims of crime both current & historically

through dialogue & restorative healing process 2.2. Promote alternatives to incarceration 2.3. Eliminate cash bonds & “debtor prisons” 2.4. Promote community support for measures such as Bail-reform, citizen review

boards, court watch 2.5. Establish “know your law/know your rights” workshops & trainings

Econ DT Regranting Strategies 1. Goal 1: Collaboration between education & businesses/churches/nonprofits to support

income & wealth creation with a focus on improving skills, education, & innovation ofSelma workforce (this includes documenting current state of economy & related needs)1.1. Transform mindset & number of people involved in their economic future, working

to increase communities sense of their own power & personal responsibility when possible

2. Goal 2a: Support job creation & business incubation in general, including cooperativeincubation services (building on/partnering with existing incubators & nearbycities/counties as able, using creative solutions to creating jobs)Goal 2b: Help existing businesses stay open, & smoothly transition when their ownersretire or close down (with support of related research, public policy, etc.)2.1. Support start-up &/or expansion to food trucks by low wealth people, African

Americans, Latinos, older people, etc. 2.2. Help retiring owners analyze their businesses, including consideration of

contingency planning & selling businesses to their employees or keeping their business open in other ways; consider feasibility study & possible conversion of Washington Street Grocery to a community-owned grocery co-op

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TRHT Pillars & Strategies/Actions *Use codes below for page 3, if you decide to add strategies/actions your project aligns with

2.3. Support launch of individual development accounts (IDAs) 3. Goal 3: Strengthen physical & related infrastructure available for job creation &

sustainable tourism, including downtown growth3.1. General support of more affordable housing 3.2. Support grants for homeowners to repair homes &/or for workshops on historic

preservation, doing repairs, & maintaining property values 3.3. Support efforts to provide services & to create shelter for homeless families &

individuals, & to provide services &/or more shelter to battered women & men 3.4. Support efforts to beautify & maintain a clean city & county 3.5. Support selling or auctioning off unused city-owned properties (residential &

commercial) to builders & others, to help bring construction jobs & for primary goals of helping create affordable housing & related home ownership & to open up business ownership for low wealth people (including for mixed use spaces)

Separation DT Regranting Strategies 1. Goal 1: Learn, document & teach the context of segregation in Selma & Dallas County

community through the lens of segregation in this country but not neglecting the beautyof our community so that healing can occur.1.1. Conduct research on segregation & inequities in institutions: housing, education,

lending institutions, & faith. It should include current & past segregation, as well as class segregation/inequities. For example, in the faith community, report how institutions upheld or resisted separation.

1.2. Evaluate what efforts have been made in the past to heal & to unify residents. 1.3. Examine the root cause of separation in schools today. 1.4. Conduct & complete a community racial history assessment & local media

assessment. 2. Goal 2: Increase cross-community participation in public schools—Selma City Schools

(SCS) & Dallas County Schools (DCS) by all with a vested interest but led by those whoare directly impacted.2.1. Develop programs where all schools, public & private, collaborate to benefit the

entire community (current Youth Leadership program is an example or an arts & community service project)

2.2. Create youth leadership opportunities including but not limited to teaching youth how government works through Leadersville (within schools, elections will be held for local, state, & federal positions that will help to oversee school affairs. For example, a judge may mentor student judges who will hold court on certain school infractions for their peers).

2.3. Create campaign to invest in Selma, which would include the promotion of positive changes & improvements in school systems. This could include a YouTube channel that youth would host & tell stories, etc. It would also serve as an opportunity for youth to learn about media & production. Each youth may have access to a camera to document stories as well.

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TRHT Pillars & Strategies/Actions *Use codes below for page 3, if you decide to add strategies/actions your project aligns with

2.4. Campaign would include a call to action for each of us to be a hero in the schools & partnership with school systems’ Adopt a School Program & a meeting for Ministers & the Superintendents

2.5. Promote equitable allocation of resources for schools. 3. Goal 3: Increase visioning around inclusive events including race & class diversity

3.1. Jubilee (annual civil rights event in March): suggest more diverse perspectives on the Voting Rights Movement, including those who stood up to or participated in the White Citizens’ Council.

3.2. Pilgrimage (annual house tours event in March): suggest a more holistic view of Southern lives by verbally sharing the lives of enslaved people & sharecroppers along with plantation owners.

3.3. Storytelling (annual ArtsRevive event in October): suggest marketing the event to a more diverse audience to provide a larger audience; provide an opportunity to recognize other voices besides “black & white” to reflect Mexican & Middle Eastern citizens of Selma. This could also include live storytelling & spoken word shows

3.4. Other events: Battle of Selma, Chili Cook-off, Crawfish boil, Old Cahawba, etc. 3.5. Provide mini-grants for more inclusive events, including neighborhood events or

a community choir/orchestra/ performing arts. 3.6. Have inclusive events/programs for the faith community: Acts 2 Service,

Fellowship, Worship. Also institute the Church Adopt 2 Blocks Program where nonprofits & faith institutions focus on the two-block radius surrounding their institution. (Needs name change)

3.7. Have more inclusive educational events that allow people of different ethnicities & classes to build relationships.

3.8. Have Chat & Chew/blog/radio series, Know Your Roots, NeighborCircles, Healing circles, social/recreational spaces.

3.9. Explore a safe public transit or school bus system that would allow those without transportation to participate in activities in the community & at schools. This may be a public transit system that allows students to ride free (for ex., Nashville, TN).

3.10. Use social media to promote inclusivity & diversity, including creating a public community calendar of events.

4. Goal 4: Promote alternative opportunities for training & education across the Selma &Dallas County community.4.1. Provide racial equity trainings & other opportunities to promote equity for

institutions, particularly in fields where the demographics of leadership do not reflect the demographics of Selma & Dallas County

4.2. Provide Restorative Justice (RJ), healing circles (HC), Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (KNCR) & conflict resolution opportunities in Selma & Dallas County.

4.3. Train parents through an Educational Leadership Academy so they can better advocate & participate in their child’s education.

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TRHT Pillars & Strategies/Actions *Use codes below for page 3, if you decide to add strategies/actions your project alignswith.

4.4. Train students & young adults in a sustainable tourism model including students creating & producing shirts, postcards, art, etc.

The following is the complete schedule of all TRHT Selma-Dallas County Grant Seeker's Workshops for this granting round. Please note that applicants are required to attend at least one of these workshops in order to quality for a TRHT Selma-Dallas County grant.

9 April 2019 6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Black Belt Community Foundation Office, 609 Lauderdale Street, Selma, Alabama

11 April 2019 6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. Sardis Unity Fellowship Community Center, 8144 County Road 30, Sardis, Alabama

23 April 2019 6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P. M. Black Belt Community Foundation Office, 609 Lauderdale Street, Selma, Alabama

25 April 2019 6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P. M. Selma City Council Hall Chambers 222 Broad Street, Selma, Alabama

BELOW IS THE CURRENT SCHEDULE FOR THE RACIAL EQUITY TRAINING. YOU (OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF

APRIL 27th (Saturday), 10AM - 5:30PM, SELMA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE, 8 MULBERRY ROAD, SELMA, AL (LUNCH PROVIDED).

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