Our portfolio is a collection of the groundbreaking creative projects we have funded and produced in partnership with talented creators. Take a look at the films, publications, podcasts, and exhibits that are changing the narrative.
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Black Women Stitch is the sewing group where Black lives matter. Founded by Lisa Woolfork, this community emerged in response to the need for a Black feminist space of creativity. Lisa brought together her sewing expertise, academic training in African American literature and culture, and activist background to create a community that honors Black creativity while confronting the systems that marginalize it. The Stitch Please Podcast from Black Women Stitch is a weekly show that celebrates Black makers across the spectrum, from beginners to master sewists. Hosted by Lisa, the podcast weaves together sewing techniques, cultural history, political analysis, and storytelling. Episodes spotlight Black creativity in quilting and sewing, uplift Black-owned businesses, and explore the intersections of art, identity, and liberation.
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Beverly Scarlett’s upcoming graphic novel is a visual storytelling project that brings the life of Sallie Ray Harris (an ancestor of Beverly Scarlett and a central figure in the history of Free People of Color in Orange County, North Carolina) to a new generation of readers. Designed for children and young audiences, the project reimagines Sallie’s story in a graphic novel format, making complex history more accessible and engaging. Through illustration and motion-enhanced digital storytelling, the book explores themes of strength, perseverance, love, and devotion to family and heritage. Sallie Ray Harris’ life challenges dominant historical narratives and highlights the agency and resilience of women whose stories have often been minimized or erased completely. By presenting this history visually, the project invites young readers to connect with the past in ways traditional textbooks rarely allow. This graphic novel builds on research and storytelling first introduced in Beverly Scarlett’s book The Harris Family of Orange County, North Carolina: 318 Years of Black-American Indian Culture, expanding Sallie Ray Harris’ story into a format that supports intergenerational understanding.
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Erwin Hesse is the author of a three-book literary project chronicling his life and values across generations: an adult memoir, a young adult adaptation, and a children’s book. These works tell the story of a son of immigrants who nearly lost his way, but found purpose through education, discipline, and perseverance. Born in Montgomery County, Maryland, to a house cleaner from El Salvador and a construction worker from Peru, Erwin grew up navigating the pressures of identity, belonging, and expectation. His memoir traces the consequences of early missteps, destructive friendships, and misguided decisions, alongside the pivotal moments that redirected his life. Through determination and hard-earned self-reflection, education became both a refuge and a roadmap forward.
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Pretty Moving is an emotional health and wellness initiative specifically engineered for the unique pressures of mountain resort communities. Recognizing that the playground of a ski town can also be a site of significant trauma and isolation, the project provides resilience-based coaching, digital tools, and clinical training designed for those on the front lines. Through a specialized certification and dedicated app for first responders and mountain professionals, Pretty Moving transforms how mountain communities process stress, navigate recovery, and build lasting emotional endurance.
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Heroic Kids is an immersive digital experience designed to empower children aged 5 to 18 to navigate the complexities of personal safety in an increasingly dangerous world. By combining game-based learning with a customizable animal sidekick, the project transforms body safety and digital literacy into an engaging adventure. The platform bridges the gap between child and parent, replacing fear with confidence and a proactive strategy for protection.
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Restorative Farms is a pioneering agricultural initiative that replaces food insecurity with professional opportunity. Its Future Urban Farmers program utilizes a self-sustaining urban agrisystem to provide hands-on vocational training in South Dallas. By combining soil science with business development, they empower participants to build careers and community resilience from the ground up.
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In Their Shoes examines racism, segregation, integration, injustice, and repression through the experiences and lens of Central High School graduates in the small southern town of Hillsborough, North Carolina. By looking at these experiences, In Their Shoes will tell the larger story of the fight for civil rights throughout the South.
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Churches and religion have played a vital role in helping shape Southern identity, serving as community centers and safe spaces throughout history. Blue Ridge Collaborative, in partnership with Indigenous Memories, will be putting together a cookbook of recipes collected from the churches in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Although Hillsborough is a small Southern town, it has a long list of many diverse and historic churches, many of which played an active role in the American Revolution, the antebellum era, and the Civil Rights Movement.
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Youtha Fowler, musically known as DJ Nabs, has been instrumental in the Atlanta hip-hop scene since the 1980s. His career has seen him work with artists like Kris Kross, Bow Wow, Speech, and Trick Daddy, and he has gone on tour with Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, and Ciara.
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Dying to Tell is a deeply personal, reflective creative project centered on Stephen Jenkins’ six-decade journey through identity, otherness, loss, awakening, and renewal. Through a documentary film and a coffee table–style memoir, the project explores what it means to live with eyes wide open–reckoning with death, rebirth, belonging, and purpose.
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