Meet the Author Sue Follett
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2015
End Date
February 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Dakota
Project Overview
Susan Follett, author of The Fog Machine, a novel that explores the price of freedom in racially charged Mississippi in 1964, will lead a panel discussion focusing
on her debut novel and the inspiration behind it. Follett will sell and sign her book. A Black History Month program presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council.
Tue, Feb. 17, 6:30–8:30 pm
Project Details
150 participated
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,000
Direct expenses
$2,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
This is an evening that will appeal to students of history, teachers, and parents—anyone interested in learning from the past to improve the future. Join us. Experience the power of stories to provide a shared language for difficult conversations, thereby helping to bridge divides. Engage with panelists and audience around the vitally important and relevant theme of The Fog Machine—recognizing and working against the prejudice within us all.
Measurable Outcome(s)
150 attendees listened to author Follett, a 3-person panel discussion and a local gospel choir to remember the start of the Civil Rights and discuss its contemporary results and meaning.
Source of Additional Funds
ISD Community Education 196
Project Details: Fiscal Year
Source of Additional Funds
Rosemount Area Arts Council
Project Manager
First Name
Ken
Last Name
Behringer
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
ken@melsa.org
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