Project Collaborators and Donors

Project Collaborators  

Many thanks to the following organizations for their continued support for this project, and to individuals for their many and varied contributions to North Andover’s 4th year celebrating African American history.

“Collaboration allows us to know more than we are capable of knowing by ourselves.”  Paul Solarz

• North Andover African American History Committee 

  • Tina Klein, Lynn Wentzel, Pat Grimm, Gail Forsyth-Vail, and Steve Vail - North Parish Racial Justice Team 

  • Michele Phillips -  North Andover resident 

  • Ralph Bledsoe – Andover High School Teacher, Member of the Andover Baptist Church 

• Dr. Jamie Wilson, Project’s Humanities Advisor, Professor of History, Salem State University

• North Andover Town Manager Melissa Rodrigues for championing the project 

• North Andover CAM, Brian Fraser

• Sarah Brush – Town of North Andover

• North Andover Historical Society, especially Museum Educator David Blauvelt

• Linda Schoonmaker and Annie Barber at Acting Out Theater Company

• Alex J. Brien and all the talented artists at Elevated Thought 

We are a grateful recipient of a Mass Humanities: Expand Massachusetts Stories Grant. See our press release here, and interviews with our State Legislators and Town Manager here.

Project Donors 

This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.