Mecklenburg County American Rescue Plan Act ( ARPA) Programs
February 2024 PROGRAMMING
Feb 18, 2024 - Digital Seniors Program Graduation : Community Partner: Mt Olive Baptist Church, Hunterville, NC
Feb 17, 2024, Evernote & Canva Class - Uptown Charlotte - Community Partner: Little Rock AME ZION Church
Feb 12, 2024, Google Apps Class - Sugarcreek Rd and Regan Dr -Community Partner: Genesis Project 1
Feb 17, 2024, Digital Senior Class - Uptown Charlotte- Community Partner: Little Rock AME ZION Church
Feb 5, 2024 12 pm - Digital Literacy Class with Community Partner: Genesis Project 1 Sugarcreek and 85
Feb 5, 2024 6pm Google Apps Training. Community Partner: Little Rock AME Zion Church
January 2024 PROGRAMMING
January 16 - 18, 2024 Using the Internet and email - Digital Seniors Program 933 Louise St, Charlotte
December 2023 PROGRAMMING
Dec 20, 2023 - Holiday Giveaway! in partnership with Harris Teeter and our Meetup group who gave gift cards and toys for needed family at our office @933 Louise St
December 18, 2023 - S2 Holiday Meetup - Vision Board Creation - 933 Louise Street, #101 Charlotte, NC 28104
December 17 2023 - S2 Actors, Dancers and Models Meetup - Community Partner Nira Empowerment D3 Commissioner Dunlap - 933 Louise Street, #101 Charlotte, NC
November 2023 PROGRAMMING
November 18 2023 - S2 Meetup Group with Writer and Director Dee Thomas - D3 Commissioner Dunlap
November 13 - 15, 2023 S1 Adult Job Prep and Digital Seniors - Town of Huntersville -
October 2023 PROGRAMMING
Carolina Black Film & Tech Meetup - film Screening The Burial @ North Lake
September 2023 PROGRAMMING
September 4, 2023 - S2 -Queen City Arts Festival - University Boardwalk - Community Partner: University City Partners - D3 Commissioner G. Dunlap
August 2023 PROGRAMMING
August 2 - 4, 2023 - S1- Youth STEAM Summer Camp ( homeless children in the hotels on Sugarcreek Rd ) Community Partner: Champion House of Hope @ Derita Presbyterian Church - D3 Commissioner Dunlap
August 7th -11th, 2023 - S1- Youth STEAM - Digital Filmmaking Program
Community Partner: ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center - D1 Commissioner Powell
August 14th to 16th, 2023- S1 - Digital Seniors and Adults Digital Literacy Program -
Community Partner: Freedom Worship Center - Town of Pineville, NC - D6 Commissioner Rodriguez-McDowell
July 2023 PROGRAMMING
July 17 -21, 2023 - S1-YOUTH STEAM - Tech-Titans Program @ Microsoft Campus.
Community Partner: PIMOSH Network - D6 Commissioner Rodriguez-McDowell
July 3 - 5, 2023 - S1- Charlotte Black Film Festival D3 Commissioner Dunlap
June 2023 PROGRAMMING
June 10, 2023 - S1- Youth STEAM - Black Girls in Film
Community Partner: Black Girl Film Camp - D1 Commissioner Powell
MAY 2023 ARPA PROGRAMMING
MAY 16, 2023 -S1- Digital Seniors and Adults Digital Literacy Program
Community Partners " THE GABLES Senior Housing" District 3 George Dunlap
MAY 2, 2023 -S1- STEAM CODING FOR ESPORTS
Community Partner: Victory Christian Center Schools - D3 Commissioner Dunlap
Featured in the May/June Issue of Pride Magazine for the work with the Charlotte Black Film Festival & Power Up USA
April 2023 programming
April 17, 2023 - S1- Adult Digital Literacy Program - 933 Louise Street- District 3 George Dunlap
April 2, 2023 - S1- Youth STEAM - Girl Tech Summit @ Renaissance West STEAM Academy
Community Partners - National Coalition of 100 Black Women - D2 Vilma Leak
March 2023 programming
March 18, 2023 - S2- Carolina Black Film Collective Meetup - District 3 George Dunlap Commissioner
February 2023 programming
February 11, 2023 -S2- Carolina Black Film Collective Meetup - District 3 George Dunlap Commissioner
February Meetup Year Round Bi-Monthly meetup for Filmmakers, Actors, Writers and Technologist. We provide Networking, Workforce development, Educational Workshops, Employment opportunities , Filmmakers Bootcamps and more.
2023 January - December Power Up USA Programming
October/November 2022 Programming
Started in October 2022 ended in Nov 2022 -S1- Adult Digital Literacy - Power Up Office 933 Louise Street - D3 Commissioner Dunlap
Target workforce development initiatives on skilled trades, STEM careers, or other industries with difficulties connecting workers with employment opportunities
October 2022 ARPA programming
Carolina Black Film Collective - October 2022 - S2 - Meetup - Armoured Brewery -D3 Commissioner Dunlap
2Year Round Bi-Monthly meetup for Filmmakers and Technologist. We provide Networking, Workforce development, Educational Workshops, Employment opportunities , Filmmakers Bootcamps and more. Our host is Armored Cow Brewery.
October 2022 end of year student project presentation and graduation
AUGUST 2022 ARPA Programming
August 13, 2022 -S2 -Carolina Black Film Collective Meetup -Armored Cow Brewery - D3 Commissioner G. Dunlap
Year Round Bi-Monthly meetup for Filmmakers and Technologist. We provide Networking, Workforce development, Educational Workshops, Employment opportunities , Filmmakers Bootcamps and more. Our host is Armored Cow Brewery.
August 2, 2022 -S2- National Night Out Film Screening - The Ritzs at Washington Heights -
Community Partner Historical Washington Heights Neighbourhood - D2 Commissioner Vilma Leake
We partnered with Mecklenburg County Health Department/COVID-19, Johnson C. Smith University – Advancing Health Literacy/COVID-19, Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation Department, Historic West End Neighborhood Association (Mentoring Initiative), Charlotte Area Fund and OnCall Mobile Medical and Wellness was e present to offer COVID vaccines. We screened the film “Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story” which detailed her battle with Diabetics.
JULY 2022 ARPA Programming
July 24, 2022 -S1- Youth STEAM Game Design Program - ( Sugarcreek/85 Homeless Students) Summer Camp
Community Partner: Champion House of Hope - District 3 Commissioner Dunlap
JUNE 2022 Programming
June 23 - 26 2022 -S2- 12th CHARLOTTE BLACK FILM FESTIVAL - District 3 George Dunlap Commissioner
JUNE 13 - JUNE 17, 2022 -S1- Youth STEAM Digital Filmmaking Summer Camp
District 2 Vilma Leake Commissioner -
June 19, 2022 -S2- Juneteenth Community Film Screening - The Ritz at Washington Heights - District 2 Vilma Leake commissioner District 2
This is where we take the festival to the community by showcasing the works of local filmmakers during Juneteenth weekend. It bring us great joy to re-establish programming in the Ritz at Washington heights a location that was once a segregated movie theater.
MAY 2022 ARPA Programming
May 23, 2022 -S2- Filmmakers Virtual Meet & Greet - 122 Artist ( Actors, Directors, Writers, Crew)
