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Approval of Contract with DataWorks NC and Durham County for our Hacking into History project in the amount of $40,000
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Date of BOCC Meeting: May 13, 2024
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The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is requested to approve contract between the Register of Deeds and the non-profit, DataWorks, NC in the amount of $40,000 for funding of for the historical discovery and education initiative known as the Hacking into History Project. This funding was appropriated within the Register of Deeds FY 23/24 budget and authorized by the BOCC as part of the FY23/24 Budget approval.
Hacking into History is an award-winning public/private collaboration designed to uncover racially restrictive covenants present in Durham County public records, then through community forums, allow subject matter experts to share how these covenants have impacted Durham across several aspects of society into the modern day.
Through this initiative, the Hacking into History Project partners (including Professor Alexandra Chassanoff - UNC Chapel Hill, DataWorks NC, Yinsome Group, attorney Andrew Wagner, and the Durham County Register of Deeds Office) intend to:
SCOPE FOR 2024 - 2025
During the coming year, we will bring together the broad awareness and deep knowledge we have cultivated over the past two years into publicly accessible materials and resources. With support from our volunteer coordinator/event planner and project co-lead the Hacking into History Project Team will:
? Coordinate the development of project data, discourse, and memory into semi-permanent materials that will be accessible on the web and in person. This will include:
? the final data outputs from deed transcription
? our workshop presentation materials
? and the resolution inviting Durham County to address the generational impacts of racial covenants.
? Continue monthly meetups of the community of practice we have fostered during the past 2 years, incorpora...
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