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Sales Tax Proposal Would Support Arts and Culture Sectors

Our September 9, 2019 Arts & Culture Lunch & Learn held at the Levine Museum of the New South marked the successful return of the WIF Lunch & Learn series! Members enjoyed a sold-out event featuring Mecklenburg County Manager, Dena Diorio, and new Arts & Science Council (ASC) President, R. Jeep Bryant. Past WIF Board …

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ourBRIDGE for Kids Infuses Art Into Afterschool Programming

Did you know that Charlotte is the third largest refugee first stop on the east coast? In 2017, Women’s Impact Fund made a two-year $100,000 grant to ourBRIDGE for KIDS to create and support an arts-based curriculum for its after school and summer programs for immigrant and refugee children. Infusing arts into its existing literacy …

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