Trust Transfer Project (TTP)

Presented by Community Music School of Springfield & Springfield Cultural Partnership 

Trust Transfer Project Impact Study

Black & Latinx communities continue to be impacted by COVID-19 at significantly higher rates, and to have lower vaccination rates, compared to state and national averages. With the closure of arts venues and cancellation of in-person events, artists have lost both significant income and the opportunity to showcase their artistic work.

In 2021, the Community Music School of Springfield (CMSS) and the Springfield Cultural Partnership (SCP) established the Trust Transfer Project (TTP) to address these patterns. TTP appointed Vanessa Ford, a trusted member of the faith community, a recognized civic leader, and prolific artist to serve as Project Manager. Forming a team, she and CMSS and SCP project founders used their established relations with people throughout the city to
invite Springfield’s leaders, influencers, and community organizations to serve as TTP Sponsors. TTP tasked Sponsors with inviting and compensating local Black and Latinx artists to create new artwork in variety of languages and artistic mediums, and to include evidence-based messaging around COVID vaccines and stopping the spread. Read the full  TTP Impact Study

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS 

DeVos Institute Announced SCP & CMSS as Partners in Pro Bono Initiative

Focused on Social Cohesion through the Arts

The DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland chose eleven arts & cultural organizations to participate in pro bono consultation services. Read more

Springfield Cultural Partnership & Community Music School of Springfield are proud & excited to be recognized as an organization/project team focused on strengthening arts programming to enhance social cohesion through the #TrustTransferProject. 
Visit the TTP webpage for more

Communities for Immunity Announces First Round Awardees

We are excited to announce SCP & CMSS were chosen as partners for the work through the Trust Transfer Project

Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Communities for Immunity provides funding awards and support to museums and libraries engaging their communities to boost COVID-19 vaccine confidence.

As trusted community partners, museums and libraries play a critical role in building vaccine confidence and fighting the pandemic. Awards will be provided to the fifty-one museums, libraries, and tribal organizations serving urban, suburban, and rural populations across twenty-four states!
Read full press release 

Phenomenal Trust Transfer Artwork

Enjoy the artwork submitted through all our partners. Artists from all ages and backgrounds have contributed drawings, photos, poetry and videos!

Be sure to click the image to enlarge it and truly admire this amazing artwork

POETRY, MUSIC & SPOKEN WORD

 Invited Participants Information

Trust Transfer Project is Invitation Only for Black & Latinx artists and organizations in Springfield’s South End & Metro Center

If you are interested in participating and meet the above criteria, please reach out to:

Project Manager, Vanessa Ford: vford@communitymusicschool.com

Trust Transfer Community Partners

“Trusting artists to create & support healthy communities.”

Spring of Hope

Urban League of Springfield, INC

Community Music School of Springfield 

Spirit of Springfield

Commonwealth Murals 
Fresh Paint Springfield

Community Foundation of Western MA

TTP Inspired by CultureRx & BeHealthy Partnership

Culture Rx

The Culture Rx Initiative is a Mass Cultural Council (MCC) program dedicated to improving health and well-being through cultural participation. Read more

BeHealthy Partnership

The BeHealthy Partnership is made up of the Baystate Health Care Alliance and Health New England. The goal is to be a health care partner, where the focus is on the partner and their family’s overall well-being. Learn more

The BeHealthy Partnership includes primary care providers (PCPs) who are based at five nearby health centers in Springfield, Massachusetts:

• Baystate General Pediatrics at High Street
  
• Brightwood Health Center
  
• Caring Health Center
  
• High Street Health Center Adult Medicine
• Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center

Project Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Davis Foundation & Community Foundation of Western MA

Thank you the Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation for supporting the Trust Transfer Project & SCP operations.

Thank you the Community Foundation of Western MA for supporting the Trust Transfer Project & SCP operations.

Congratulations to Springfield

Springfield received 4 of the 30 project grants that were awarded across 23 communities:

Springfield – McKnight – Association of Black Business and Professionals: $100,000 to support Pathways to Economic Resilience in the Black Community, a partnership with Springfield and MassHire to provide workshops to business professionals, competitive grants to small businesses, and a $2,000 internship stipend to Black and Latino students.

Additional Resources

• • Hip Hop Public Health https://hhph.org/ and their latest content https://hhph.org/repository/

  • Resources for equity integration:

    1) Demos’ Racial Equity Transformation: Key Components, Process & Lessons

    a. See Video Case Study on Demos’ work here.

    2) What does it Take to Embed a Racial Equity & Inclusion Lens?

    3) So You Want to Hire an Equity Consultant: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations

    4) Awake to Woke to Work

    5) Racial Equity Impact Assessment

    6) Affirm. Counter. Transform.
    

    7) The Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts – Race & Ethnicity Vaccine Data

    8) Engaging Arts & Culture for Vaccine Confidence – Field Guides

  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with arts and culture organizations to promote vaccine confidence and demand.
  • This novel partnership aims to demonstrate how public health entities can create synergistic, equitable, culturally responsive, and sustainable partnerships and programs that engage artists as critical partners and trusted messengers in promoting vaccine confidence—for COVID-19 and beyond.

     

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