Trust Transfer Project
Trust Transfer Project (TTP)
Presented by Community Music School of Springfield & Springfield Cultural Partnership
What is the Trust Transfer Project?
Trust Transfer Project is a partnership between Community Music School of Springfield and Springfield Cultural Partnership, led by Program Director Vanessa Ford. This new initiative allows our local artists to lead in health messaging that will directly impact the lives of their family, neighbors and friends.
This project model offers a unique opportunity for us to depend on one another to share and receive health messages in a creative and inspirational way.
We’re building trust through the eyes of the most impacted by Covid-19. This project seeks to transform the health of our communities one artistic message at a time.
Our incredibly talented and brave local artists are being lifted and supported by our dedicated community partners who range from small businesses to bodegas to churches & childcare centers to large institutions and organizations.
Throughout Springfield in the months of June and July artists work (visual art, poetry music created by Trust Transfer artists will be displayed throughout the city to inspire and encourage community members to seek information, to engage in conversations about their health and stopping the spread of Covid-19.
“I was honored & proud for my kids to create art, but also overwhelmed to find out how they felt about their 2020 experience, I had no idea that they felt so strongly about it. I thought they were just happy to be out of school, but I was so wrong, sometimes we don’t ask kids their perspective on things, but this project made me think differently.” said mother of Trust Transfer youth artists, Tina Tucker-Garner.
In challenging times like these. We must have an anchor. After we’ve exhausted all of our other typical strategies for change, the only thing left is trust. Not just trust for this moment, but for moving forward. We’re planting a seed of trust now, watering it and giving it enough light to grow abundantly, branching out into the most vulnerable segments of our city with creative messages of truth, healing & hope for a better future for us all.
— Vanessa Ford, Director of Trust Transfer Project. May 20, 2021
Read the full press release from CMSS/SCP here
Read the full press release from Commonwealth of MA here
“We hope to bridge the partnership gap among artists, the faith community, health institutions & community organizations as we come together in unity. Out of the darkness of this pandemic comes a shining ray of hope. Artists will be lifted up and encouraged as their gifts make room for them to create as they help in the effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.” said Vanessa Ford, Project Manager, CMSS teaching artist and lifelong resident of Springfield, who served for the past eight years as a MA Senate Staff member.
Contact Vanessa Ford, Project Manager:
vford@communitymusicschool.com
“CHALK FOR CHANGE”
A Trust Transfer Project Event
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
Say Their Names Mural by Isabella Dell’olio
Fresh Paint Springfield
JonBander_Mask Up by Isabella Dellolio
Fresh Paint Springfield
Protect Your Family by Isabella Dellolio
Fresh Paint Springfield
Vote_Mask Up by Isabella Dellolio
Fresh Paint Springfield
By: Ayah Awkal
Islamic Society of Western MA
By: Huda Sarhanl
Islamic Society of Western MA
By: Kareem Awkal
Islamic Society of Western MA
By: Zahide Cure
Islamic Society of Western MA
By: Glorimer Medina-Morales
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
By: Taylor H.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
You Are Not Alone by Cora Swan
Square One
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett, African American woman scientist behind Covid-19 vaccine by Frankie Borreo
Community Foundation of Western MA
Obamas by JoySmith
Springfield Cultural Partnership
Turtle Island Daughter by Gabriela Sepulveda
Springfield Cultural Partnership
Validation by Tafari Mills
RMC Strategies
Love in Trust by Wanda Dávila
Springfield Cultural Partnership
Never Felt So Far Away by Mari Chavez
Springfield Cultural Partnership
Bloom and Grow by Mari Chavez
Springfield Cultural Partnership
We Will Hold Hands Again by Mari Chavez
Springfield Cultural Partnership
I’m Proud of You by Mari Chavez
Springfield Cultural Partnership
Back in Business
Make-It Springfield
Hope
Make-It Springfield
Thank You
Make-It Springfield
For Family
Make-It Springfield
Now…
Make-It Springfield
Back in Service
Make-It Springfield
I Can’t Breath by Chauncey Hill
The Springfield HUB
Release by Marc Austin
The Springfield HUB
We. De Cora by Rebecca Eunoia
The Springfield HUB
Hybrid by Chantal Nortez Jr
Error by Chantal Nortez Jr
Latch 2 by Warmington
WIC
Latch by Warmington
WIC
Vax Art by Talyn Neville
Blues 2 Green
Together by Justin Haynes
Equilibrium by Brianna Woodard
Boys & Girls Club Family Center
Por Todos Vacunate by José Gamaliel Crespo Rosado
Leadership Pioneer Valley
Live by Sommers Smith
Springfield Cultural Partnership
Unity ft. Taylor Warren
by Legacy Sounds LLC
Hope ft. Taylor Holmes
by Legacy Sounds LLC
Faith ft. Justin Haynes
by Legacy Sounds LLC
Change ft. Vanessa Ford
by Legacy Sounds LLC
Dream ft. Wanda Davila
by Legacy Sounds LLC
Believe ft. Marcus Holmes
by Legacy Sounds LLC
Building Trust ft. Jordan Holmes
by Legacy Sounds LLC
Stay Safe by Jozafina Klimczak
by Joshua-Mark Campbell
Pray
Whole Truth Church
POETRY, MUSIC & SPOKEN WORD
Family Lost
Lockdown
You're Just Not Gonna Win, Covid-19 Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqJg0sKc6ac
Sacred Masks by Amelia FourHawks
Art for the Soul Gallery
Sacred Masks (cont.) by Amelia FourHawks
Art for the Soul Gallery
Covid-19 - Spoken Word
Covid-19 - Spoken Word
So Far To Go by GiaDon Smith
Make-It Springfield
Cyber Brats: The Counterfeit Bandit
https://youtu.be/5rAtLZ5LPSwWhat To Do, What Not To Do
https://youtu.be/6OpnRpGjLNYSpread Knowledge, Not Germs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iyW02j-ldMSpread Knowledge, Not Germs (Wash Your Hands)
https://youtu.be/LrH-x3E69CsMy Faith & Hope to See a Better Tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xzmwi4-jWQHealing
https://youtu.be/7xEfcoCfz5IInvited 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.”
Commonwealth Murals
Fresh Paint Springfield
NAI Plotkin
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:
Project Funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Davis Foundation & Community Foundation of Western MA
Baker-Polito Administration Announces $2.5 Million in Urban Agenda Grants for Community Based Awards to Urban Neighborhood
Urban Agenda Grant Program awards support community-based solutions to workforce and small business challenges
“BOSTON – Thursday, March 4, 2021 – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced a total of $2.5 million in Urban Agenda grants to support 30 projects in 23 communities.
Launched by the Baker-Polito Administration in 2015, the Urban Agenda Grant Program promotes economic vitality in urban neighborhoods by fostering partnerships that capitalize on unique local assets and community-driven responses to specific challenges. READ FULL PRESS RELEASE
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 – North End – New North Citizen’s Council: $75,000 to support Mano A La Obra, an initiative to help North End Latino businesses grow and remain competitive during and after the pandemic. The Council will also help start up new businesses among its participants.
Springfield – Otis Hill – Economic Development Council of Western MA: $75,000 to support 2Generation/Whole Family Approach to Careers Project. This project will support 20 unemployed and furloughed Black and Latino residents with families, with assistance in obtaining new skills to find jobs that fit their needs as well as the needs of their families.
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
5) Racial Equity Impact Assessment
6) Affirm. Counter. Transform.
7) The Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts – Race & Ethnicity Vaccine Data