A Scouts BSA Eagle Project by Piper Baucom

Hello West Raleigh! As some of you might know, I’ve been a part of Scouts BSA for about two years now. The time has finally come for me to do my Eagle Project. I have founded what I like to call the artsFeed project.

The artsFeed project combines the exhibition of local artists and a food drive into an outside festival for all to enjoy. How? We ask that festival participants bring a food donation as their "ticket" into the event. A list of suggested items can be found here. There will be live music, local art being sold, and even activities for kids.

Many WRPC members have been reading Cole Arthur Riley’s This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us.

This eloquent NY Times bestseller is both personal and communal with intimate stories and spiritual insight, speaking “potently to anyone who suspects that our stories might have something to say to us.”  

In her chapter entitled Belonging Cole poetically creates an image of affirmation that seems fitting for the Church engaging and reengaging welcome and inclusion, especially as we celebrate Pride and Juneteenth.  It is good to BE faith community together!

How many times over the past two years have those of us who are white read books and articles by Black people, listened to podcasts hosted by People of Color, read poems, viewed art, or other exhibits showing their talents and said, “I didn’t know!” or “I wasn’t taught that in school.”? There are so many things we don’t know about our sisters and brothers of color and their American experience, it is clear our journey is one of lifelong learning. The Dismantling Racism Task Force wants to help you to be “in the know.”