What We Do
The Viola Award-nominated Lived Black Experience Project (LBE) is a strategic plan that is adopted within the framework of the City of Flagstaff’s ongoing developmental, financial, historical, and structural policies and procedures.
The LBE Coalition engages the public with the following goals:
- Identify pressing issues & investigate the needs and perspectives of Flagstaff community members;
- Elicit the input, expertise, and knowledge of community leaders, motivators, and historians;
- Ensure inclusive dialogue with various aspects of the Flagstaff community;
- Actively listen to and facilitate uncomfortable and purpose-driven conversations;
- Engage Flagstaff's Black community throughout all phases of the city's strategic planning ;
- Collaborate with community members, the City of Flagstaff, non-profits, Flagstaff Unified School District, and federal agencies to ensure northern Arizona's growth encompasses all engaged voices and perspectives;
- Serve as a source of partnership & cultural connections for those engaged with youth, recruitment and retention.
- Provide opportunities for all youth to participate in
LBE hosts a variety of programs and gatherings to educate and inspire our community, actively support small & locally owned enterprises and entrepreneurs, and encourage difficult & open dialogues. Email TheLBEProject@gmail.com for speaker, presentation, partnership requests, or exhibitor opportunities.
The Lived Black Experience Community Dialogues
The Kitchen Table - Women as Kings? A Lived Black Experience CommUnity Dialogue 10-5-2022
Kitchen Table Talk - Women as Kings, traditional roles of Black women in film, the constraints of White Feminitiy, the co-existence of Beauty and Strength, Boycotts, and other topics will be discussed at the first Kitchen Table Talk.
The Power of the Black Press - A Lived Black CommUnity Dialogue 2-21-2024
Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 - A Lived Black Experience Project CommUnity Dialogue 11/20/23
Join UNLV associate professor of History and frequent LBE presenter Dr. Michael Green for a Lived Black Experience CommUnity Dialogue, which looks at the promise of 40 Acres and a Mule, the first systematic attempt to provide a form of reparations to newly freed enslaved souls, and President Johnson's role in ensuring it was a promise that would not be kept.
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