Community Engagement

Community Engagement staff will be attending the "Still We Speak" event. Students from Middle Creek High School's African American Literature and Teaching as a Profession classes have partnered with The African American Heritage Commission and the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources to "teach" NC Freedom Park to our community, specifically elders in our community. Students will present research and creative interpretations on the 20 voices of Black North Carolinians featured at the park. The event will run from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 16th. Please email Matt Scialdone at mscialdone@wcpss.net if you have questions about the event. View Community Engagement event calendar.

Date: April 19 Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: 300 W Hargett St, Raleigh, NC 27601 The Community Engagement Department will be sharing resources at A Place at the Table's pay-what-you-can food truck rodeo. A variety of food trucks are set up for the community to enjoy as well as community partners sharing information/offering fun for the kids! View Community Engagement event calendar

Community Engagement will be attending Let's Get Social Raleigh's "Fourth Annual Adult Recess Festival." The Adult Recess Festival is a unique mental health and wellness festivals and people travel from across the country to experience it. As the first and only festival centered on adult play therapy and joy, it redefines play as essential to personal, civic, and communal care. Each year, public parks are transformed into adult-only playgrounds, reimagined as the backyard we once played in until the streetlights came on.