UnBULLievaBULLy excited & grateful to announce “The Bulls of Durham” living history book project has been awarded one of the Durham 150 Committee grants under the category of History and Education. Grants in the History and Education category are sponsored by the A.J. Fletcher Foundation.
Excited to meet the other 35 awardees and learn more about what they do. Every day is a great day to meet someone new (to you) in Durham! After interviewing over 115 interviewees over the course of two years I’m obsessed with getting to meet people in Durham and hearing their story. If you’re on this list I’ll be reaching out to learn more about you and what you do.
Still can’t BULLieve it. Feels incrediBULL. This grant will help us pay for half of the 1st print of “The Bulls of Durham,” launching April 10th, 2019, Durham’s EXACT 150th. This is everything we’ve been working towards since August 2nd, 2016. This book is a collaboration of over 200 Durham community members. It definitely takes a village y’all. There’s no other village I’d rather be a part of & no other village who could have pulled this off!
From day 1 I’ve said that this is Durham’s book, I’m just the human lucky enough to be the medium. And I’ll say that again on the 919th day when WE launch this book.
Grateful for this Durham 150 grant. And like all things Durham, it’s timing was divine. This project has officially cost twice what I paid for all 4 of my college degrees combined. Yowza! 17% has been via sponsorship & the other 83% has been straight outta my paycheck, Bull Love Mugs, mini-books, and other TheBullsOfDurham.com goodies. Now y’all know why I’m out here hustling Bull Love Mugs & “Welcome to the Bull City” mini-books.
Someday I’ll break down the whole adventure, lessons learned, all the kismet moments, the challenges, the heroes, the villains, oh, and the writing process. But for today, in this moment, all I want to share is my unconditional love of Durm and gratitude for the Durham 150 grant & EVERYONE who has helped along the way.
Thank y’all for BULLieving in me & this wild idea.
Thank you.
Ma’emnoon.
Gracias.
Merci.
Danke.
Arigato.
Special thanks to Arturo Perez for the photo. Who knew getting this grant would give me magical floating logo powers? Also, thanks for being a true friend Arturo. I appreciate you mucho.
Love. Faith. Gratitude. Durham.
♥️Sheila Amir