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Beneath Our Skin: 
A COVID-19 Vaccination Storytelling Project


​The Beneath Our Skin COVID-19 Vaccination Storytelling Project aims to better understand needs and perceptions around what will improve vaccination access and uptake among Vermonters who identify as Black and of African descent. The project will also gather insights into how race may influence attitudes, perceptions and care-giving behaviors of health care providers involved in delivering COVID-19 vaccinations.  The projct is led by Clemmons Family Farm, Inc.- an African-American-led nonprofit organization whose mission and  niche expertise includes working with Vermont’s Black artists and integrating the arts and  storytelling into public health, K12 education, agriculture, conservation, and community building.

Clemmons Family Farm will gather the stories of 100 Black Vermonters and 50 Vermont providers who have given the COVID 19 vaccination to clients who are Black Vermonters. We will use storytelling- and other creative methods with the performing arts or the visual arts- to help people share their COVID 19 vaccination stories. Stories will include the stories of Black Vermonters who are fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated, or not at all vaccinated against COVID-19. 

​Project participants, who will be recruited from different counties around the state, will opt into either a storytelling session using performing arts (singing, music, poetry) or visual arts (drawing, coloring or collage). The audio-recorded stories and artwork shared by participants who give their written consent will be uploaded as digital files onto the Beneath Our Skin website and with the Vermont Department of Health for public sharing. All stories will be kept anonymous, and the storytelling project team will remove any information from the audio-recorded stories or the artwork- that could inadvertently identify a participant, including altering the audio-recordings of distinctive voices that could be easily identified by listeners.

The Beneath Our Skin COVID-19 Vaccination Storytelling Project sessions will be held throughout the state of Vermont between September and December 2021.  All storytelling sessions will be facilitated by Clemmons Family Farm's trained collaborating artists who will provide prompts and support to participants to share their stories and create art. The storytelling sessions are anticipated to last approximately 90 minutes and will include materials and time for participants to create either a performing arts piece or a visual piece about their COVID 19 vaccination experience. A participation stipend of $200 will be provided via Paypal to all participants who complete the sessions, share their stories and artwork, and provide their emails for the Paypal transaction.
 
The project is funded by the Vermont Department of Health.  Watch the 8-minute video overview above to learn more about this exciting project!

New Call-in Option for your COVID 19 Vaccination story!

We are now offering a call-in service for providers and Black Vermonters to share their COVID 19 vaccination stories with a trained artist-faciltiator over the phone! Participants who meet the eligibility criteria and complete a storytelling session over the phone will receive a $100 participation stipend. ​Check out the flyers below and give us a call!  
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Contact us at: contact@clemmonsfamilyfarm.org
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Leave us a message at: 765-560-5445

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    • Our Team
    • About Us >
      • Our Vision
    • Who We Are >
      • Jack and Lydia's Living Legacy
      • How Jack and Lydia Found and Bought the Farm
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    • When Are We Open?
    • Press Coverage >
      • Other News >
        • 2019 Visitors Survey: Sneak Preview
        • 2018 Updates
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    • What Our Community is Saying >
      • 2018 Visitor Survey Findings!
      • Feedback from other Vermont communities
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  • Our Programs
    • The Legendary Ingramettes
    • Juneteenth 2022!
    • Storytelling Room >
      • 2021 Kwanzaa Storytelling Program
      • The Power of Image
      • Alone Together With Words That Heal
      • Juneteenth in the Air Program (2020)
      • 2018 To Sing of Common Things
      • Family Storytelling >
        • Farm Storytelling Channel
        • Our Storytelling >
          • Heritage, Farm & Family Stories >
            • Louisiana and Arkansas: 1800s - 1920s
            • From the South to the Mid-West: 1930s to 1950s
            • Finding and Buying the Farm
          • Vermont2Africa and Back Stories
    • K-12 Ethnic Studies >
      • WTAMW Project Director
    • Creating Healthy Communities >
      • Beneath Our Skin
      • Cancelling Miss Rona
      • A Sense of Place >
        • A Sense of Place at NEFA-CCX
    • Art >
      • Farm2Art Program >
        • Summer 2016 Farm2Art Program
      • Culinary Heritage & Arts Program
    • Farm
    • Forest
    • Heritage
  • Artists' Registry
    • Are You Looking for an Artist?
    • Why, Hello there, Artists!
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    • Six Historic Buildings
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      • Stay with Us!
    • The Big Barn >
      • "Making History, Creating Place" Videos!
      • The Historic Water Cistern
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      • About the Black Locust Trees
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