Transform 1012 N Main Street is a non-profit coalition in Fort Worth, TX, dedicated to repurposing the former Ku Klux Klan auditorium into The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing. Their mission is to transform a symbol of hate into a beacon of truth-telling, reparative justice, and liberation, honoring the memory of Mr. Fred Rouse, a Black non-union butcher who was lynched in 1921. The coalition aims to return resources to the communities targeted by the KKK, including Black, Catholic, Hispanic, Immigrant, Jewish, and LGBTQQ2SPIAA populations.
With a pluricultural and shared leadership approach, Transform 1012 N Main Street is working to acquire, program, and manage The Fred Rouse Center, ensuring that it is led and programmed by representatives of the cultural groups that suffered violence and economic marginalization. By making 1012 N Main Street a site of memory and a place for the whole city to come together, the coalition seeks to grapple with the city's history and build a way forward together, inspiring similar projects locally and nationwide.
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