Collaborators...



Constitutional Tales thrives because of the collaborations with talented people and supportive organizations. Here are some of the significant relationships created so far.

If you or your organization would like to become a collaborator, please go to How to Participate for some ideas and contact Ann McColl.

This image shows the cast that gave freely of their time for the State Capitol event. Front row left to right: Earl Ijames, Curator, NC Museum of History; actor David Sweeney, and Ann McColl. Back row left to right: Reverend William Barber II, NAACP President; actress Hillary Edwards; actor Paul Paliyenko, actor Eric Hale, and director and actor Ian Finley.

Donn Young Photography
Acclaimed photographer Donn Young gave freely of his time and talent to photograph the state capitol and the event held at the Capitol. He also lent his expertise in artistic design in refining slides used in the performances. Many of his images grace this website. Visit his website.

Donn is also the creator of the non-profit organization "40 Days and 40 Nights" which has as its mission using art to explore importabt social issues. Katie Bowler is Managing Director. Visit the 40 Days and 40 Nights website.

Ian Finley
Ian is a local playwright and educator for Burning Coal Theatre. His plays include 1960, Haiti, Suspense, Green Square, the Oakwood Cemetery cycle of plays (featured on National Public Radio) and The Nature of the Nautilus (winner of the Kenney Center's Jean Kennedy Smith Award).

Ian gave generously contributed his time in giving guidance on the script for the State Capitol event. He also served as director and recruited the actors.

Ian can be reached at IanFinley@aol.com

Wallace Hannum
Wally is a professor at UNC Chapel Hill and consultant to many national and international governments and corporations. He is the author of five books and numerous article about using technology in education.

He gives instructional design guidance to the Constitutional Tales project and is the designer and creator of the Constitutional Tales website. Visit his website.

Capitol Broadcasting Company
Capitol Broadcasting Company is a diversified communications company that is generously sponsoring a full-cast production of Constitutional Tales for the North Carolina Association of School Administrators as a part of their annual conference on March 25, 2010. This provides a unique opportunity for principals, superintendents, and other school administrators from across the state to experience the Tales in the State Capitol with actors and guest speakers. Capitol Broadcasting Company also is exploring a second full-cast production at the State Capitol. The dates and details are yet to be determined.

Mr. James F. Goodmon is President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company. The list of Capitol Broadcasting’s wholly-owned subsidiaries and divisions is long and impressive, including WRAL-TV, WRAL Digital, WRAL-FM, WCMC-FM, Microspace, CBC New Media Group and Wolfpack Sports Marketing in Raleigh, NC; WJZY-TV and WMYT-TV in Charlotte, NC; WILM-TV and Sunrise Broadcasting in Wilmington, NC; WRAZ-TV and The Durham Bulls in Durham, NC; and real estate interests including the American Tobacco Project and Diamond View office buildings in Durham, NC. Visit the Capitol Broadcasting Company website.

Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South
The Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South is a nonprofit organization in Durham, North Carolina, with the goal of supporting and connecting women who understand their lives and work as ministry. Founded in 1977, RCWMS has sponsored dozens of workshops, conferences, and retreats on feminism, faith, creativity, spirituality, and justice. RCWMS also provides mentorship and support, in part by enabling projects like Constitutional Tales to become sponsored projects.

As a sponsored project of RCWMS, Constitutional Tales can accept tax-deductible donations and will be eligible for grant funding. Visit the RCWMS website.

Learn NC
Learn NC is part of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn NC is a web-based resource for teachers and students.

We are working together to make the videotape from the State Capitol presentation available as well as digitized copies of original documents. Visit their website.

School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The School of Government provided a one-year visiting faculty appointment in 2007-08 and gave support in instructional and graphic design and publications. Visit their website. The SOG Library continues to be extraordinarily helpful in securing essential research for the project. Visit the Library's website.

College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
UNC Charlotte provided academic leave for one year to begin the development of this project. The Fall, 2009, issue of the College of Education’s magazine, Extracurricular, features an article about Constitutional Tales included in the Resources link [download the article]. Visit the UNCC College of Education website.