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\u201cAnn Miller Woodford sees beauty everywhere she looks: in her mountains of Western North Carolina, in nature, in family, in music, in faith, in truth. And she has captured that beauty\u2014without ignoring the anguish\u2014in her long-awaited book,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>When All God\u2019s Children Get Together: A Celebration of the Lives and Music of African American People in Far Western North Carolina<\/i><\/b>. The book is more than history, one seven years in the making. It\u2019s the story of life itself. And it\u2019s certainly worth your time and attention.\u201d<\/span><\/i> \u2013\u00a0Phil Hudgins<\/span><\/p>\n Having traveled and worked across the United States, Ann built an exciting business and art career in Los Angeles, California. She then returned to western North Carolina and founded One Dozen Who Care, Inc. the area\u2019s first 501(c)3 organized by Black women. Intent on nurturing seeds of change, Ann has always had a personal goal to improve understanding between races, religions, youth, and adults.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ann saw a need to strengthen the African American heritage in far western North Carolina. She researched, documented, and captured the powerful personal stories of the lives of the seemingly invisible African American people of the region. In her book,\u00a0<\/span>When All God\u2019s Children Get Together<\/i><\/b>, Ann endeavors <\/span>to \u201cmake the invisible visible.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”Nunito Sans|700|||||||” header_2_font=”Nunito|700|||||||” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”4%|2%|4%|2%|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”4%|2%|4%|2%|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Based on her ground-breaking book,\u00a0<\/span>When All God\u2019s Children Get Together: A Celebration of the Lives and Music of African American People in Far Western North Carolina<\/i><\/b>, Ann Woodford collaborated with the director of\u00a0<\/span>Western Carolina University\u2019s Mountain Heritage Center (MHC)<\/span><\/a>, Pamela Meister, and her staff to create a series of programs and exhibits that use materials from her book.<\/span><\/p>\n After having researched, written, and published her 2015 book, in 2017 Ann directed a year-long multi-county project as the MHC\u2019s Guest Curator for a major exhibit that is still traveling today, as well as three\u00a0custom exhibits for community venues in Sylva, Waynesville, and Murphy.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]When All God’s Children Get Together<\/h1>\n
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