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− Music Department
− African-American Studies

− History and Anthropology Departments

− Learning Service Program
• Various Art Festivals in Florida, including Cocoa Beach, Eustis, Mt. Dora, Jacksonville, Orlando, and Titusville

• The James Weldon Johnson Festival in Jacksonville, Florida, Founder and Artistic Director, Matriarch Sharon Coon

• Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church
• Pastors Emeriti: Reverend Jesse Brooks and Bishop Elias Caffey

• Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida, N.Y. Natheri, Executive Director

Awards

Tajiri Arts won numerous awards for our performances, including:

• First Place State Award for Oratorical Contest, Won Five Consecutive Years for the Sanford Optimist Club
• First Place National Oratorical Contest for the Sanford Elks Club

• First Place National Dance Competition for Jack and Jill, Inc.
• State President for Future Business Leaders of America

• First Annual Stephens and Comas Bibliotherapy Award through the International Reading Association for Building Self-

Esteem through Literature
• Onyx Award for the Performing Arts in the State of Florida, Sponsored by Lester and Lillian Seays

• Orlando Magic Foundation Grant (written by Mrs. Peggy Nixon)

• Orlando Chapter of Links, Inc.