A Fort Worth site that once evoked feelings of grief, inaction, and fear will soon signify rebirth, mobilization, and safety. At the helm is the nonprofit organization Transform 1012 N. Main Street and its inaugural executive director, Carlos Gonzalez-Jaime. Read on for PaperCity’s exclusive Q&A with Gonzalez-Jaime.
As statues tumble, songs get canceled, and books are banned from school libraries, the question of memory’s role in history repeating itself cannot be ignored. How should we talk about beastly instances of social injustice? How do we heal from our past? How must we prevent reoccurrence? A Texas-based coalition of nine local arts, grassroots, and service organizations believes transformation holds power over obliteration.
Like most Southern cities, Fort Worth’s past is riddled with racism and violence. A former Ku Klux Klan auditorium, built in 1924, still stands…
