Queen Nur performing on stage with drummer

Willingboro, New Jersey

In FACT, Inc.

Storytelling · Folk Arts · Cultural Preservation · Community

Innovative Solutions through Folk Art, Culture and Tradition

"Preserving and perpetuating folklife traditions to sustain communities and affect social change — rooted in the African diaspora, open to all."

15+

Years of Service

Over 1,000

Files Documented & Archived

LOC

Library of Congress Collection

1,200+

Attended LOC Celebration

2026

MidAtlantic Cultural Sustainability Award

$50,000

How We Engage

Projects

Arts Guild NJ / Burlington City Arts Collaborative Second Saturdays

Partnerships

New Jersey Soul Line Dance Festival – July 11, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

South Jersey Folk Arts & Living Traditions Festival – October 10, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Free public events presented by In FACT. A part of Second Saturdays, Burlington City, NJ, a project of Arts Guild New Jersey's Burlington City Arts Collaborative and supported by funding through the NJEDA's A.R.T. – Phase II Grant Program. Seeking Marketplace Vendors. Find out more and register below.

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Freedom's Way NEA Big Read Series

NEA Big Read

Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom book cover

NEA Big Read Series

Join us to read, explore, and celebrate Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton — a powerful story of courage, resistance, and liberation. In partnership with the Underground Railroad of Burlington County and the Burlington Quaker Meeting House, this community-wide journey comes alive through a Kick Off event on September 13, followed by three in-person book discussions featuring re-enactments, storytelling, blues writing, a quilt exhibition, and a culminating celebration for Juneteenth. Visit our website often for updates.

America 250 / National Endowment for the Arts

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In FACT Youth Storytelling Group

Youth

Young storytellers ages 7 to 18 come together bi-monthly for a dynamic, hands-on experience rooted in the African American Oral Tradition. Through fun and interactive workshops, youth amplify their voice, conduct discovery, research, write, perform, and even manage their own nonprofit — all while sharing their cultural heritage on stages locally and nationally!

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Library of Congress Community Collections Project

Historic

In FACT partnered with Queen Nur LLC to document the Soul Line Dance Community in the Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware Tri-State Area as part of the Widening the Path Project for the Library of Congress. Almost 1,000 files of oral histories, photography and videography make up the collection. The Collection was celebrated at the Library of Congress on February 27, 2025 with a Soul Line Dance Party in Jefferson Hall, Washington DC. WE MADE HISTORY!

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Who We Are

Community-Centered

In FACT, Inc. was founded by Karen "Queen Nur" Abdul-Malik and incorporated in 2011 in Willingboro, New Jersey. Our mission is to preserve and perpetuate folklife traditions and to use these traditions to sustain communities and affect social change.

The organization is primarily focused on serving communities of the African diaspora. We welcome volunteers and always seek to uplift community voice through our work that embodies folk arts, living traditions, history and humanities. At the heart of everything we do is a deep belief that community members are the true decision makers — their voices, stories, and vision shape our service projects from the very beginning. We work to inspire community ownership through intentional interpretive planning processes that honor lived experience and collective wisdom.

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In FACT community members at a recording session

With Gratitude

Thank You to Our Funders

We are deeply grateful to the organizations and agencies whose generous support makes our work possible. Their investment in folk art, culture, and tradition helps us serve our community.