Noah Mack Memorial Fund

Born on May 31, 2003 in Santa Monica, CA, he was the son of Christopher and Andrea (Almeida) Mack.

 

Noah grew up in Los Angeles, graduating from the Oakwood School in North Hollywood in 2021. He was honored as a National African American Recognition Program Scholar. Noah was a champion debater as well as a track and field athlete. Noah’s passion was writing. While in school, he wrote novels, feature-length screenplays and teleplays. He was also a mentor and leader, and embodied commitment to civil justice. Noah enjoyed the thrill of debate and passed his excitement and knowledge on by becoming a debate coach for younger students. He created and led an affinity group at his secondary school, BMORE (Black/Brown Men at Oakwood Representing Excellence), to create a place of inclusion and understanding and a platform for advocacy and positive change.

 

Noah was a Sophomore at Brown University. At Brown, Noah was a Literary Arts concentrator who studied literature, political judgment and moral philosophy. He was active in theatre and was also a member of the Brown Madrigal Singers. At Providence’s Stages of Freedom Museum, Noah served as a grant writer, speech writer and museum curator. He also recently began acting as a curator for the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.

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Besides his parents he leaves one brother, Nicolas Mack, his maternal grandparents, Antonette and Rodolfo Almeida, his paternal grandparents, Haris ElAmin and Gillian Baird, two uncles, John Almeida and Lester DeRaad, two aunts, Jennifer Mack and Elizabeth DeRaad and many great aunts, uncles and cousins.

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About the Noah Mack Memorial Fund

at Stages of Freedom

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A permanent fund has been established to honor the legacy of our beloved Noah Almeida Mack.

 

A gifted writer, debater, researcher, and scholar with an insatiable appetite for learning and contributing, Noah discovered an important role through his work at Stages of Freedom. 

 

Established through the generosity of Lisa Bouchard and Peter Hollands, the Noah Mack Memorial Fund has been established at The Rhode Island Foundation to annually identify and fund a Brown University student of African descent who will continue the important work Noah carried out at Stages of Freedom. 

 

The student will be compensated through the fund in a paid internship and will be mentored and work collaboratively with the staff and Board of Directors at Stages of Freedom.

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The Noah Mack Memorial Fund is made possible through the generosity of donors like you.