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The Project Coordinator was interviewed by
Bryan Fleck, the assistant editor of Black Diaspora Magazine. An
article about the project will be featured in the magazine's July issue.
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A final Draft of the Work Plan was submitted
to staff at METRO.
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We have began to survey the papers of the
St. Marks Episcopalian Church. This Church, like Epiphany and St.
Simon Episcopalian Episcopalian Church which is also a part of the survey,
is led by a Caribbean rector. The church is integrally involved in
community development and even has stained glass with Harriet Tubman, Mary
McLoud Bethune, Martin Luther King Jr., and Marcus Garvey.
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We continue to survey the papers of the Union
of Jamaican Alumni Associations and the St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic
Church.
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Jared Mcallister of the Daily News' Caribbeat
Magazine agreed to do a story on the project. Reporter Janet
Hines has interviewed the Project Coordinator and various Advisory Committee
Members and representatives from surveyed organizations.
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In order to represent the project for the
Caribbeat article, Brooklyn College provided a professional photographer,
Roy Mittleman, to photograph project activities. He accompanied the
project staff on surveys and meetings throughout Brooklyn. Some of
the photographs will be featured in next month's issue of Caribbeat.
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We will be presenting a paper on the project
at the next meeting of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association
(BCALA). Project staff is preparing the content of the presentation
as well as making conference arrangements.
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The project continues to contact and follow-up
with the historically significant Jamaican Progressive League and Tobago
Alumni Association.
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Our next Advisory Committee Meeting has been
set for July 18, 2002. The Project Assistant is making all necessary
preparations for the meeting.
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Academic research about the Jamaican, Trinidadian
& Tobagonian, and Pan-Caribbean community continues so that the survey
will accurately reflect the dynamics of the community.
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