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Julia Shaw of Shaw-Hunter Associates, Inc.
shared her expertise in Caribbean media outreach in a consultation with
the project coordinator. Implementation of her suggestions has helped
to increase project visibility and improve project reception.
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We are proud to welcome three new members
to the Advisory Committee this month:
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William Jones-Executive Director of
the Caribbean American Sports Youth Movement
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Dr. Joyce Toney-Caribbean Historian
and Professor of Black and Latino Studies at Hunter College-CUNY
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Dr. Calvin Holder-Professor of History
and Director of the African American Studies Program at The College of
Staten Island-CUNY.
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The next Advisory
Committee meeting has been scheduled. Presently, we are preparing
a new mission statement to explicitly describe the expectations of this
very important project component.
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We are pleased with the new steady pace of
Survey appointments. A total of four are in various stages of completion.
As we are now in the process of preparing participating organization web
pages, we will begin posting our findings over the next few weeks. Many
more organizations have agreed to participate and are now in the process
of locating and gathering their documents.
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The project web site has been updated.
We removed some incorrect information from the FAQ
page. We have added the adjusted document
survey form that was developed last month. Our bibliography
has been augmented and now includes additional works by our new Advisory
Committee member, Joyce Toney. Also, we are making minor adjustments
to the index page and background design.
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Project outreach is going well. A presentation
made for the executive board of the Union of Jamaica Alumni Association
was positively received. Efforts have also been made to represent
the project at various community functions and events. These have
proved to be an excellent means of meeting and talking to key community
leaders. We have also begun our press outreach-a new press release
has been sent to Caribbean Life, Carib News and The New York
Amsterdam News. Efforts also have been made to contact Everybody's
and
Community
News. These are only a percentage of the key media outlets in
the community-we have compiled a list of many more and will contact them
in the upcoming weeks.
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A new pamphlet that more explicitly states
the project procedures, goals, and benefits has been developed and distributed
to Caribbean organizations and leaders.
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Project staff presented a progress report
to a representative of the Documentary
Heritage Program. We were able to share our present goals for
the project as well as our ideas for future development.
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We are now actively in the planning stages
of our educational outreach component. We are developing the content
and making necessary logistic decisions for project workshops. The
workshops will cater to both the archival community, and Caribbean organizations.
Different workshops are be prepared for each audience group.
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The project field assistant is leaving the
project in January to pursue other avenues in the field of library science.
We are now in the process of interviewing a new field assistant.
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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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