Black Heritage Incorporated

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

DISCRETIONARY

DISCRETIONARY

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES EXPENSES IN RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THROUGH MY EYES [THROUGH MY EYES, IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL DIVERSIFY OUR INTERPRETIVE INSIGHTS INTO OUR COLLECTIONS, RAISE AWARENESS OF AFRICAN HERITAGE HISTORY AND COMPLEMENT OUR CURRENT WORK TO CATALOGUE OUR ARCHIVE (SOME 7,000 LINEAR FEET) . WE WILL CREATE A SERIES OF MONTHLY VIDEOS THAT BRING THE INSIGHTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS (STUDENTS, TEACHERS, POLITICIANS, LOCAL CELEBRITIES, ETC.) TO THE DOCUMENTS FOUND IN THE ARCHIVE. EACH MONTH, OUR ARCHIVIST AND OTHER RIBHS MEMBERS WILL TEACH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT, AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL, IN TURN, TALK ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL INTERTEST IN OR CONNECTION TO THE DOCUMENT, WHICH WE WILL CAPTURE ON VIDEO. THESE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON YOUTUBE, AT OUR WEBSITE, AND THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY: PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR WORK, INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNITY TO THE BROADER WORLD, AND RAISE AWARENESS OF AFRICAN HERITAGE HISTORY AND CULTURE AS FAR AS OUR DIGITAL PRESENCE WILL REACH.]

FRAGILE FREEDOMS: BLACK REVOLUTIONARIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1750-1800. [THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (BHTNH) IS SEEKING FUNDING FOR A PROJECT IN LINE WITH THE NEH INITIATIVE "AMERICAN TAPESTRY" AND IN COMMEMORATION OF THE COUNTRY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY. THE PROJECT IS ALSO IN LINE WITH BHTNH'S STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENGAGE WITH 1/3RD OF NH'S POPULATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND PROGRAMMING OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. BLACK SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND ACTIVISTS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND IN FIGHTING FOR THE LIBERTIES IT ESPOUSED. THIS IS HISTORY THAT EVERYONE IN NH SHOULD KNOW. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF RESEARCHING AND CREATING PORTABLE TEXT PANELS FEATURING BLACK REVOLUTIONARIES AND THEIR STORIES THAT WILL TRAVEL TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, AND CITY AND TOWN HALLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. EACH WILL HAVE QR CODES CONNECTING VIEWERS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.]