Wonderful selection! On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 9:14 AM Marc A Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you to everyone who applied for my personal grant of $10,000 to be > awarded to a small museum for a specific project. There were a number of > great submissions but only one could be chosen. Please keep an eye out on > MuseumL for future grant opportunities. The award goes to the Accokeek > Foundation for their project “Black and Indigenous Narratives of The > Potomac.” > > The Accokeek Foundation is a small non-profit who stewards Piscataway > Park at the traditional capital of the Piscataway people. Founded in 1957 > to protect the view from George Washington’s Mount Vernon across the > Potomac, the Foundation has over 65 years of experience in preserving and > protecting cultural resources. After hosting the launch of the Southern > Maryland National Heritage Area, the Foundation continues to be a center > point for leading-edge cultural preservation. The Foundation has strong > partnerships with MD, DC, VA schools, and primarily services students in > Prince George’s and Charles County school systems. Through the “Black > and Indigenous Narratives of The Potomac” Project, the Accokeek Foundation > will create diverse, accurate, and widely accessible digital and physical > collections based around oral histories from African American and > Indigenous fishing industry workers, in their own words. These collections > will be the basis of creating an effective interpretive plan for inclusive > educational programs for years to come. These oral histories will also be > the basis for new wayside exhibits that combine cultural traditions and > history with contemporary resource challenges, ecological sustainability, > and resilience initiatives to convey an Indigenous stewardship ethic. The > Accokeek Foundation seeks to provide access to the untold stories of all > who shaped this landscape. Through collecting, preserving, and sharing back > these stories about Piscataway, enslaved African, Free Black, and > Afro-Indigenous groups with ties to this region, this project is integral > to interpreting a more expansive view of this land and its people, past and > present. > > For those that did not see the original announcement, the text follows. > > I have a charitable contribution of $10,000 to give to a deserving > museum. Yes, I know all of you are deserving. There are only a few > requirements: you must be a registered non-profit; you must be small – I’ll > leave that definition up to you; it can NOT go to your general fund or > endowment; it must be for a specific project, ideally in collections > preservation, including historic buildings; the project must occur soon, > not a year or two down the road; you agree to provide me with updates on > the project’s progress. The project can be a new one just for these funds, > or a discrete part of a larger project. Simply write me an email with a > description of your project and why you are a worthy recipient. > > Marc A. Williams, Principal > American Conservation Consortium, llc > 4 Rockville Road > Broad Brook, CT 06016 > 860-386-6058 > > *Collections Preservation Consultation > *Conservation Assessments & Surveys > *Environmental Monitoring & Low-Tech Control > *Moisture Management Solutions > *Collections in Historic Structures > *Collections Care Grant Preparation > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > .FO OFF ######################################################################## Access the MUSEUM-L Home Page and Archives: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?A0=MUSEUM-L Unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L List: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 ########################################################################