Sentences with phrase «community oral history project»

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was scheduled today to announce a $ 1 million grant from Google.org, the internet giant's philanthropic wing, to The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, to start a project preserving the oral histories and human experiences of the people who stood up and fought back during those tense days in 1969.

For instance, urban place - based lessons could include oral history projects where students collect the stories of community members, or historical parks or buildings, or learning about urban agriculture and community gardening in large cities with food deserts.

Oral history projects can help students discover connections between historical events, contemporary issues and the well - being of their communities.

Connor McLaughlin previously worked as the Dr. Kathy A. Agard Fellow in Community Philanthropy with Our State of Generosity project at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, conducting research on the history of Michigan's philanthropic infrastructure by archiving historical documents and oral history interviews.

- Projects should enable students to become involved in exploring a range of options such as information technology, primary source material, community resources and local organizations, oral histories and interpretative centers as well as traditional resources, to develop their skills.

CHOW DOWN AND LISTEN UP: The nonprofit oral history project StoryCorps has launched a new initiative, the Great Thanksgiving Listen [http://bit.ly/1NnDL04], asking high school teachers to encourage their students to sit down over the Thanksgiving holiday and record a meaningful conversation with an older family or community member.

Programs at 18th Street Arts Center comprise our residency - based exhibition and public program series Artist Lab, emerging artist exhibitions in our Atrium Gallery, artist - driven events, a semi-annual Pico Block Party family festival, community programs related to our Culture Mapping 90404 online oral history project and archive, partnership exhibitions with other institutions, and an annual publication.

The Oral History Project expands our understanding of Donald Judd by recording previously undocumented perspectives on Judd's practice and by preserving the voices of the creative communities of which Judd was a part.

Friends of the Museum, students, faculty, staff, and other community partners participated in this oral history project that spanned over three generations, six states, and two continents.

The second was an oral history project: audio and video recordings of stories told by members of Beacon's African - American community.

As part of a commissioned art project, her plan presents an oral guide to Bronx history by giving voice to the community about their connections to its ecosystem with stories by current and former residents, from beekeepers to rappers.

He's also known for his oral history approach to psychology: he's published an oral history of Toronto's trans community, and has several oral and life history projects under way, including a study of New York's neo-burlesque performers, life stories of crossdressers in the 1980s, residents in a college dorm, and an intersectional analyses of residents of the Willowbrook State School.

It should be noted that under a grants scheme operated by the Community and Personal Histories Section of the Queensland Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, funding (up to a maximum of $ 5,000) can be obtained to aid, among other initiatives, the establishment or maintenance of oral history, family or community history Community and Personal Histories Section of the Queensland Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, funding (up to a maximum of $ 5,000) can be obtained to aid, among other initiatives, the establishment or maintenance of oral history, family or community history community history projects.