Press Release · Thursday, January 21, 2021
Washington, DC
With generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Archives will offer new grants aimed at expanding cultural diversity in American history. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) will manage the new grants program, funded at $2.35 million, for digital historical records projects.
“Thanks to our continued partnership with The Mellon Foundation, we will be able to share and amplify the voices of previously marginalized groups,” said Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero. “These are important voices in American history and deserve to be heard. This has been an extraordinary time of dialogue and debate on the complicated issues of representation, opportunity, race, and rights. While there have been historic strides on many fronts, projects like this NHPRC/Mellon grant program will help as we continue to strive for a more perfect union.
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PITTSFIELD â Starting college already was difficult, even without a global pandemic in the mix. But, that is what 10 young women of color who are members of the Rites of Passage and Empowerment (ROPE) Program faced after graduating from high school last spring.
This year, ROPE supported the students emotionally and financially as physical schools shuttered and students navigated online school, said founder Shirley Edgerton. The dislocation of coronavirus pandemic-era higher education meant added expenses, for things like travel and technology needs.
âThis year, because of COVID, weâre seeing the needs are even greater,â Edgerton said.
Amid the pandemic, ROPE has set out to expand the support it is able to offer its young scholars. This month, Edgerton said, ROPE is in talks with the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation about creating a fund that would provide an enduring source of support for young women who join the program for years to come.
Those programs will go into a 70,000 square foot building that s being renovated right now on the Roosevelt HS campus. Construction is expected to be finished in the summer.
The expansion was made possible in part by a one-time $50,000 Innovation Engine Program grant awarded by the Office of Transformation and Innovation to campuses with innovative educational programs.
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A Roosevelt HS student connects with Dallas firefighters ahead of a new program planned for the school next year.
RHS principal Troy Tyson said this new effort is the result of meaningful conversations they ve been having with the community surrounding the school. It s a grassroots effort dubbed “Roosevelt Next Level.”
(WEAA) The inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris was a monumental event.
The former senator made history in becoming the first woman and person of color to hold the position. She also represents the nation’s first Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Incorporated.
Ashlyn Wilson with SGJC Radio Network interviewed local members of the AKA sorority who shared the significance of the vice president’s accomplishment and the impact it will have Historically Black Colleges and University’s (HBCUs).