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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1234 |
| Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network |
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| Requester: |
Florida African American Herit |
Organization: |
Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network |
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| Project Title: |
Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 1:04:30 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Argenziano, Bullard, Dawson, Hill, Jones, Lawson, Margolis, Miller, Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project provides a cultural education program that ensures participants, youth and adults, a higher level of self-respect, self-esteem, self-confidence, community and cultural pride through increased pride of ancestry and appreciation of heritage. It also provides a vehicle for community improvement and revitalization. Understanding ourselves is the first step to understanding our place in the world, and our civic responsibility to help protect that world. |
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| Recipient: |
Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network |
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Contact: |
Althemese Barnes |
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419 East Jefferson Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 681-7881 |
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Tallahassee 32301 |
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Contact email: |
abarnes37@comcast.net |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The network will give leadership to organizations/individuals statewide, helping them to become more knowledgeable of historic preservation as an educational tool, and a stimulus for economic development. Services will include: providing technical and scholarly assistance that will increase awareness of the value of preservation as a community enhancement; helping communities to identify, research, preserve and interpret significant landmarks and legacies that teach Florida history; helping to identify funding sources to support projects; giving guidance as it relates to cultural program planning and implementation; teaching effective organizational leadership skills; encouraging communities to utilize historical information as a revenue generating source to help sustain cultural facilities in their communities, and bringing together, through workshops and a conference, a growing African American historic preservation community. Community organizations/leaders that facilitate the work of the network in their respective geographic regions, serving as regional coordinators are: Dr. Dorothy Jenkins-Fields, Director, Lyric Theatre-Miami; Sandra Rooks, Director, Pinellas County African American Historical Society; Dr. Martha Bireda, Director, Blanchard House African American Museum-Punta Gorda; Danny Sylvester, Director, Renaissance Tradition Bearers Park-Marianna; Sharon Coon, Director, James Weldon Johnson Festival- Jacksonville; Patricia Whatley, Director, Tajari School of Performing Arts-Sanford; Geraldine Thompson, Director, Wellsbuilt Museum-Orlando; Maurice Clay, Jackson County Community Development Office-Sneads; Althemese Barnes, Director, Riley Center/Museum, Tallahassee. The Network augments the work of the Commissioner of Education's Task Force on African American History, and serves as a referral and informational resource for the Florida Department of State and other public entities needing information as it relates to African American contributions and accomplishments in Florida. The network identifies historic landmarks and legacies throughout Florida, and through scholarly research and technical resources help to produce historical materials for use in Florida's classrooms and in community settings. Board-based statewide letters of support; and statements of need from various sources including Florida Tax Watch, legislators, etc. have been submitted to sponsoring offices.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 150 organizations/communities representing over 300,000 individuals statewide will benefit educationally, spiritually, socially, and psychologically from cultural programs, projects and events taking place in their communities as a result of network planning and implementation activities. At least 25 organizations will improve their cultural facilities as a result of hands-on training in exhibiting, archival work, and public relations. Many historical collections that are now endangered in small museums across the state will be saved through assistance provided by the network to get them catalogued and digitized. Training will be conducted in how to convert these into educational products to be placed in the public domain, thus saving a vital part of Florida's history and improving the overall quality of life of Florida's citizens. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$350,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$450,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$100,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$100,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Statements of need from various sources including Florida Tax Watch, Dept of State, BOE, etc. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Leon County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/05/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
