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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1120 |
| Kinad Inc. Interchangeable African American Mobile Museum |
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| Requester: |
Shekina Dellmar Donaldson |
Organization: |
Kinad Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Kinad Inc. Interchangeable African American Mobile Museum |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 4:22:58 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bullard |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| According to Florida Statute 1003.42 (formerly 233.061) established in 1994, this statewide interest project addresses the needs of Florida residence year round. Kinad Inc. 6-years of traveling to over 220 locations in Florida with the First Interchangeable African American Mobile Museum for school districts local, regional and statewide. This project is and continues to be in compliance with the statutory mandate allowing Kinad Inc. African American Interchangeable Mobile Museum to provide educational and historical materials to enormous diversified demographic school districts in Miami Dade, Broward and West Palm Beach Counties. The Mobile Museum addresses several essential and major needs to Florida residences year round. With an increasing demand for Kinad Inc. African American Mobile Museum to expand free of charge to a greater number of school districts, the materials and program cost does not permit Kinad Inc. to provide these needed services. Including designing and creating an additional interchangeable exhibition to Kinad Inc. unique mobile museum for the Florida Black Heritage Trail published in 1991,2002 and 2006 by the Florida Division of Historical Resources acknowledging many citizens who assisted in developing these books. |
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| Recipient: |
Kinad Inc. |
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Contact: |
Shekina Dellmar Donaldson |
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2100 N.W. 192 Terr. |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 621-9146 |
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Miami Gardens 33056 |
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Contact email: |
kinad@bellsouth.net |
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| Counties: |
Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| This unique traveling unit is designed for multiple educational purposes, in its ability to provide materials to educated schools and the general public on the History of African American including informative workshops and ways and means that addresses resolutions on combating crime in our community. Kinad continues to fill a void in our every day life, through dealing with real issues and concern that improve the quality of life for our society.
Our local, county, and statewide interesting programs and project is to further enhance Kinad Inc. African American Mobile Museum, promoting this instructional first of its kind unique interchangeable Mobile Museum that concentrates on the needs of our community year round. Kinad Mobile Museum will continue to travel into Florida�s largest diverse counties, touring and educating Public Schools on the Florida Statute 1003.42 (formerly 233.061). Since 2002 Kinad Inc. continues to implement the required Florida Statute 1003.42 (formerly 233.061) established in 1994 and the District�s Student Progression Plan, to K-12. We are aware that this plan requires that all students in grades K-12 received instruction in African American history that includes a Curriculum and Instruction Project Work Plan. Kinad Inc. Mobile Museum was approved and given this opportunity by Miami Dade County Public Schools, which Kinad Inc. Mobile Museum supports Florida Statute 1003.42 that requires instruction in African American history. Florida�s Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies, and Competency-Based Curriculum has collaborated with Kinad Inc. to provide an on site field trip to over 300 schools in Miami Dade County, over 150 schools in Broward and West Palm Beach. Our interchangeable Mobile Museum have tourist attraction appealing.
Through this Mobile Museum it provides multi-purpose and programs to K-12 graders, teachers, parents, cultural events, at-risk youth schools, young adults programs, including the general public on uninformed historical and present documentations on African American contributions in shaping Florida and America. Kinad Inc. has advanced its public awareness projects and programs to under privileged and privileged community. These needed projects and programs highlight Crime preventions discussions in schools, alternative programs and the general public. Human rights are factored into our programs in developing avenues toward creating dialogue in our diversified environment. This innovated approach enables Kinad Inc. to provide vital collaborating services for our communities that deals with individuals needs and daily concerns. Kinad Inc. stands on these thresholds issues to ignite a since of successful services for the residences of Florida and several essential needs and opportunities to enhance their lives.
Kinad Inc. Interchangeable Mobile Museum will also transform The Florida Black Heritage Trail publication into a unique traveling exhibition on this 1990 Florida Legislature African American History in Florida to increase public awareness of the contributions of African Americans to the state. Through this forgotten history Kinad Inc. Mobile Museum will travel through various counties in the state of Florida reaching tourist, the general public and our schools to help preserve the contributions of �The Florida Black Heritage Trail�. Through the eyes of �The Florida Heritage Trails can bee seen through the Florida Heritage guidebooks and introduced to the general public year round, including traveling with the Heritage Trail Series (World War II, Cuban, Jewish, Women�s and Maritime). These Historical Booklet will be apart of an added inclusive and not exclusive approach in reaching a larger audience in our diversified state. Kinad Inc. has been viewed by of 500,000 people since our traveling to over 220 locations since its inception in 2001. The possible of helping to bridge our gap in our community with the publications of each cultural is a great step toward change. Kinad Inc. has traveled from Tallahassee to Florida. Kinad Inc. has the track records in providing this special and needed venue to the citizens and people in Florida. �IF PEOPLE CAN NOT COME TO THE MUSEUM KINAD INC. WILL BRING THE MUSUEM TO THEM.� Thousand of Florida residence cannot go to a museum. Kinad Inc. has been paving the way for our disadvantage community. It is happening. Kinad Inc. is assisting in Bridging the GAP in our community; we need your support, in order for Kinad Inc. Mobile Museum and programs to reach a larger demographic audience of children, students, parents, the general public and tourist.
We will continue to enter into the public schools to teach to K-12 to increase the knowledge of students in Miami-Dade County Public School, Broward and West Palm Beach Schools on African American history , their cultural and the many contributions they made to the development of the world and United States. Topics of study will include but not limited to Ancient African and contributions made throughout the African Diaspora, the earliest presence of African Americans in North American, African American leaders in Florida in the fields of science, technology, politics, education, and the arts and other contributions presented through Kinad Mobile Museum on site field experience.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Reduction of Crime In Our Schools and Community & A Enhanced Academic FCAT Scores K-12. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$2,500,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$250,000 |
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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: |
$1,500,000 |
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: |
Florida Statue 1003.42 / 1991 update of the Florida Black Heritage Trail |
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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: |
Miami Dade County Commissioner Annual Board Meeting ---September 6, 2007 & September 20, 2007 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
