NCAAHC Webinar
Beginner's Guide to African American Cemetery Preservation
17 March 2022
Virtual
About the Event
This webinar is the first installment of the eight-part Zoom webinar series, “Growing Our Griots: Strengthening North Carolina’s Black Heritage-Keepers,” designed to offer guidance and strategies around numerous topics.
Want to learn more about African American cemeteries? Come join us for a presentation from a leading cultural professional in archaeology on African American cemeteries cemeteries and preservation best practices.
Event Schedule
01:00 PM
Webinar Begins
Speaker: Melissa Timo
02:00 PM
Webinar Ends
Speaker: Melissa Timo
Meet the Speakers
Melissa Timo
Staff Archaeologist & Historic Cemetery Specialist
About the Organisers
The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission works to support two primary groups: African American heritage practitioners and community stakeholders.
Heritage Practitioners
We work strategically with African American heritage practitioners to preserve and protect North Carolina’s African American history, arts and culture. This includes people like curators, docents, museum educators, cultural center directors, preservationists and historians (academic and public) who (1) are African American or (2) center their work on African American history, arts or culture. We provide non-financial resources to these practitioners, including technical assistance and professional development opportunities. In some cases, we collaborate with them on projects initiatives that align with our mission.
Community Stakeholders
Our programs and initiatives enable us to serve people across the North Carolina who are interested in our state’s African American history, arts and culture. We work independently and collaboratively to develop creative tools—including traveling exhibits, publications, digital resources, heritage trails, workshops, and public programs—that promote North Carolina’s African American history, arts, and culture for all people.
Our Sponsors
NC African American Heritage Commission received an ARP Humanities Project Support Grant from the North Carolina Humanities, www.nchumanities.org. Funding for ARP Humanities has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the federal American Rescue Plan Act.