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Would you be interested in learning what makes other organization more successful in their fundraising effort?

If yes, then join the Community Development Resource Center at the Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University as they hold their annual fundraising workshop on:

Saturday, September 22, 2007 9: 00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
in the Parren Mitchell Engineering Building, Room ITV 122 (Off Perring Parkway) Morgan State University

Learn the tools for researching private and public foundations, corporations and government grants. Explore resources that will give you the edge in your fundraising effort and make you more successful as an organization.

You must be registered to participate.
Call Clement Anyadike on:
443.885.1249 or 443.885.3004 today

MRS. CHARLOTTE ST. PIERRE PARTICIPATE IN FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE

Mrs. Charlotte St. Pierre, Special Assistant to the Director of The Institute for Urban Research on Saturday, May 19th, 2007 participated in the first "African American Mental Health Conference". Mrs. St. Pierre was among the distinguished panelists. This event was organized by the Genesis in Black Psychology Club and the Sojourner-Douglass College.e

MRS. CHARLOTTE ST. PIERRE PRESENTS PAPER IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

Mrs. Charlotte St. Pierre, Special Assistant to the Director of The Institute for Urban Research presented a paper at the “34th Annual National Conference on The Black Family in America.” The conference was held in Louisville, Kentucky by the University of Louisville, on Thursday, March 8, 2007. The focus of the conference this year was The Plight of African-American Men. Mrs. St. Pierre was one of 30 presenters and her paper was entitled “The Crucial Dilemma of Black Men and Fatherhood and the Negative Effects on Sons.”

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$12,000 SMALL GRANT AWARD RECEIVED BY DR. LINDA LOUBERT.

Dr. Linda Loubert has been informed by the Director of the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research that she is being awarded a $12,000 grant for her proposal “School Finance Reform Effect on Poor Schools and Neighborhoods: An Insight Using GIS.” The funding is part of the HBCU, 1890’s, and Tribal Colleges and Universities Small Grants Program sponsored by the Center through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

As part of the reward, Dr. Loubert is required to participate in the University of Kentucky’s Center for Poverty Research’s 3rd annual Regional Small Grants Conference to give a brief presentation of her proposed research. The conference will be held on the University of Kentucky campus on May 17, 2007. [MS Word]

DR. LINDA LOUBERT ATTENDS RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY

Dr. Linda Loubert attended the ‘Ribbon Cutting Ceremony’ for The Black Damask Partnership’s Phase II Archaeology Project at The Baltimore Talent Development High School in Baltimore Maryland. The Keynote Address was given by The Honorable Elijah Cummings, U.S. Congressman from Maryland. Dr. Loubert is a member of the Steering Committee for The Black Damask Project.

Carroll Park Foundation, Inc. was one of the finalist in The History Channel’ 2006 Save Our History National Awards to honor local communities and classrooms that demonstrate outstanding commitment to history education and preservation of local history. Since then the Foundation has acquired a license from Baltimore City to restore the historic area of the park that is regulated under an easement agreement with the Maryland Historical Trust. The Foundation has produced a Capital Development Plan with funding from The Abell Foundation that building of the Master plan for Carroll Park developed by the National Park Service that compare the potential of ‘Carroll’s Hundred’ to Monticello and Mount Vernon. The Black Damask Project is part of that plan.

The Black Damask Project is named for the damascene plum which was cultivated originally near the ancient city of Damascus and was one of the fruit trees imported by Charles Carroll for his plantation. The Foundation in partnership with The Baltimore Talent Development High School planted trees of the “black damask” (damson) plums along with other varieties of apple and pear trees. Thirty students of The Baltimore Talent Development High School planted 80 of the heritage fruit trees last May. The second phase of the Damask Project is to oversee a cataloguing and conservation project at The Baltimore Talent Development High School concerning a collection of approximated 50,000 artifacts discovered over a period of 20 years. Working with the collection, students also will have the opportunity to collaborate on mounting an exhibit of African American artifacts for display in 2008 at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African-American History in Baltimore.

Dr. Loubert feels strongly that any historical site that pertains to the history of the African-American Slave Trade should be preserved for antiquity. So much has already been lost, that the little remaining sites need to be preserved for history, so that African Americans in the future can see how their ancestors lived and survived during the slave period.
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"THE CRUCIAL DILEMMA OF BLACK MEN AND FATHERHOOD AND THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON SONS"

-- presented by Mrs. Charlotte St. Pierre

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DR. LINDA LOUBERT ELECTED TO 2007 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (NEA).
The National Economic Association (NEA) at their NEA 2007 Annual Business Meeting in Chicago announced the results of their election for new Board members. There were seven contenders for the new Board positions. Dr. Linda Loubert of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University was one of the four members elected to new positions on the 2007 Board of Directors.

COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS WANTED
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