Culture Keepers: How to build a community...it starts with Education!

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

How to build a community...it starts with Education!

Mattie Ridgely and her class at the Ridgley Rosenwald School in the 1940's located in Prince George's County Maryland.

Primary School Children at the Maryland Normal and Industrial School, July 1918. Photo from the Goodloe family archives.

A Journey Through the African Diaspora Project

The Prince George’s African American Museum & Cultural Center (PGAAMCC) was recently awarded the 2013-2014 Museums Connect grant for the project A Journey through the African Diaspora. PGAAMCC's high school after school program, Culture Keepers, partnered with an after-school program Onarin Koja, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Both teen groups will research the African Diaspora and engage in Cultural Exchange in the Spring of 2014. Museums Connect is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by the American Alliance of Museums.

International School Partners:

Teen Group: Culture Keepers
Suitland High School
Location: Forestville, MD. USA

Teen Group: Onarin Koja
EMEFM Antonio Sampaio High School
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Museum Partners:

Prince George's African American Museum & Cultural Center
Location: North Brentwood, MD.

Museu Afro-Brasil
Sao Paulo Brasil