Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture Fall Symposium 2022
"African American Heritage Preservation Program Grant"
Speaker: Chanel Compton, Executive Director, Banneker-Douglass Museum & Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Theme: The Pursuit of Organizational Health, Healing, and Wholeness in the African American Community
Date: October 27-28, 2022
Location: Morgan State University, University Student Center - Baltimore, MD
In partnership with The Benjamin A. Quarles Humanities and Social Science Institute at Morgan State University and The Du Bois-Diggs Center for Race and Social Justice at Morgan State University
ABOUT THE AAHPP GRANT
The African American Heritage Preservation Program (AAHPP) provides grants to assist in the preservation of buildings, sites, or communities of historical and cultural importance to the African American experience in Maryland. The AAHPP is administered as a partnership between the Maryland Historical Trust and the MCAAHC. The program typically receives an annual appropriation of $1,000,000 for grants per year. Applications for the AAHPP are typically available in early April and due July 1, with decisions made by December every year. For more information, visit
https://mht.maryland.gov/grants_africanamerican.shtml .
MCAAHC MISSION
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) is committed to discovering, documenting, preserving, collecting, and promoting Maryland’s African American heritage. The Commission also provides technical assistance to institutions and groups with similar objectives. Through the accomplishment of this mission, the MCAAHC seeks to educate Maryland citizens and visitors to our state about the significance of the African American experience in Maryland.