Writing a grant is all about knowing grant terminology, reading grant guidelines, and following the directions. Through an actual grant example, you will understand the application format including title, statement of purpose, vision and mission, statement of need, project design, management plan, evaluation, dissemination plan, collaboration, project personnel qualifications, budget, and sustainability. The presentation takeaway is that with these basics, you will be ready to write a winning grant.

Length: 75 minutes

Recovering Catfish Row: Toward Centering Gullah Culture in the Gershwin’s and Heyward’s Porgy and Bess. ; ” I Heard the Angels Singing”: Documenting the Gullah Geechee People of Wadmalaw Island who Inspired Porgy & Bess.

Length: 60 minutes

Although the overall story of the Black praise house has been preserved, far too few people know of their architectural, cultural, and spiritual importance in the overall story of the American past. This is a narrative that encompasses architecture concerning the sacred, as well as the meaning of family and community. It is not the complexity of the praise house that makes it unique, but instead their past, purpose, and connection to providence. Beyond further disseminating the story of the praise house, another primary goal is to highlight the existence of those in bad repair that still stand in Lowcountry. So many of these buildings are in desperate need of major preservation efforts.

Length: 30 minutes

This presentation concentrates on the ethics behind past and present approaches to ethnography, ethnomusicology and archiving Gullah Geechee and Afro-Latin language, religion, and music. I provide overviews and comparisons of the Gullah Geechee Ring Shout music and religious social customs, versus Afro-Latin syncretic religious practices in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Brazil (Spiritism, Candomblé, and other variants.

Length: 30 minutes