What Freedom Means to Me Dialogues

Post Date

August 13th 2015

Application Due Date

August 22nd 2015

This is not a request for applications. This is just an announcement that the The Museum of African American History has entered into a cooperative agreement to continue their work on the project: What Freedom Means to Me Dialogues.

Funding Opportunity Number

NPS-15-NERO-0125

CFDA Number(s)

15.938

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

This is not a request for applications. This is just an announcement that the The Museum of African American History has entered into a cooperative agreement to continue their work on the project: What Freedom Means to Me Dialogues.

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

This is not a request for applications. This is just an announcement that the The Museum of African American History has entered into a cooperative agreement to continue their work on the project: What Freedom Means to Me Dialogues.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $40000

• Award Range:

  $40000 - $40000

Grant Description

This is not a request for applications. This is just an announcement that the The Museum of African American History has entered into a cooperative agreement to continue their work on the project: What Freedom Means to Me Dialogues. Specifically, the MAAH agrees to: 1. Provide for access by the public to all public portions of the property at all reasonable times, either without charge or for a reasonable admission fee. 2. Assume primary responsibility for the interpretation of the African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School. 3. Grant the NPS the right of access to the sites at all reasonable times and cooperate in making historical studies and related studies dealing with the historical fabric. 4. Allow NPS the right to conduct interpretive tours of the interior and exterior of the African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School. 5. Be in compliance with the lease agreement between the Museum and the City of Boston pertaining to the Abiel Smith School. 6. Be responsible for day-to-day operation and maintenance of both sites including all mechanical systems, staffing of bookstore, and for purposes of providing interpretive and visitor services, janitorial services, and facility management. 7. Assume responsibility for all utility costs associated with both sites. 8. Provide NPS with supplemental training on the Black Heritage Trail and training on all exhibits, including any pertinent literature and materials 60 days in advance of a new exhibition, except in circumstances beyond the control of the MAAH. 9. Provide Standard Operating Procedures to the NPS pertaining to emergency evacuation procedures for both sites. 10. Route all day-to-day requests for additional NPS personnel or materials directly through the BOAF Site Manager. 11. Provide: What Freedom Means to Me Community Dialogues: Medicine Wheel Productions.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Keith Zotti
  Partnership Program Specialist
  Phone 2155979153

• Agency Mailing Address:

  MAAH

• Agency Email Address:

  keith_zotti@nps.gov