[Neasis-l] NEA announces a new award

[NEA Announcements]

New England Archivists' Inclusion and Diversity Coordinator (IDC) is
pleased to announce the approval of a new award called The Inclusion and
Diversity Session Sponsorship and Travel Award
<http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/ID-Award>. This new award, running as
a three-year pilot program (2016-2018), will sponsor a session at NEA's
annual Spring Meeting to increase discussion of issues related to
inclusion, diversity, and social justice in the profession. The awarding
session will be chosen from among the proposals submitted to the Spring
Meeting Program Committee. Presenters, as a group, will be eligible for up
to $900.00 in reimbursement for travel expenses.


Sponsorship for the NEA Spring 2016 Meeting has been awarded to Giordana
Mecagni, Patricia Reeve, Marilyn Morgan, Josue Sakata, Andrew Elder, and
Julia Collins Howington for session 2.7: “Boston Public Schools
Desegregation: From Digital Library to Classroom.” (Saturday April 2 --
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.) <http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/spring2016#session5>.

For more information on this new award
<http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/ID-Award> and the Spring 2016 Meeting
<http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/Spring-2016> including how to register
<http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/event-2106874> -- see the NEA website.
Or follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/nearchivists> or Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/NewEnglandArchivists/>.


-- 
New England Archivists
Communications Committee
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