http://www.eubieblake.org/ Blake, a Baltimore native, was an accomplished composer and co-creator of Broadway, the first musical ever to be written and directed by African Americans. The Center that bears his name works to promote the unique history and continuing legacy of African-American art and culture in the city of Baltimore through exhibits, programming and educational activities. http://www.ngbiwm.com/ Founded in 1983, the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is one of Baltimore’s most important historic and cultural institutions. Its exhibits educate more than 300,000 visitors annually.
http://www.africanamericanculture.org/
Opened in 2005, The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is “dedicated to sharing the courageous journeys toward freedom and self-determination made by African American Marylanders.”
http://www.jhsm.org/
“The Jewish Museum of Maryland hosts dozens of programs annually for its diverse community of visitors. Addressing everything from sacred music to department store fashions, the Museum's programs explore a variety of Jewish encounters, traditions and experiences in Maryland and America.”
http://www.bop.org/index.aspx
Striving to “make Baltimore a more vibrant and creative city in which to live, work and play by producing high-quality special events, festivals and arts programming that stimulate communities economically, artistically and culturally.”
http://www.citypaper.com/bob/default.asp
An eclectic gathering of the best of the best, best of the worst and much else that is just quintessentially Baltimore.
http://www.baltimorefunguide.com/calendar/home.do
“Plan your day, evening or weekend using BaltimoreFunGuide's comprehensive list of happenings across the entire region!”
Described as “Baltimore’s African American Heritage & Attractions Guide.”
http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/neighborhoods/nnf/060428.html#lead
A short list of recurring festivals from the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods. http://baltimorepride.org/index.php The 2006 version featured a parade down Charles Street, a block party, and a festival at Druid Hill Park.
http://www.irishfestival.com/
“The Festival is an annual celebration of Irish culture featuring international and local music and dance, traditional cuisine, workshops, cultural exhibits, and vendors of everything Irish. “
http://www.latinofest.org/
Celebrated annually since 1980, it is described as “Baltimore’s premiere celebration of Latino heritage and culture.” During what is a pleasant weekend in June, folks come from all over Baltimore and surrounding areas to dance to Latin music, eat Latin food and enjoy the various other attractions the festival offers.
http://www.polishcommunity.com/
Held every June at Patterson Park.
http://www.greekfolkfestival.com/
“The St. Nicholas Greek Festival is a showcase of the Greek community featuring dancing, ethnic costumes, patstitsio, spanakopita, and tours of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.” – Baltimore Fun Guide
http://www.saintpatricksdayparade.com/baltimore/index.htm
“The Parade has been in continuous operation since 1856 and has celebrated Irish culture and honored Ireland's patron, St. Patrick, to become a Baltimore institution. An all-volunteer committee comprised of 11 member Irish organizations in the greater Baltimore area presents the Parade. The Parade attracts tens of thousands of spectators, participants, and organizers to downtown Baltimore.”
http://bnaibrith.org/museum/index.cfm
Administers the Philip and Mildred Lax Archive (B’nai B’rith Archives). “This collection of papers and documents traces the unique status of Jews throughout the world’s tumultuous times of change.”
http://www.francedc.org/en/index.aspx
“The Alliance Française is the largest network of French language and cultural centers in the world. There are 1300 Alliance chapters established in 112 countries, including 140 chapters in the United States, serving 400,000 students.”
http://www.galatheatre.org/
“A National Center for Latino Performing Arts in the heart of Washington, DC.” http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/enindex.htm Offers cultural programs celebrating Germany and language instruction.
http://www.iicwashington.esteri.it/IIC_Washington “Founded in 1980, the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC is an official branch of the Italian government, dedicated to the promotion of Italian language and culture in the United States through the organization of cultural events.”
http://portal.sre.gob.mx/imw/
“The Cultural Institute of Mexico in Washington, D.C. is one of the most important artistic and cultural centers established outside Mexico. Its primary mission is to promote and disseminate among the local community, the vast and rich traditions of Mexico's cultural past and present.”
http://www.jhsgw.org/
“The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and its Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum preserve, chronicle and present the story of the local Jewish community through archival collections, exhibits, educational programs, publications, and the restoration and preservation of the oldest synagogue building in the nation’s capital.”
http://www.layc-dc.org/
“The Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) is a multicultural community-based organization that supports youth and their families in their determination to live, work, and study with dignity, hope, and joy.” Museums of the Smithsonian Institute
http://www.apa.si.edu/
“The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program works to better reflect the APA experience in Smithsonian exhibitions, programs, and research. It therefore improves the publics appreciation of the crucial roles that Asian Pacific Americans have played in American history and, simultaneously, empowers APA communities in their sense of inclusion within our national culture.”
http://www.folklife.si.edu/index.html
“The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is a research and educational unit of the Smithsonian Institution promoting the understanding and continuity of diverse, contemporary grassroots cultures in the United States and around the world. The Center produces the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Smithsonian Global Sound, exhibitions, documentary films and videos, symposia, publications, and educational materials. The Center conducts ethnographic and cultural heritage policy oriented research, maintains the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, and provides educational and research opportunities through fellowships, internships, and training programs.”
http://latino.si.edu/
“The Center was formally established by vote of the Board of Regents, the Smithsonian's governing body, in May, 1997. The report of the Board of Regents stated: ‘The Latino presence in the Americas is centuries old, culturally rich and demographically vast and growing…. The Center is dedicated to the generation of new knowledge…to the end that American history and culture may be understood and displayed in all its diversity.’”
http://africa.si.edu/index2.html
“The collection of the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) embraces the diverse artistic expressions found throughout Africa, from ancient to contemporary times. Collection objects range from ceramics, textiles, furniture and tools to masks, figures and musical instruments. The arts of painting, printmaking, sculpture and other media are well represented by living artists whose works highlight individual creativity, address global and local art trends and innovatively transform artistic traditions into modern idioms.”
http://anacostia.si.edu/
“As the Smithsonian Institution's museum of African American history and culture, the Museum explores American history, society, and creative expression from an African American perspective.”
http://www.washington.org
An electronic guide to D.C. tourism and culture.
http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/info-url3948/info-url.htm
Information on more than 200 important African American history sites throughout Washington, DC.
www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
“The National Cherry Blossom Festival annually commemorates the 1912 gift to the city of Washington of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and celebrate the continued close relationship between our two peoples.”
http://www.folklife.si.edu/index.html
“The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is a national, even international, family reunion asserting the ability of people to converse with and understand each other. At the Festival, tradition bearers, local scholars, and Smithsonian curators speak for themselves, with each other, and to the public. The Festival typically includes daily and evening programs of music, song, dance, celebratory performance, crafts and cooking demonstrations, storytelling, illustrations of workers' culture, and narrative sessions for discussing cultural issues.”
http://www.washington.org/WCTCoffsite.cfm?http://www.filmfestdc.org/
“Filmfest DC is an annual event that showcases a wide range of extraordinary new films from around the world.” – About.com
Research Centers, Programs and Exhibits
http://web.jhu.edu/africana
“The Center for Africana Studies offers a broad inquiry into the ideas and experiences of African peoples on the continent of Africa, in the Americas, and elsewhere around the globe.”
http://web.jhu.edu/east-asian “The Program deepens the understanding of East Asia through history, anthropology, sociology, political science, history of science and technology, literature, and East Asian languages.”
http://web.jhu.edu/igs
“The purpose of this Institute is to stimulate dialogue, reflection and research that links global moments, their limits, continuities and disjunctures -- as these affect Culture, Power and History at the local level.”
http://web.jhu.edu/jewishstudies
“The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Jewish Studies Program was founded in 2002 to coordinate the many academic activities at Johns Hopkins dedicated to the study of Jewish history, literature, language, politics, and religion.”
http://www.jhu.edu/~polysci/internationalstudies.html
“The International Studies Program is administered by the Department of Political Science and offers a multidisciplinary approach emphasizing the principles of a liberal arts education.” http://web.jhu.edu/plas “PLAS offers undergraduate and graduate students a variety of opportunities to deepen their appreciation and understanding of Latin America.”
http://web.jhu.edu/wgs
“The department encourages interdisciplinary research, practical experience, and offers appropriate pedagogy in issues pertaining to the lives of women and sexual minorities.” http://www.sais-jhu.edu/languages/arabic/Introduction.html “The intensive Arabic program at SAIS offers an excellent opportunity for learning the language. It is a specialized program designed for students of international affairs to enable them to acquire the general and professional language skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.”
http://afam.nts.jhu.edu/
“The exhibit is a collaborative effort to develop a web-based exhibit documenting the African American experience at JHU.” Support Offices
http://www.jhu.edu/~isss/
OISSS aims to assist all international students and scholars at Johns Hopkins' Homewood campus to acquire and maintain their appropriate visa status.
http://www.jhu.edu/~health/
Health and wellness provides information programs and training in a variety of wellness topics.
http://www.jhuaa.org/
The office provides leadership for university efforts to promote institutional equity and a diverse university community. Scholarships
http://krieger.jhu.edu/globalhealth.htm
The MHIRT consists of a summer internship for up to 3 months (June - August) in one of several countries and fields of research addressing global health disparities.
http://www.jhu.edu/advising/scholarships/minority.html
A list of scholarships from the Office of Academic Advising.
http://www.glccb.org/
“Since 1977 The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland has been working to achieve equality, understanding, and respect for the diversity of the greater Baltimore GLBT community advocacy, social events, support groups, and health forums. It is one of the oldest GLBT organizations in the country.”
http://www.msac.org/culturaldiversity.cfm?id=205&pagetype=Cultural%20Diversity%20Arts%20Registry&sec=registry
“This Registry is an on-line listing of culturally diverse artists and organizations in Maryland. Those listed are African American, Asian, East Indian, Hispanic or of Latino origin, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.”
http://www.msac.org/grants_detail.cfm?sec=Grants&id=61&pid=43
“The Arts in Communities Program was created to extend MSAC funding to a broader range of organizations than are presently served, and to better reach underserved audiences. The program serves two kinds of organizations: 1) those for which Arts in Communities Grants provide an introduction to MSAC grants programs, and/or 2) community organizations planning specific arts events or projects. Not-for-profit Maryland organizations may apply for support of arts activities that will take place in Maryland.”
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc5600/sc5604/html/losim.html
“The Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland Program seeks to preserve and promote the vast universe of experiences that have shaped the lives of Maryland's African American population. From the day that Mathias de Sousa and Francisco landed in St. Mary's county aboard the Ark and the Dove in 1634, Black Marylanders have made significant contributions to both the state and nation in the political, economic, agricultural, legal, and domestic arenas. Despite what often seemed like insurmountable odds, Marylanders of Color have adapted, evolved, and prevailed. The Maryland State Archives' Study of the Legacy of Slavery Staff invites researchers to explore all of these elements and more within its numerous source documents, exhibits and interactive online presentations.”
http://www.baltimorediversity.com/
“BaltimoreDiversity is a network of local diversity employment Web sites committed to connecting employers with qualified, local applicants of all backgrounds.”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/services/newspaper/events/bal-diversity,0,3645288.htmlstory?coll=bal-bsunevents-headlines
The Baltimore Sun's Diversity Career Fair is an opportunity for employers and prospective employees from all backgrounds and communities to come together in one venue “for Baltimore's premiere career event.”
From The JHU Gazette
http://hispaniconline.com/
“Hispaniconline seeks to offer news, resources and entertainment options that are relevant to Latinos. The content for the website is produced by HispanicOnline's staff as well as freelance writers, wire services, and the staffs of HISPANIC and HISPANIC Trends magazines.”
http://mcreview.com/
“Dedicated to a better understanding of ethnic, racial and religious diversity.”
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=14
Launched in January 2002, The Tavis Smiley Show from NPR is a daily, one-hour magazine program hosted by author and broadcaster Tavis Smiley. It “offers intelligent talk, news and commentary from fresh, diverse points of view, and reports on everything from politics to pop culture. Host Tavis Smiley has been named by Time magazine as one of America's 50 most promising young leaders. Newsweek profiled him as one of the ‘20 people changing how Americans get their news’ and dubbed him one of the nation's ‘captains of the airwaves.’” http://www.nmci.org/about/default.htm “NMCI's mission is to work with individuals, organizations, and communities in creating a society that is strengthened and empowered by its diversity. The Institute offers conferences in the spring and fall, individualized Organizational Training and Consulting interventions and publications.”
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3specpop.htm
A large list of websites, databases and books posted by Michigan State University.
http://www.black-collegian.com/
A career site for students of color.
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