<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apply Now for the 2019 Society of American Archivists Brenda S. Banks Travel Award</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee invites applications for a new Society of American Archivists (SAA) award. The Brenda S. Banks Travel Award recognizes and acknowledges individuals of color, such as those of African, Asian, Latinx, Native American, Alaska Native, or Pacific Islander descent, who are employed in archives and who manifest an interest in becoming active members of SAA. Recipients receive full complimentary registration and related expenses for hotel and travel to attend the SAA Annual Meeting during the year in which the award is received. In addition, recipients receive a complimentary one-year membership in SAA.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This award supports the objectives of SAA’s Archivists and Archives of Color Section’s objectives:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Providing individuals of color employed in an archives with an opportunity for professional development and networking through engagement with SAA; and</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Promoting increased participation in SAA by individuals of color employed in an archives by exposing first-time Annual Meeting attendees to the experience of attending national meetings and encouraging them to join and remain members of the organization.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Created in 2017, the award is named in honor of Brenda S. Banks, Fellow and Past President of SAA and co-founder of the Archivists and Archives of Color Section. The award is sponsored by SAA's Archivists and Archives of Color Section and funded through the SAA Foundation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application Requirements:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recipients will be selected based on the strength of their personal statement/essay. Personal statements/essays must be no more than 500 words and will be evaluated on:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Overall clarity;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Understanding of professional goals and experience with and/or commitment to working with, or documenting and preserving the histories of communities of color;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Description of the benefits of attending the SAA Annual Meeting; and</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Explanation of commitment to SAA, diversity and inclusion, and the profession.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition, applicants must include a current CV or resume.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To be eligible, the applicant:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Must be of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander descent;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Must be currently employed in an archives; and</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Shall not have previously attended an SAA Annual Meeting.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Click</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/45846-Society-Of-American-Archivists" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(1,144,159);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to preview the application and/or to apply.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications must be received by February 29, 2019.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Questions? Please direct them to Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, Ph.D., Chair of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee, </span><a href="mailto:mvargasb@ufl.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">mvargasb@ufl.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">or (352) 273-2692.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:15pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you on behalf of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee.</span></p>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial" size="2">Sincerely,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial" size="2">Shanee' Yvette Murrain</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial" size="2">Assistant Professor and University Archivist</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial" size="2">Ingram Library, Special Collections</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><a href="https://www.westga.edu/library/special-collections/index.php" target="_blank">University of West Georgia</a></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">2019 President </font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><a href="https://soga.wildapricot.org/" target="_blank">Society of Georgia Archivists </a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial" size="2"> </font></div><div>Personal Blog: <a href="http://shaneemurrain.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Overachieving Archivist</a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial" size="2"> </font></div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>