[SOA] Society of American Archivists Brenda S. Banks Travel Award-Deadline February 28, 2019

[Shanee' Yvette Murrain]

Apply Now for the 2019 Society of American Archivists Brenda S. Banks
Travel Award

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.

This award supports the objectives of SAA’s Archivists and Archives of
Color Section’s objectives:

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   Providing individuals of color employed in an archives with an
   opportunity for professional development and networking through engagement
   with SAA; and
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   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.

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.

Application Requirements:

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:

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   Overall clarity;
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   Understanding of professional goals and experience with and/or
   commitment to working with, or documenting and preserving the histories of
   communities of color;
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   Description of the benefits of attending the SAA Annual Meeting; and
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   Explanation of commitment to SAA, diversity and inclusion, and the
   profession.

In addition, applicants must include a current CV or resume.

To be eligible, the applicant:

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   Must be of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American,
   Hispanic/Latinx, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander descent;
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   Must be currently employed in an archives; and
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   Shall not have previously attended an SAA Annual Meeting.

Click here
<https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/45846-Society-Of-American-Archivists>
to
preview the application and/or to apply.

Applications must be received by February 29, 2019.

Questions? Please direct them to Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, Ph.D., Chair
of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee, mvargasb at ufl.edu or (352)
273-2692.

Thank you on behalf of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee.
-- 
Sincerely,

Shanee' Yvette Murrain
Assistant Professor and University Archivist
Ingram Library, Special Collections
University of West Georgia
<https://www.westga.edu/library/special-collections/index.php>


2019 President
Society of Georgia Archivists  <https://soga.wildapricot.org/>

Personal Blog: The Overachieving Archivist
<http://shaneemurrain.blogspot.com/>
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