African American Diversity Cultural Center Hawaii

The African American Diversity Cultural Center Hawaii will strengthen its services to the local community by building the center's capacity and professionalizing its curatorial activities. The first full-time professional director/archivist will be hired to provide the technical expertise and leadership skills needed to develop a collections management plan to properly care for the historical documents and artifacts that tell the story of the Hawaiian Africana early settlers and their descendants. The director will also lead volunteers in preparing a special exhibition to observe Martin Luther King Day and a Black History display to be installed in the City Hall Municipal Gallery. The project will include the expansion of outreach programs to increase awareness of Hawaiian Africana for youth in schools and for the community at large.