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Please see below an invitation for a travel award to attend the SAA conference. *From:* Vargas-Betancourt,Margarita *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2019 8:51 AM *To:* 'i...@jewishlibraries.org' <i...@jewishlibraries.org> *Subject:* Brenda S. Banks Travel Award of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Dear Colleagues, I am a member of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Committee of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), an organization seeking to increase diversity among the more than 6,2000 professional archivists who are employed by governments, universities, businesses, libraries, and historical organizations nationally. SAA promotes the value and diversity of archives and archivists and develops programs and initiatives to ensure the diversity of our membership, leaders, the profession, and the archival record. One of our efforts to increase diversity is to offer competitive travel awards to members of underrepresented groups. I am writing to ask, on behalf of SAA, if you might be willing to post information to your members about the Brend S. Banks Travel Award and membership in SAA, which is given to each recipient complimentary for one year. Perhaps some of your members are currently employed in archives and interested in professional development and networking opportunities. The Brenda S. Banks Travel Award supports a member of an underrepresented group to attend the SAA Annual Meeting including registration and related expenses. Details about the SAA's awards scholarships can be found by clicking on the link below. Thank you for your support! https://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-Brenda-S-Banks-Travel-Award Sincerely, Margarita Vargas-Betancourt *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: · Providing individuals of color employed in an archives with an opportunity for professional development and networking through engagement with SAA; and · 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: · Overall clarity; · Understanding of professional goals and experience with and/or commitment to working with, or documenting and preserving the histories of communities of color; · Description of the benefits of attending the SAA Annual Meeting; and · 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: · Must be of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander descent; · Must be currently employed in an archives; and · Shall not have previously attended an SAA Annual Meeting. Click* here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__app.smarterselect.com_programs_45846-2DSociety-2DOf-2DAmerican-2DArchivists&d=DwMFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=WMUSAPhu8Tc0p3tEPbKxOQ&m=-zUfDggv02JEQdbZI_KXzu-kW4vKAbtPPFMw1vFq69Q&s=0Az7YtK6Du6MOdDszM5b25fQJZqPXrmm9PCo2dE7hUg&e=> *to preview the application and/or to apply. *Applications must be received by February 28, 2019.* Questions? Please direct them to Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, Ph.D., Chair of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee, mvarg...@ufl.edu or (352) 273-2692. Thank you on behalf of the Brenda S. Banks Travel Award Subcommittee.
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