Wow, this week has flown by and there is still so much to do. It seems like there is so much to do in such a little time. This past week there were several different activities that happened. There was Art Reach where we raised up some money, thanks to Joe for hosting the event and there has been the constant onslaught of history items to do. So far I have found the transcription to be much more involved than I thought. While I am doing quite well on transcribing, there is still a great deal to do. (However, the interview is very interesting so I am enjoying transcribing). I have also been working on the draft of Catherine B. which should hopefully be good. These both work hand in hand though and I am happy that I could be a part of making this woman's personal history known.
One thought came to mind after setting up the facebook page and event. I wonder if we link a pay-pal to the site if people would donate money to it. I already know one person who would want to donate money but cannot come to the event. I think this would be a great way to raise fund because I have a bunch of people who might be interest in donating this way. I am looking forward to going to the community meetings this week. That looks like all I have for now, wow this semester has gone by quickly.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Work
This week has been busy, yet again. I have been working on getting some on of the beer and food down. We finally reached a consensus on what food we were getting, which is very exciting. I have been trying to compile some sort of history on the area and an idea of what Catherine B. did but I cannot decide on what should be included and such. I have always been told the length of a paper and here is not that way at all. I am sure I will figure it out but it will be a long day and night until I get that done. Every class gets more exciting as we get closer to the event. There is so much to this class, it feels like the only class that is really doing something. I wish I could have done work like this my entire academic career but yet that is just another pipe-dream.
Monday, April 4, 2011
First week of April and the end of march!
This past week sure was busy but it is exciting to have done so much. After taking up some responsibility on the getting food for the event, I found out that there catering is a great deal of money. While the cost goes down per person when there are large amount of people, it is definitely hard to find a cheap caterer. The best option for food is Chaps, a local pit beef restaurant, which services in large numbers so we can order the food for a certain time and just keep it hot. Its about 8 dollars a person at the rates we have, which is pretty reasonable.
After going through that, I have also been working on researching information on Catherine, while my outline looks small, it is what I have done on paper of my definite decision on what I am doing with the information I have found. Every class I feel like we are doing something and making a difference. I am sad that my academic career at UMBC is coming to a close after this semester, but all good thing must come to an end or else they will lose their touch (well in my opinion at least).
After going through that, I have also been working on researching information on Catherine, while my outline looks small, it is what I have done on paper of my definite decision on what I am doing with the information I have found. Every class I feel like we are doing something and making a difference. I am sad that my academic career at UMBC is coming to a close after this semester, but all good thing must come to an end or else they will lose their touch (well in my opinion at least).
Monday, February 28, 2011
Discovering a new chapter
This past week has been the busiest week of the class yet at the same time, I felt like the class is going in a direction that I am truly happy about it. We started off going through the project looking through sources about Baltimore, learning how to research a bit, and going through projects that were similar to this one. The early part of the week was a culmination of the past several weeks and now it is on to the project. Later in the week, as I wrote and rewrote my project, it was nice to know that the rest of class was on the same page as I am. The class seemed to have a good picture of what the community needs and why we are so needed. As people began to split into teams, it was easy to see each person’s importance and what they want out of the class. When my group met about programming, we discussed what we thought was best for the area and what we wanted. It was inspiring to know that we could do something like this and come up with excellent ideas. I hope these ideas come to fruition because they are great ideas.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle for hope (draft)
Title: The title will be as follows “Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle for Hope”, as for graphic design, I will come up with something more eye catching that others will look to with ease and hope.
Mission Statement: To help build a more cohesive, united people that will inspire others to want more from the Curtis Bay brook community. We will build this through an effort to make public the history of a figure that can teach others to achieve more.
Project Description: The objective here is to build a memorial for an important figure from the community, either past or present, made out of goods that are from the community. These goods can be trash, new items, or anything of significance for people from the community. The memorial is to inspire people but also to bring together the community because of the collage of materials and have a shared experience. After the memorial is built, there will be a reception for the people of the community to celebrate themselves and the memorials purpose. Details are as follows:
Material Collection: This will be through several means, the first would come from trash collections and sifting through these types of materials for what to include. I hope for this to be the main place to gather materials. The second are specific dates in which people from the class will gather materials that would be good for the project. Another would be specific dates in which people would give away items they would want to include in the memorial in an event. After items are collected, they will be organized so as to include them in different parts.
Memorial: This will preferably be on Main Street where there is traffic or somewhere. It would be nice for this space to be in a scenic area but it is not necessarily limited to that. It will be built by the people of the class but outside help can be used when needed. The important part here is that it should be done with low cost because the money should be saved for the reception. The memorial is to raise hope in the community so people know why the community is important and to enlighten people on the history of the area. It is so people know that they are not alone in their fight and that others had issue as well.
Memorial Reception: This reception is for the people of the community but also for some wealthy outsiders to donate to the community. The donations would go towards existing programs of the community to help the people. These donations will come from ticket sales to these outsiders. The reception will have information on this person from the community and why the memorial was built for them. There will be catering, music (hopefully live music if that can be obtained), and speaking from important figures. It will be a celebration of the community itself and the struggles that the community has faced in a light-hearted way so as to keep people happy. This will hopefully take place at the Polish Home Hall.
Committee Structure: There will be several committees for the welfare of the project, they go as follows:
Important Figures/ History: This project will research the history of the community and what figure would be best represented in this project. These people will look into the dynamics of what the memorial should include such as the plaque, the position of the statue and where it goes. These people will also work on making sure there is information about the figure at the reception.
Materials/Builders: These people will be building the statue and in charge of gathering materials (of course the whole class will help with physically gathering materials). These people will be those with the artistic and creative sense enough to build the memorial with the materials needed. They will have to work with the “Important Figures” committee to understand their idea of the project. Both of these will have time sensitive objectives.
Memorial Reception: These people will be in charge of making sure the reception comes to fruition and making sure important figures come to it. This committee will make sure that tickets are distributed and that catering is gathered for the reception, music is booked, speakers come, and that the “Important Figures” Committee’s information is understandable and important for the event. They will make sure that everything comes together at the reception and that people will want to donate to the community here.
Budget: The money will be distributed between the reception and the building of the memorial itself.
$500- Building memorial
$700- Reception
Schedule:
March 22nd : Important Figure decided and memorial idea set in stone
April 7th: Materials starting to be gathered, idea of what memorial is going to be made out of is known and detailed.
May 9th: Memorial Built
May 14th- 20th: Reception for memorial. This date can change but it must be done after the memorial is built.
Feasibility Statement: This project looks to be very lengthy and difficult because of time and money constraints but this can be done very well if these different items are taken into account. If people are divided into committees and the people are used at their full potential then much can be done. This project can be done easily if everyone works together, this project is about remembering the community that was once and helping people to start over and begin anew. It is about a new beginnings and overcoming difficult times. The point of this memorial to make sure people know that there were people from this community and that it has not been forgotten. There are many ways of achieving this but this is one that looks to be the best and with an effective message. Many have forgotten about this community except those from the community and this memorial will give those people hope so others will know the community.
Mission Statement: To help build a more cohesive, united people that will inspire others to want more from the Curtis Bay brook community. We will build this through an effort to make public the history of a figure that can teach others to achieve more.
Project Description: The objective here is to build a memorial for an important figure from the community, either past or present, made out of goods that are from the community. These goods can be trash, new items, or anything of significance for people from the community. The memorial is to inspire people but also to bring together the community because of the collage of materials and have a shared experience. After the memorial is built, there will be a reception for the people of the community to celebrate themselves and the memorials purpose. Details are as follows:
Material Collection: This will be through several means, the first would come from trash collections and sifting through these types of materials for what to include. I hope for this to be the main place to gather materials. The second are specific dates in which people from the class will gather materials that would be good for the project. Another would be specific dates in which people would give away items they would want to include in the memorial in an event. After items are collected, they will be organized so as to include them in different parts.
Memorial: This will preferably be on Main Street where there is traffic or somewhere. It would be nice for this space to be in a scenic area but it is not necessarily limited to that. It will be built by the people of the class but outside help can be used when needed. The important part here is that it should be done with low cost because the money should be saved for the reception. The memorial is to raise hope in the community so people know why the community is important and to enlighten people on the history of the area. It is so people know that they are not alone in their fight and that others had issue as well.
Memorial Reception: This reception is for the people of the community but also for some wealthy outsiders to donate to the community. The donations would go towards existing programs of the community to help the people. These donations will come from ticket sales to these outsiders. The reception will have information on this person from the community and why the memorial was built for them. There will be catering, music (hopefully live music if that can be obtained), and speaking from important figures. It will be a celebration of the community itself and the struggles that the community has faced in a light-hearted way so as to keep people happy. This will hopefully take place at the Polish Home Hall.
Committee Structure: There will be several committees for the welfare of the project, they go as follows:
Important Figures/ History: This project will research the history of the community and what figure would be best represented in this project. These people will look into the dynamics of what the memorial should include such as the plaque, the position of the statue and where it goes. These people will also work on making sure there is information about the figure at the reception.
Materials/Builders: These people will be building the statue and in charge of gathering materials (of course the whole class will help with physically gathering materials). These people will be those with the artistic and creative sense enough to build the memorial with the materials needed. They will have to work with the “Important Figures” committee to understand their idea of the project. Both of these will have time sensitive objectives.
Memorial Reception: These people will be in charge of making sure the reception comes to fruition and making sure important figures come to it. This committee will make sure that tickets are distributed and that catering is gathered for the reception, music is booked, speakers come, and that the “Important Figures” Committee’s information is understandable and important for the event. They will make sure that everything comes together at the reception and that people will want to donate to the community here.
Budget: The money will be distributed between the reception and the building of the memorial itself.
$500- Building memorial
$700- Reception
Schedule:
March 22nd : Important Figure decided and memorial idea set in stone
April 7th: Materials starting to be gathered, idea of what memorial is going to be made out of is known and detailed.
May 9th: Memorial Built
May 14th- 20th: Reception for memorial. This date can change but it must be done after the memorial is built.
Feasibility Statement: This project looks to be very lengthy and difficult because of time and money constraints but this can be done very well if these different items are taken into account. If people are divided into committees and the people are used at their full potential then much can be done. This project can be done easily if everyone works together, this project is about remembering the community that was once and helping people to start over and begin anew. It is about a new beginnings and overcoming difficult times. The point of this memorial to make sure people know that there were people from this community and that it has not been forgotten. There are many ways of achieving this but this is one that looks to be the best and with an effective message. Many have forgotten about this community except those from the community and this memorial will give those people hope so others will know the community.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Baltimore '68
Both of these articles look to explain the Baltimore riots in a different way. The first article wanted to make it public history, something that everyone could understand. Both of these events, though, look to change the way that the something is interpreted because they wish to remember these events. The first article took oral histories, community narratives, and many perspectives to come up with one coherent story that looked the whole event.
The second article was about teaching something that has not been taught before. Here students had to come up with the history of this project, taking the time to understand the issues that the professor wanted them to understand and then to take a comprehensive look at what happened. There were little secondary sources on the riots and many students were lost in this process of making history and doing that to the best of your ability. Both of these articles take a look at something that this class is trying to do but in a different way. This class is more focused on helping the people of the area while these projects were about helping the people of a different time to be heard. That is something that must be taken into account, but something that must not be forgotten.
The second article was about teaching something that has not been taught before. Here students had to come up with the history of this project, taking the time to understand the issues that the professor wanted them to understand and then to take a comprehensive look at what happened. There were little secondary sources on the riots and many students were lost in this process of making history and doing that to the best of your ability. Both of these articles take a look at something that this class is trying to do but in a different way. This class is more focused on helping the people of the area while these projects were about helping the people of a different time to be heard. That is something that must be taken into account, but something that must not be forgotten.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Remembering Little Toyko and initial thoughts
Little Tokyo was an area of Los Angeles that was devastated by racism, war, and industry. This section, known to many Japanese Americans, was very central to these peoples. When many Japanese Americans were forcibly moved from their homes and the eventual erosion of the community came about, it brought about emptiness for these people. The destruction of communities happens throughout many areas, as examined in many other pieces but as preservationists, historians, and artists, we must help to remember these once great communities.
The idea of this class is great and vast; it looks to remember a section of Baltimore that has been forgotten. While it cannot solve any massive problems, it can help to bring people out and to the community to celebrate the community and its people. There are many ideas floating around about the purpose of this class. People look to do different things through different ways but we all must remember that there is a purpose to remember this community and that should always be kept close to the ideals of this project.
The idea of this class is great and vast; it looks to remember a section of Baltimore that has been forgotten. While it cannot solve any massive problems, it can help to bring people out and to the community to celebrate the community and its people. There are many ideas floating around about the purpose of this class. People look to do different things through different ways but we all must remember that there is a purpose to remember this community and that should always be kept close to the ideals of this project.
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