Tag: florida

Photographs for Purpose

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Photographs for Purpose is a fundraiser supported by the work of 68 photographers, who have agreed to sell prints of their work to benefit four organizations devoted to racial, economic, and social justice in America. We hope to draw attention to these organizations, their causes, and the role that artists play in this Country.

In support of Equal Justice Initiative, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Southerners on New Ground, and Planned Parenthood.

Organized by Kathryn Harrison and Michael Adno, Photographs for Purpose is inspired by similar efforts like The Sunny Project, Work for Workers, From Hartford With Love and Pictures for Elmhurst.

The sale is live from June 25 until July 31, 2020.

Mose

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The excellent exhibition at Fort Mose Historic State Park, is wonderful place to encounter Florida, Underground Railroad, colonial rivalries, fugitive alliances, piracy, the development of notions of freedom, and links to Haiti and Cuba. Fort Mose was a place where English, Spanish, and Timacua (wikipedia) would have been spoken.

“In 1738, the Spanish established the fort-town of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose as the first legal, free Black community in the United States.” via Fort Mose : colonial America’s Black fortress of freedom (1996) by Kathleen A Deagan; Darcie A MacMahon.

Fort Mose Historical Society supports the park.

Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series

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Via Forum, Spring 2018.

The LibraryPress@UF, an imprint of the University of Florida Press and the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, is proud to announce the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series.  This series makes available for free 39 books related to Florida and the Caribbean that are regarded as “classics.” It is made possible by
the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the Humanities Open Book Program.  Books in the series highlight the many connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. They show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers throughout the region. They examine topics important to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, urban development, and tourism.

Read books in the series for free at http://ufdc.ufl.edu/openbooks