By: Esther Appiah & Ali Kara Lloyd Best - Trinidadian - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

By: Esther Appiah & Ali Kara

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• Dr. Fiona Vernal (representing WISC)
• Dr. Maurice Wade: Trinity College

Josh Serrano - Community Activist

Lloyd Best - Trinidadian Philosopher and Public Intellectual

Settlement and Housing in Post-War Hartford, CT

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Airey Home, Chatham St, Hartford

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Takeaways

• COMMUNITY PARTNERS: We need

to cater to the needs of our community partners as their priorities may shift but we want to avoid mission creep, adapted from its military context to mean: a gradual shift in objectives during the course of a project, often resulting in an unplanned long-term commitment beyond the scope and resources of the original plan

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Caribbean American Society

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Takeaways Continued

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Christian Activities Council

• Embraced the
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exhibit and conduct oral histories with the No More Slumlords Movement West Indian Social Club

• Declined the request

to find/ format images of 174 members that could be done by

• rganization.
• Engaging with community partners requires discretion
• Unforeseen Collaborations: Mission Creep vs New Opportunities

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Deeds Office

• Quit-rent
• Lien
• Federal Tax Lien
• Certificate of Attachment
• Warranty Deed
• Lis Pendens

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Mortgage Deed

How many of the terms below can you identify?

Caribbean American Society,

est 1957

Membership List

• n loan

from Edwin Carty, former president and member

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Obituary sample from Hartford Courant

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FINDING AND GENERATING CONTENT FOR AN ONLINE ARCHIVE

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Takeaways

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Caribbean Anticolonial Thought Online Archive

http://caribbeananti-colonialthoughtarchive.domains.trincoll.edu/

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Online Archival Resources

Thanks for Listening!

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Any Questions?