Launch of the 'Profiles' project and festival planning meeting
Tuesday 21st January 2003
FREE!
The Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Launch of the 'Profiles' report - a mapping
project focussing on black & south Asian history
sources within museum, library and archive
collections
Speakers:
· Carolyn Abel - Black & South Asian Studies Association
· Sarah Blackstock - Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
· Sue Brown - Community perspective
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Diversity Festival - update
· Feedback from "Expressions of interest" questionnaire
· Outline programme of events and activities
· Feedback from discussions with the Heritage Lottery
Fund
· MLA West Midland's grant scheme - cultural
diversity grants
· Plans for co-ordination, recording and promotion of
the festival
2.00 Diversity Festival - sub-regional discussion groups
3.00 Tea
3.30 Feedback and future planning
4.00 Close
To book a place please contact Kim Crawford at the West
Midlands Regional Museums Council on 01527 872258 or email
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Dr Philip Pothen
Communications Manager,
JISC London Office,
King's College London,
Strand Bridge House,
3rd Floor,
138-142 The Strand,
London WC2R 1HH
Tel: 020 7848 2935
Mobile: 07887 564 006
Fax: 020 7848 2939
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