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| Project Leader: | Valentina Aduen vaduen@tamu.edu Communication |
| Faculty Mentor: | Andrea Roberts, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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TBD |
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Team Size:
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| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Opportunity for collaboration in research and co-authorship
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Team Needs:
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For our communication team we are looking for: Creative individuals Problem solvers Excellent communication skills Proficient writers Proficient in managing and creating content for Social Media Platforms Proficient in Microsoft Excel Experience with CANVA (Not required) A plus if knows image, audio and video editing but not required: Final cut, Adobe premiere, Camstasia, Audition, InDesign, etc. In the the communication team we create content based on the informational and educational needs of our publics, to assess these needs we collaborate with the other research teams in the various projects we internally have. We develop literature reviews to explore new opportunities for research, help with data collection methods and organization of data. Other responsibilities related to the public relations component of our work include: Web mining: Finding the organizations and individuals at the local, state. and federal level that can relate to our research in order to continue building a database of potential partners and collaborators. Setting up google alerts with key words and being on the know of everything related to the project in order to keep our resources updated and respond to important new |
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Description:
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The communication project at the Texas Freedom Colonies Project focuses on designing and implementing public facing material, from social media posts to educational tutorials. As a research based team, everything we design is based on close examination of the publics we engage and we use different research methods to create content that is responsible, community oriented, and targeted for best outcomes. The Texas Freedom Colonies Project puts freedom colonies on the map, on policy agendas, and at the center of Texas history. Our goal is to prevent the erasure, destruction, and decay of cultural properties within settlements in partnership with descendant communities. Cultural properties include home/farmsteads, churches, and schools. The Texas Freedom Colonies Project is an educational, social justice initiative dedicated to preserving the heritage of Texas’ historic African American settlements, and the planners and preservationists that made them possible. We are researchers who map disappearing places and co-create resilience strategies with endangered communities |