Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well. The purpose of this e-mail is to share information on the Virtual Justice Project at North Carolina Central University and invite your attendance at an information session scheduled Wednesday, May 1, 11:00 ET. Gregory Clinton, Co-Founder, contacted the HBCU Library Alliance last year regarding a partnership and participated as a Vibranium ($5K) sponsor at the 2018 HBCU Library Alliance Membership meeting. About the Virtual Justice Project The Virtual Justice Project received initial funding in 2010 to address the under-presentation of African American lawyers and a lack of access to justice for low income communities. Follow this link http://law.nccu.edu/vjp for more information. About the Virtual Justice Partnership The Virtual Justice Project https://youtu.be/2USFQwMjhc4 is engaged in partnership with the HBCU Library Alliance to equip HBCU libraries with Telepresence and High Definition videoconferencing equipment, primarily as a tool to recruit law students. The Virtual Justice Project team is writing a grant proposal and requires information and commitments to prepare the proposal. Monika and I toured the Virtual Justice Project at NCCU School of Law and saw first-hand the broad functionality of the equipment. Access this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtO0IZVyON0#action=share for a brief video using the equipment. As part of the partnership, the equipment comes free of charge to the library with grant funding. The Virtual Justice Project team would provide necessary training and maintenance for the equipment. The library would have to commit to providing broadband access for the equipment. Virtual Justice Project would use the equipment to present a variety of synchronous sessions. They would look to the library to promote the sessions to faculty, students and the patron community. The library would have use of the equipment for synchronous distance education classes, faculty/student support activities, and community engagement. Each participating library would need to provide a commitment letter to participate in the project. This partnership opportunity could elevate the position of HBCU libraries as learning centers and provide tools to creatively engage the academic and patron community. It is most important that we carefully navigate this partnership and clearly understand the role and responsibility of the Virtual Justice Project and the HBCU Library Alliance. I hope you will join Gregory Clinton and the Virtual Justice Project team on Wednesday, May 1, 11:00 ET for an information session using the teleconference equipment. Access this survey monkey link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/87P8CY9 and register no later than Monday, April 29th. Log-in will be forwarded on Tuesday, April 30th. Respectfully, Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, the children, and those yet to come. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/