Greetings Colleagues, I trust you’re well and safe. In my role as Board member of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, it is with excitement that I share the news below re: inaugural cohort of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage. Board Chair Monika Rhue, Johnson C. Smith University (VA) and I serve on the project’s Steering Committee. It gives me great pride to acknowledge that our own Clinton Fluker, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library (GA) and DeLisa A. Minor Harris, Fisk University (TN) were accepted into the cohort. Congrats Clinton and DeLisa! Respectfully, Sandra Rare Book School News April 13, 2020 Rare Book School Announces Andrew W. Mellon Fellows for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage With pleasure, Rare Book School announces the inaugural cohort of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage<https://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/mellon-diversity/rbs-mellon-cultural-heritage-fellows-for-2020-2022/>. Congratulations to all, and we look forward to welcoming you to the RBS community! Dorothy Judith Berry, Digital Collections Program Manager, Houghton Library, Harvard University Christina M. Bleyer, Director of Special Collections & Archives, Trinity College Ellen-Rae Cachola, Evening Supervisor & Archives Manager, Public Services, University of Hawaii Law Library, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Azalea Camacho, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, California State University, Los Angeles Dale J. Correa, Middle Eastern Studies Librarian & History Coordinator, The University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin Clinton R. Fluker, Assistant Director for Engagement & Scholarship, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library DeLisa A. Minor Harris, Special Collections Librarian, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Fisk University Amanda T. Moreno, Archivist, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries Bridgett Kathryn Pride, Reference Librarian, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library T-Kay Sangwand, Librarian for Digital Collection Development, Digital Library Program, University of California, Los Angeles Jessica Tai, Resident Processing Archivist, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Krystal Tribbett, Curator for Orange County Regional History, Special Collections & Archives, Orange County and Southeast Asian Archive Center, University of California, Irvine Anastasia Tucker, Education and Outreach Archivist, Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation, Washington State University Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, Associate Librarian and Latin American & Caribbean Special Collections Librarian, Department of Special & Area Studies Collections, University of Florida Rachel E. Winston, Black Diaspora Archivist, The University of Texas at Austin 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<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs – Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/