BAON Web Series & AACR Center

We are currently seeking funding for TWO related projects. A follow up series to the film, "By Any Other Name: An Exploration of Afro-Amerindian Heritage" and the establishment of the Afro-Amerindian Cultural and Reseach Center - a Nonprofit 501c3 

BY ANY OTHER NAME - WEB SERIES

Following up on the award-winning documentary film, "By Any Other Name: An Exploration of Afro-Amerindian Heritage," filmmaker Steven D. Gayle will be continuing the conversation on the interactions between Africans and American Indians in the United States by producing a 10-episode first season of the "By Any Other Name" web series.  This show will address historical and contemporary topics relating to the theme of Afro-Amerindian Heritage. 

We're seeking funding of $12,240 in order to complete the series. Production is set to begin early summer 2018. 

AFRO-AMERINDIAN CULTURAL AND RESEACH CENTER

Approximately $107,000 of funds raised will go toward the establishment and startup of a The Afro-Amerindian Cultural and Reseach Center (AACRC).  The AACRC will be a nonprofit 501c3 with the purpose of providing an academic and cultural space to comprehensively explore the African and American Indian Diasporas. It will also provide programs and outlets to the community in order to mitigate the negative socioeconomic effects experienced by these diasporic communities. 

African Americans Native Americans and Latino Americans often experience many of the negative socioeconomic issues of the day in greater number than other groups in the United States.

It is my belief that collectively these groups' respective histories and cultures are underrepresented and/or misrepresented.  Addressing these groups' generational traumas, mental health needs, general empowerment, cultural understanding and education are key in developing stronger communities and encouraging intercultural healing. It will also be a platform for those outside of these groups to understand the various cultural perspectives.

It is also my goal to have academics from various disciplines all over the world to contribute to the research and outreach this center will provide.

The Center will accomplish this through a strategy we call P.R.E.P.

Programs, Research, Exhibits, and Publications 

PROGRAMS

The AACRC will conduct workshops and ongoing programs for both children and adults including: 

-Genealogy 
-Job Coaching
-Arts and Crafts
-Speaker Series
-Film and Music Showcases
-Language Classes

RESEARCH
The AACRC's research team will participate in the ongoing comprehensive examination  of the following:
-Historical Research
-Achaeological Projects and fieldwork
-Linguistics
-Mental Health
-Music and Arts
-Document and Artifact Acquisition and Preservation

EXHIBITS
The AACRC will have a permanent multimedia exhibit depicting African, Afro-Amerindian and American Indian History and information. It will also include traveling exhibits of loaned documents and artifacts. 

PUBLICATIONS
The AACRC will publish two in-house publications.The Journal of Afro-Amerindian Studies, and The AACRC Journal of Mental Health

These academic journals will focus on interdisciplinary studies related to historical and contemporary Afro-Amerindian issues, and mental health among Native American, African American, African, Afro-Amerindian and Latino populations, respectively. Contributors will consist of in-house researchers and mental health professionals as well as those solicited from the global academic community.