{"id":5390,"date":"2022-04-11T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tourcayuga.com\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=5390"},"modified":"2024-01-18T19:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T19:47:24","slug":"congratulations-to-the-2022-harriet-tubman-events-grant-recipients","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.tourcayuga.com\/press-release\/congratulations-to-the-2022-harriet-tubman-events-grant-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the 2022 Harriet Tubman Events Grant Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-text-color has-header-font-family\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><strong>Congratulations to the 2022 Harriet Tubman Events Grant Recipients<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Media Contact:<\/span><\/strong><br>Dawn Lubaszewski<br><a href=\"mailto:dawn@tourcayuga.com\">dawn@tourcayuga.com<\/a><br>315-255-1658<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><strong>Congratulations to the 2022 Harriet Tubman Events Grant Recipients<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">April 11, 2022 &#8211; Auburn, NY<\/span>:<\/strong> The Cayuga County Tourism Office is very excited to announce the recipients of the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Events Grant! We asked local business and organizations to come up with an event, activity or performance that would educate, entertain, inspire and promote Harriet Tubman\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were very pleased with the creative ideas presented and are looking forward to many great events celebrating Harriet Tubman\u2019s Bicentenial and highlighting black history in Cayuga County. Karen Kuhl, Executive Director of the Cayuga County Office of Tourism said, \u201cHarriet Tubman chose to spend over 50 years of her life in Cayuga County and with the Bicentennial birthday celebration, these events are an opportunity to honor her. We hope these events become annual traditions and Harriet Tubman\u2019s legacy continues to be elevated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grantees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seward House Museum<\/span>: <strong>Project<\/strong>: A community-wide watch party of PBS documentary: &#8220;Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Howland Stone School Museum<\/span>: <strong>Project<\/strong>: &#8220;All are Welcome Here: African-American Connections to Sherwood\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Booker T Washington<\/span>: <strong>Project<\/strong>: Juneteenth celebration in Auburn, NY<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RB Entertainment<\/span>: <strong>Project<\/strong>: An evening of cocktail, food, music, and awards to kick off Juneteenth weekend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aaduna Inc<\/span>: <strong>Project<\/strong>: &#8220;Voices in the Legacy of Tubman\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CNY Sports Management<\/span>: <strong>Project<\/strong>: &#8220;Harriet Tubman\u2019s Chet Copes Classic\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Auburn Public Theater<\/span>: <strong>Project<\/strong>: Slim Freedom \u2013 educational program and public performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Montezuma Historical Society<\/span>: <strong>Project<\/strong>: &#8220;The Path to Freedom: The Eliza Story\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the success of the first round, the tourism board approved a second round of grants. This will open up the opportunity to the organizations that didn\u2019t get a chance to apply the first time. Grant applications open April 12th, 2022, to apply, <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/sv\/7wKzF7C\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About the Cayuga County Office of Tourism<\/span><\/strong>:<br>The Cayuga County Office Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc. was established in 1995 as Cayuga County\u2019s official tourism promotion agency. Our mission is to promote, support, and increase tourism, thereby stimulating economic growth and improving the quality of life for area residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cayuga County Tourism Office is very excited to announce the recipients of the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Events Grant! 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