From: Judy Skinner <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 7, 2022 11:44 AM To: Cc: Judy Skinner <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Project Dear Commissioner Eagle-Glenn, We will be presenting a work at our February concert that tells a story about those that came before us. I am hoping you will be able to participate! I have sent you 5 samples of "stories" as well as what information we need for the "museum". I also have a link to a short part of the original work. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/2-iJ52jvjz8__;!!KOmxaIYkRmNA0A!U99l0rteFXR7QWno1cqNrBMncp1plLCLodA5ownDpSisrTR2PSp1zavoB3TFZxCBsXnq-YZPO6aPvNZ4Y7B9vfsN$ Stella Sung composed the music for us and Lisa Mills videography. I really do look forward to hearing from you. TELL US YOUR STORY Dance Alive National Ballet and the Ellis Island Museum are looking for stories about immigrants and need your help! We invite you to share your family's immigration story with us; when you or your family came to America and why - the challenges faced in leaving homeland and settling in America and how you or your family became a part of the American Experience. This is for ALL Americans - whether you arrived on the Mayflower, through Ellis Island or just recently. DANB will use your story with its Ellis Island project and then send on to the Ellis Island Museum for their Peopling of America Center. If you'd like to be a part of this project, please email the following to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or mail to DANB at 1325 NW 2 Street, Gainesville, FL. 32601. For further information, call us at 352-371-2986. We would like the following: 1. The name, address, and email of the person providing the information. (This will only be provided Ellis Island - with your permission.) 2. Immigrant's name. 3. Immigrant's country of origin. 4. Immigrant's date of entry. 5. If know, how they arrived. If a ship, the name. 6. If you have a picture, as early as possible and as high resolution as possible. 7. Immigrant's story in fewer than 800 words. 8. A statement allowing DANB permission to use the materials you provide us. DANB will display pictures and stories at "Ellis Island Museum at the Phillips Center Fackler Foyer February 2023.. With your permission, your pictures and stories will then be sent on to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. If you are able to participate - we need your story by January 15th, 2023. THANK YOU! ######################################################################## Access the RAEMI-EAGLE-GLENN Home Page and Archives: http://listserv.alachuacounty.us/scripts/wa.exe?A0=RAEMI-EAGLE-GLENN Unsubscribe from the RAEMI-EAGLE-GLENN List: http://listserv.alachuacounty.us/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=RAEMI-EAGLE-GLENN ########################################################################