This webinar is the first installment of the nine-part Zoom webinar series, “Growing Our Griots: Strengthening North Carolina’s Black Heritage-Keepers,” designed to offer guidance and strategies around numerous topics.
Want to learn more about African American cemeteries? Come join us for a presentation from a leading cultural professional in archaeology on African American cemeteries and preservation best practices.
Presenter
Melissa Timo joined the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology in 2019 as a Staff Archaeologist and historic cemetery specialist. She obtained her BS. in anthropology and archaeology from Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA in 2004. She received her MA in historical archaeology, with an emphasis in public archaeology from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL in 2013. Her master’s thesis focused on the maintenance of memory, tradition, and cultural landscape by examining a 19th century African American cemetery in Bay County, Florida. She has a passion for connecting people to their local history, historical cemeteries, and archaeological resources.
"Growing Our Griots: Strengthening North Carolina's Black Heritage Keepers" is supported in part by North Carolina Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. www.nchumanities.org.
