2014 is going to be a great year for One People’s Project, and you can help!

Daryle Lamont Jenkins

One People’s Project is going to be working on a major endeavor that we intend to transform and extend our mission. We are working on efforts to create a archival/research library that will house documents, videos, audio recordings and other items that we have collected over the years. These items will be available to scholars, students, reporters and other types of researchers who are trying to get information for their own projects.

This library will not just be politically related. It will be cultural and educational items. We will also be encouraging other organizations and individuals to contribute items they would want to have archived in our library.

Currently we are trying to figure out how we can raise funds for this effort. We have never been awash with funds, and this effort is not going to come cheap. But money is not the only thing we need. We are also going to require equipment such as scanners, computers and a/v equipment (I for one have a LOT of videos and tapes – many of them masters – that need to be made into digital files before tapes deteriorate further). In addition, we are going to need office space and in time possibly a building of our own. A wish list for the group is below.

Any help that the public can provide will be greatly appreciated, and when all is said and done, this will be a longlasting endeavor that all of us will value.

Sincerely,

Daryle Lamont Jenkins

One People’s Project

Our preliminary wish list is for:

File cabinets in good condition. Media cabinets are needed too. This is the first thing we are seeking because this starts us organizing and filing. We are also going to need file folders.

Video and audio tape decks (VHS, 8mm, 3/4″, cassette, reel-to-reel, preferably professional grade)

Computers that will be used for scanning and creating digital video files

Commercial grade document scanners

The usual office furniture

Office space, but that is HIGHLY sensitive.

Only money donations can be tax deductible and only if you make a check or money order out to the Brecht Forum with One Peoples Project in the memo line. Please send to One People’s Project, PO Box 42817, Philadelphia, PA 19101

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