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EMBRACE THE GULF:
CHILDREN’S VOICES
story by the Mississippi Coast National Heritage Area and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance photos courtesy of the Mississippi Coast National Heritage Area and MS Congeniality TV
The Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area (Mississippi Coast NHA) and the Gulf of Mexico
Alliance (GOMA), along with the glamorous skills of MS Congeniality TV’s Jamie Dorris, are partnering together to ask kids the magic question: What does the Gulf mean to you?
Mississippi Coast NHA, the Mississippi Stewardship sponsor for GOMA’s Embrace the Gulf and Gulf Star Program, expanded their Embrace Our Cultural Story oral history project to include kids called Children’s Voices. It’s a fun way to promote the Embrace the Gulf 2020 campaign, collect oral histories from adults living and working within our NHA, and get a kid’s opinion on what the Gulf means to them.
“When approached with the Mississippi
Stewardship sponsorship highlighting school age children, this seemed like a perfect t with what we were planning for the adults, so we’ve expanded our Embrace Our Cultural Story campaign by partnering with GOMA’s Embrace the Gulf 2020 campaign,” said Rhonda Price, director of Mississippi Coast NHA.
Partnerships are the main goal for Mississippi Coast NHA and these two projects capture both children and adults resulting in oral histories for future generations. It also helps broaden interest, understanding and support
for the Coast NHA, and the Gulf. The Gulf attracts a variety of ethnic cultures that in turn create our strong heritage through ship building, commercial shing, timber industry, military installations and explorations into space.
For the next year, the Mississippi Coast NHA will release one video each week on their Facebook and Instagram pages. Each video is less than a minute long and focuses on one aspect of life in Coastal Mississippi: Historic, Innovative, Natural or Flavorful.
The Children’s Voices series will be added to the successful 365 Positive Embrace the Gulf messages posted daily through GOMA’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. These two video projects capture stories about our cultural life on the water and the people who call this great place home.
Help us embrace our cultural story by watching, enjoying, and sharing our stories. Follow along at @mscoastnha and @gomalliance.
Sponsored by Clean Gulf Associates
This story is part of the Embrace the Gulf 2020 campaign, which aims to highlight the value and vitality of the Gulf Coast Region through daily posts. Join the movement by following the Alliance on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!
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