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January 22, 2007

White House Recognizes BCRI Youth Program

Mrs. Laura Bush presented "Coming Up Taller" Awards to only 17 arts and education programs in the United States and Mexico.  BCRI's after-school program was among those honored.

                                                                                < Priscilla Hancock Cooper, BCRI Vice President of Institutional Programs (left), and student Felicia Dorsey (center) accept the award from First Lady Laura Bush.
 

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The Birmingham Cultural Alliance Partnership (BCAP) came to life in 2000 through a National Leadership Grant funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).   It has been the most rewarding and widely recognized program administered by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. 

On Monday, January 22, 2007, BCAP was one of 17 youth programs from around the country honored with a special award.  The "Coming Up Taller" Award is an initiative of the President' Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.   The President's Committee partners with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to administer the program which was founded in 1998.  First Lady Laura Bush presented the award to BCRI representatives during a White House Ceremony.

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