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Aligning Government, Not-For-Profits, Business, and Community

History ♦ Art ♦ Preservation ♦ Education

Heir Dwellings Incorporated

Aligning Government, Not-For-Profits, Business, and Community

History ♦ Art ♦ Preservation ♦ Education

Heir Dwellings Incorporated

A Snap Shot

Georgette Grier- Key is the principal investigator and design committee chair of the Pyrrhus Concer Action Committee. In this current role as design chair her task consists of coordination of the design team and government liaison between the nonprofit and profit sectors. Dr. Grier- Key is a museum professional, preservationist, and historian with expertise in construction that brings a unique perspective to this project. As a founding member and lead organizer of the Pyrrhus Concer Action Committee her continued work is leading to the rebuilding of the formerly enslaved Pyrrhus Concer’s homestead in the heart of Southampton’s Village. She continues to work on preserving historic structures in Sag Harbor, Southampton Township and East Hampton Township. Dr. Grier-Key has been a diversity fellow with the Nation Trust for historic places.

Grier-Key is a well-regarded guest curator and consultant that has various appointments such as, New York History Advisory Board Member for the New York History Journal and she has been elected to various outlets that inform and further the study of history, preservation and culture, specifically the Preservation League of New York State and the Museum Association of New York to name a few. She is cultural partner for Sylvester Manor Educational Farm of Shelter Island. Dr. Grier-Key was a guest curator for the award-winning Long Island Museum’s 2019 Exhibition, Long Road to Freedom: Surviving Slavery on Long Island. Her work and expertise transcend to the Smithsonian’s newly introduced National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Her role is regional, local and multigenerational with a skill set and understanding that comes from academia, on the job training, lived experience, and working across disciplines.

As a practitioner, Professor Grier-Key teaches history at CUNY Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn NY and leads the History Institute and local history initiative SUNY Nassau Community College in Garden City. Her mission has raised awareness about and fights to protect endangered historic African American sites, presence, history, folklore, and survival on Long Island’s East End. She is also a third-generation licensed real estate broker and has certificates in nonprofit finance management, municipal planning and zoning, and serves on the Town of Brookhaven’s Historic District Advisory Committee.

Georgette contributes commentary regularly to local media outlets such as Newsday, Sag Harbor Express, Southampton Press, 27 East, Long Island Advance, East Hampton Star, Long Island Pulse, CBS New York and News 12; delivers lectures at CUNY Graduate Center, LIU Brooklyn, Hofstra University, and Suffolk County Community College; publishes her research in the Long Island History Journal and the Suffolk County Historical Society Register; serves on the Black History Commission of the Town of Brookhaven, Town of Brookhaven’s Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Committee and lends her services as an historian, educator, docent and special events manager to various private and public organizations including the Parrish Art Museum of Watermill, Guild Hall of East Hampton, and throughout New York State.

SPECIALIZATION:

Not-for-profit Management/ Leadership and Small Businesses Organizations in sectors of the Arts’, Culture, Humanities, Religion, Advocacy, Community Development, Education, Healthcare, and Environmental

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Management • Donor Development • Strategic Planning • Government & Foundation • Social Media and Direct Mail Marketing • Public Hearing Presentations • Multi-Million Dollar Budgets • Board Development • High End Event Planning • Grant Identification and Proposal Writing • Program Development • Major Gift Solicitation • Resource Development • Partnership, Collaboration and Coalition Building.

CONSULTING FACILITATION METHODOLOGIES:

♦ Intellectual Entrepreneurship ♦ Continuous Improvement ♦ Appreciative Inquiry ♦ Conflict for Positive Change ♦ Consensus-Based Decision Making ♦ Multi-Cultural Competence Capacity Building ♦ Dialogue across Differences

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Reconstructing the Black experience, the historic life and patterns of Africa Diasporas of the North America (particularly of Long Island, New York), with a focus on pre through post Northern slavery and Free Black communes. Through various disciplines retracing various intersections of multi-ethnicity, religious institutions, great migration, post civil war, art, advertisement, labor, war, publications, policy, material culture, gender, race, and class structure and its translation in education and preservation outlets today through advocacy.

♦ Not-for–Profit and Small Business ♦

Not-for-Profit:

Board Assessment and Development; Corporate Services- Bylaws, Policies; Executive Director Assessment; Proposal Evaluations, Preparation, Identifications and Implementation; Strategic Planning Facilitation, and Institutional Sustainability.

Curatorial Services, Exhibitions, Archival Services, Interpretive Planning, Historical Research, and Collections Management.

Small Business:

Articles of Incorporation; Proposal management; RFP (request for proposal) planning and writing; RFQ (request for qualifications) planning and writing; Bid writing, management and coordination.

Real Property Services: Full Real Estate Brokerage; Historic Property Preservation & Restoration Planning, Research/Writing & House Histories; Property Management; Relocation Services; Facilitate appraisals, and Title searches.

Advocacy

Organize grassroots campaigns to help effect change at the local, state, and federal level. This includes advocating for preservation funding, saving historic places and influencing key legislation that protects cultural heritage.

Preservation

Historical documentation can be applied in several ways, in particular to evaluate significance for rehabilitation plans, interpretive programs, and preservation documentation for threatened property destruction. Work in conjunction with historians, researchers, preservationists, architects, and historical archeologists. Research is also used planning and to gather information needed to identify and evaluate properties. Preservation services include; developing historical documentation objectives,  research design,  methods, integrating results, reporting results , and recommendations.

Education / Courses Taught:

Nassau County: History and Government

Women Leaders in the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.

U.S.A. 1945- Present

History of the United States I

History of the United States II

The Afro-Caribbean World

History of the Black Woman

The African American Family

African American History I

African American History II

African Art and Culture

♦ DR. GRIER-KEY'S ♦ PROFILE ♦

Non- profit management specialist equipped with a wealth of experience from both business and non-profit management that provides consultant services to various organizations with insight, knowledge and capacity. Providing unique capabilities such as organizational and leadership development, strategic and business planning, board development and evaluation, fundraising, marketing, financial management and human resource development to small and medium sized organizations throughout the New York State area. Dr. Grier-Key effectively demonstrates process improvement initiatives skills an incorporation of systems modalities.

Leadership/Affiliations/ Service

Museum Association of New York, Board Trustee

Preservation League of New York, Board Trustee

New York History Journal, Advisory Board Member

NAACP Brookhaven Town, Branch President

Long Island Housing Services Inc., Board Trustee

NYS Historian's Revolutionary NY 250th Work Group, Member

Long Island Historical Societies, President

Hampton’s Art Network, Member

Jupiter Hammon Project Advisory Council, Member

Women's Rights Alliance of New York State, Member

Awards:

Schneps Media

Dan Papers Powerless of the East End, July 2021

New York State Senate, Brentwood, NY

Certificate of Recognition, February 2015

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Islip Branch, Brentwood, NY

Living Legacy Award, January 2015

Of Colors Art Collective, Patchogue, NY

Community Impact Achievement Award, February 2014

The Greater Gordon Heights Chamber of Commerce

Special Recognition for Service, May 2012

Brookhaven Rosa Parks Association, Inc., East Setauket, NY

Agent of Change Award for Leadership. November 2010

Scholarships:

National Trust for Preservation, Virtually

PastForward Diversity Scholar. October 2021

National Trust for Preservation, Denver, Colorado

PastForward Diversity Scholar. October 2019

New York Council for the Humanities

Invitational Facilitation Retreat Participant, February 2013

Museums In Conversation, Albany NY

Scholarship Award. April 2012

National Trust for Preservation, Buffalo NY

New York Scholar. October 2011

Immigration Delegation, Oaxaca, MX

Delegate. October 2011

Institute at Sagamore, Oneonta, NY

Accepted Applicant. September 2011

Black Joy

Feb 10, 2023

AFRICAN AMERICAN READ IN

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7:30pm

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-african-american-read-in-tickets-518089067347

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Feb 10, 2023

AFRICAN AMERICAN READ IN

Our Theme: RESISTANCE, in all its forms

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2023 AT 6:00 PM

Celebrate great American literature throu...

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-african-american-read-in-tickets-518089067347

Feb 15, 2023

From Sea to Shining Sea: Whalers of the African Diaspora

6pm

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7:30pm

In-person at THE WHALING MUSEUM& EDUCATION CENTER 279 Main Street | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | 11724. Register https://cshwhalingmuseum.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/cshwhalingmuseum/eventRegistration.jsp?event=3155&

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Feb 15, 2023

From Sea to Shining Sea: Whalers of the African Diaspora

New exhibition opening for From Sea to Shining Sea: Whalers of the African Diaspora. The opening will take place at the museum on Wednesday,...

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Feb 17, 2023

Stars to Freedom

5:30pm

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6:30pm

In-person at the American Museum of Natural History. Registration Link: https://amnh.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5yZIEw9UnTImKTY

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Feb 17, 2023

Stars to Freedom

Teen SciCafe - Stars to Freedom

For all of human history, people have looked to the stars for both their brilliance and for navigation. Pol...

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In-person at the American Museum of Natural History. Registration Link: https://amnh.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5yZIEw9UnTImKTY

Feb 18, 2023

Of Colors Black History Exhibition & Diversity Celebration

6 pm

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8pm

20 TERRY STREET, PATCHOGUE, NY

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Feb 18, 2023

Of Colors Black History Exhibition & Diversity Celebration

Theme: The Power of Love

Art, Entertainment, Performances, Cultural Cuisine, Esteemed Honorees.

https://www.artspace.org/tracy-todd-hunter

6 pm

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20 TERRY STREET, PATCHOGUE, NY

Feb 26, 2023

The Pyrrhus Concer Sermon

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10:30am

Hamptons United Methodist Church, 160 Main Street, Southampton NY 11968

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Feb 26, 2023

The Pyrrhus Concer Sermon

Whaleman, adventurer, father, husband, Christian, and philanthropist, Pyrrhus Concer at the end of his life was one of the most famous Afric...

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Hamptons United Methodist Church, 160 Main Street, Southampton NY 11968

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♦ DR. GRIER-KEY'S ♦ PROFILE ♦

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Black Joy

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AFRICAN AMERICAN READ IN

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7:30pm

Feb 10, 2023

AFRICAN AMERICAN READ IN

6pm

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7:30pm

Feb 15, 2023

From Sea to Shining Sea: Whalers of the African Diaspora

6pm

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7:30pm

Feb 15, 2023

From Sea to Shining Sea: Whalers of the African Diaspora

6pm

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7:30pm

Feb 17, 2023

Stars to Freedom

5:30pm

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Stars to Freedom

5:30pm

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6:30pm

Feb 18, 2023

Of Colors Black History Exhibition & Diversity Celebration

6 pm

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8pm

Feb 18, 2023

Of Colors Black History Exhibition & Diversity Celebration

6 pm

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8pm

Feb 26, 2023

The Pyrrhus Concer Sermon

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The Pyrrhus Concer Sermon

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