Wayne Coleman
Wayne Coleman is Head of Archives at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, an archive, museum, and educational facility established in 1992 with a focus on the Civil Rights Movement. In that capacity, he formulates and implements department policies and procedures, is responsible for the acquisition, cataloguing and care of all collected materials, makes all processed archival materials available to the general public, facilitates research requests, manages digitization of all Oral History Project interviews for the BCRI website, manages all audio/visual equipment, and is responsible for supervising and managing the computer and media-related technology and information systems function of the Institute.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
June 2024: SJ4A Fellow Wayne Coleman, Head of Archives at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Participates in Hosting Juneteenth: A Celebration for the Culture at The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Partnership with Urban Impact and Creed63.
May 2023: Recently, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute hosted over 900 Birmingham City Schools and Jefferson County Schools students during the 1963 Children’s March Re-enactment; the event was held at the historic 16th Street Baptist Church, site of the original demonstrations carried out by students in 1963. Individuals who were among the students protesting in that year spoke to the students gathered at the church; comparisons were made by the event’s speakers between activism of the students at that time and that of today’s demonstrations on civil rights issues.
My SJ4A ROAD MAP [STRATEGIC EDUCATION PLAN]
FALL 2024
CIS 675: Community-Engaged Scholarship
In my CP-eP, I analyze existing communication and information responses to the
existing and potential collaborators and partners in local, regional, national, and international
communities to facilitate actual and/or planned activities of mutual interest to operationalize and
implement. I intend to present the integration of community-engaged scholarship into my current
career path and professional aspirations as I continue to do the work of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
The Welcome Table Collaborative is a network of committed bridge builders devoted to
creating welcoming, equitable and prosperous communities. It is the result of over twenty-
fve years of deep community engagement in some of the most divided and racially haunted
places in the country.
Analyzing Existing Communication and Information Responses to the Existing and Potential Collaborators and Partners of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute – wecoleman1-cis675-fall24.myportfolio.com
SPRING 2024
LS 580: Outreach to Diverse Populations
This project was conducted as part of the LS 580 (Outreach to Diverse Populations) class during spring 2024 that involved tracking expansion of the youth docent program at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, a museum and research institute located in Birmingham, Alabama.
Tracking Expansion of the Youth Docent Program at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute –wecoleman1-ls580-spring2024.myportfolio.com/
FALL 2023
CIS 668: Social Justice and Inclusion Advocacy
Evaluating Impact and Collaborations for SHIFT Collective’s Community-Centric Services –wecoleman1-cis668-fall23myportfoliocom.myportfolio.com/
SUMMER 2023
CIS 650: Applying Diversity Leadership Theories and Praxis
As a master’s student in the College of Communication and Information Sciences, the School of Library and Information Studies, at the University of Alabama, this Diversity & Inclusion ePortfolio (D&P-eP) is part of my project for the CIS 650 (Applying Diversity Leadership Theories & Praxis) course during Summer 2023. This project aims to analyze existing diversity and inclusion responses to community-based archives in the SHIFT Collective, a nonprofit consulting and design group located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
An Assessment of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan of the SHIFT Collective –wecoleman1-cis650div-sum23.myportfolio.com/