Virgin Islands Humanities Showcase Highlights NEH-Funded Cultural Projects

Wednesday's Virgin Islands Humanities Showcase was the first since the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands was named the territory's official Humanities Council by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The online event featured nine of the 41 organizations that have benefited from the $1.5 million in NEH funding for humanities projects received by CFVI since 2020. One of the presenters was Peter Bailey, who spoke of the Unbreakable Film Academy. The Academy is a “hands-on training program in which five local high school and college students gain an introduction to film and digital media production,” Mr. Bailey said. “A lot of times we see our young people using these new tools and devices, but we're not teaching them how to...share content from a purposeful standpoint and in essence, create a visual library of our history and our culture,” he declared. The Academy is meant to bridge that gap. A recent project was working on the digital media campaign for Mr. Bailey's Para...