Heralded as a successful model, network sharing is occurring in all corners of the world:

• The Director attended the IMLS Forum in Washington DC on June 19th and
  20th to present on the success of the program. Dr. Anthony Dixon, a former intern and employee, who is now Curator at Virginia Key Beach, accompanied her.
• The Director met with the Vice-President of the National Trust on June 18
  on behalf of he network.
• The Director and Dr. Anthony Dixon traveled to Denver, Colorado on June
  23-25 to participate in an IMLS Forum focused on “Connecting to
  Collections”.
• Twelve Network Museum Directors will travel to Chicago, Illinois in August 26-30th, to attend the Association of African American Museum Conference. The Directors are presenting a session at the conference.  It is expected that a delegation of network directors will also attend the National Trust Conference in Tulsa Oklahoma in October 2008.
• The Florida African American Heritage Preservation will present a model of
  its program at the African Diaspora Heritage Conference in Bermuda.