Scholar-In-Residence Program
•A goal of the CommUNITY Breakfast Collaborative is to educate the Main Line community on topics which intersect with racial justice and anti-racism. The history of the Main Line is incomplete without uncovering the narratives of men and women who were enslaved, and the owners who enslaved them.
•Building on the research about freed slave and itinerant preacher Richard Allen, who preached in Radnor in the winter of 1784, which was shared at the November 7, 2009 lecture given by Dr. Newman—a centerpiece of the Radnor Memorial Library bicentennial celebration of the first library in Radnor, 1809-2009—and the subsequent rededication of the 5th ward park as Bishop Richard Allen Park June 1, 2010, located on Brook Street, by Radnor Township, the CommUNITY Breakfast Collaborative has initiated this program to support the local studies of a local scholar.
•The Scholar-In-Residence is a full-time matriculated college student attending a graduate school institution locally whose field of study includes a local focus
•The scholarship produced would enrich the knowledge and understanding of the diverse history and culture of the Main Line.
•While the student is enrolled in graduate studies, the CommUNITY Breakfast Collaborative would provide a $250 per year stipend, a maximum $500 award, to be used as wished, with no reporting required (e.g., for books, research, travel, etc.).
•The scholarship produced would enrich the knowledge and understanding of the diverse history and culture of the Main Line.
•While the student is enrolled in graduate studies, the CommUNITY Breakfast Collaborative would provide a $250 per year stipend, a maximum $500 award, to be used as wished, with no reporting required (e.g., for books, research, travel, etc.).
Now that Colin McCrossan will be completing his degree and his tenure as the Scholar-in-Residence this May 2023, it is time to seek a new Scholar. Please see the description above. For the application materials, please click on the file below. The window to apply opens April 1 and closes April 30. Please feel free to share the news of this opportunity widely. Thank you.
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Inaugural Scholar-In-Residence: Colin McCrossan of Haverford Township
•The CommUNITY Breakfast Collaborative is pleased to announce that the Inaugural Scholar-In-Residence is Mr. Colin McCrossan of Haverford Township.
•Colin recently presented virtually via Haverford Township Free Library “Hidden In Plain Sight: The History of Slavery in Haverford Township,” enriching the understanding of the Main Line community on this important topic.
•Mr. McCrossan will pursue graduate studies at Villanova University in its Department of History.
•Colin recently presented virtually via Haverford Township Free Library “Hidden In Plain Sight: The History of Slavery in Haverford Township,” enriching the understanding of the Main Line community on this important topic.
•Mr. McCrossan will pursue graduate studies at Villanova University in its Department of History.
•At the completion of studies, the Scholar-in-Residence would offer a public (in person or virtual) lecture sponsored by the CommUNITY Breakfast Collaborative, in preferably in April of the year of graduation, sharing from the final project of their studies with the Main Line community.
Suggested reading list prepared by CommUNITY Breakfast Collaborative Scholar-In-Residence Colin McCrossan
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"Slavery is a part of the history of Philadelphia’s suburbs: We need to reckon with a history that’s hidden in plain sight", writes Colin McCrossan.
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 2022
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 2022