Consistent with the Maryland’s Managing for Results (MFR) Program, certain strategies and action plans will allow a well-considered allocation of resources, and permit the Commission to reach its goals and objectives. These goals and objectives include networking, seeking support for important initiatives, pressing for public and private funding, identifying and monitoring certain resources, advising the Governor and General Assembly on prospective commemorations, monitoring research, oversight, and public outreach and education.

The following are the strategies and action plans for the Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration, and Impact of Slavery’s History and Legacy in Maryland:

NETWORKING
By FY 2003, improve the current web page and establish a mailing list by which general knowledge about the work of the Commission, slavery, and other shared interests can be disseminated.
By FY 2003, establish a student internship program that will permit three college or university students interested in the history and legacy of slavery to work on special projects with the Commission.
By FY 2003, establish a roster of radio sources, television sources, and popular and scholarly print sources to keep the public informed about general and/or special developments concerning the history and legacy of slavery and about the Commission.
By FY 2004, reach a decision on the feasibility of establishing a statewide support group interested in the history and legacy of slavery.

OUTREACH AND INITIATIVES
By FY 2003, begin scheduling hearings with stakeholders statewide who have special needs and/or concerns that fall within the mission of the Commission.
By FY 2003, set grantsmanship priorities and establish targets.
By FY 2004, commission a survey on the nature of educational materials being used in public secondary schools statewide to teach about slavery.

RESEARCH AND RESOURCE PRESERVATION
By FY 2003, develop and post a working on-line chronology of important dates, events, and figures related to the history of slavery in Maryland.
By FY 2003, develop and post an on-line catalog of government records and private papers held by the Maryland State Archives of materials related to the study of slavery, prioritizing the materials for electronic imaging preservation to be undertaken.
By FY 2003, develop and post a Maryland Underground Railroad website.
By FY 2003, develop and post on-line biographical treatments of seventeenth century slaveholders from a pool of 7,000 individuals.
By FY 2003, develop and post on-line biographical treatments of twentieth century Marylanders who mounted challenges to Jim Crow in the field of law, tentatively titled, “Achieving In The Face Of Adversity.”
By FY 2003, develop and post a research project of interest to the community pertaining to the legacy of slavery; for example, lynching and the Snowden case.
By FY 2003, develop and post on-line two indexing projects along the model of “Tracing Ancestors Who Were Slaves,” a genealogical tool currently available through the Maryland State Archives website.
By FY 2003, conduct at least 6 outreach presentations to school, community, or stakeholder groups.
By FY 2004, consult at least 6 other Maryland organizations, agencies, museums, about adding their relevant collections to the on-line catalog or resources.
By FY 2004, conduct at least 12 outreach presentations to school, community, or stakeholder groups.
By FY 2005, consult at least 6 other Maryland organizations, agencies, museums, about adding their relevant collections to the on-line catalog or resources.
By FY 2005, place at least 25% of the top three prioritized resources on-line and create public access.
By FY 2005, develop plans with at least 6 other Maryland organizations, agencies, museums to begin digital imaging preservation of their own collections.

HISTORIC SITES
By FY 2003, review the complete inventory of Maryland historic markers maintained by the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) and identify all markers related to African American history to assess how adequate or representative existing markers are of the history and legacy of slavery and of African Americans in particular.
By FY 2003, generate recommendations for making the Maryland historic markers program more representative.
By FY 2004, in cooperation with the Maryland Historical Trust, prepare a comprehensive catalog of African American historic sites in Maryland, with particular attention to sites associated in any way with slavery. These would include historic sites, buildings, structures, districts, archaeological sites, major burial grounds, etc.

COMMEMORATION
By FY 2004, commission a study on the commemoration of the middle passage, indentured servitude, the Underground Railroad, slavery, and significant dates and developments that are a part of the legacy of slavery in Maryland.
By FY 2005, make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on commemoration of the middle passage, indentured servitude, the Underground Railroad, slavery, and significant dates and developments that are a part of the legacy of slavery in Maryland.

LEGACY
By FY 2003, hold hearings with selected scholars across disciplines and solicit the support and cooperation of state agencies, organizations, and educational entities in order to design a state of the art study regarding the legacy of slavery in Maryland.
By FY 2004, carry out data collection, analysis, and publication of summary results of the legacy study.
By FY 2005, obtain funding for a general publication of the complete study and adopt recommendations for its application.

EQUITY OVERSIGHT AND TOURISM
By FY 2003, gather information on the system of allocation of public funds relative to tourism, legacy, etc. taking into account how the system operates at the State and county levels, as well as in Baltimore City.
By FY 2003, gather preliminary data relative to participation of African-Americans in the management of publicly funded programming in tourism.
By FY 2004, develop guidelines for assessing equity.
By FY 2004, commission a study with the purpose of assessing what deficits may exist in the area of tourism as it relates to slavery’s history and legacy, and with respect to sites and businesses associated with African Americans in particular.