IN HAEC VERBA: May 20, 2013 E-mail to City of St. Augustine, VCB and TDC leaders on Civil Rights, African-American, Hispanic, GLBT and Youth Tourism

http://www.waaytv.com/news/state/alabama-releases-civil-rights-tourism-app/article_f51a4214-a5ba-11e2-b303-0019bb30f31a.html



Dear Richard, Glenn John and Dana:

FYI re: an app for civil rights tourism in Alabama.

Under Governor Haley Barbour, Mississippi in 2006 mandated civil rights education K-12 and building a $50 million civil rights museum. St. Augustine is poised to get two at least civil rights museums. St. Augustine's civil rights and African-American heritage must be shared with the world. We must not hide our light under a bushel basket, or yield this civil rights tourism market to Mississippi and Alabama, or continue Apartheid-style marketing assumptions.

Do you agree that VCB needs to start running ads in Miami, in African-American and GLBT publications, and in diverse publications that will reach the youth market?

Cheers,

Ed Slavin

904-377-4998