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2021-05-27T16:01:10.000Z
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240
Video Title:
Through the Window and Into the Mirror: A Career Conversation Series with Imani Black
Description:
Imani Black is an African American oyster farmer building a career in the rapidly growing aquaculture industry. She was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and comes from a long family line of watermen from Rock Hall, Crisfield and Cambridge, Maryland dating back over 200 years. She attended Old Dominion University and graduated with a Marine Biology degree while being a Division 1 student athlete in lacrosse. Over the last 5 years, she has worked for oyster companies in Virginia and Maryland spending the last two years contributing to the success of the first privately owned hatchery in Maryland as a lead Hatchery Technician and Assistant Manager. Additionally, Imani developed an educational/outreach non-profit program called “Minorities In Aquaculture” (MIA). MIA aims to create a more diverse industry and to educate groups underrepresented in aquaculture on the benefits and sustainability that aquaculture offers, not only to the Chesapeake Bay but waters around the world.
Video Duration:
55 min 29 sec
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"African American" history culture "black history" museums
