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  • Title: Our Whole History Project Manager

    Agency: Natural Heritage Trust

    Agency Assignment: NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

    Location: Peebles Island, Waterford, NY

    Compensation: $68,000 - $75,000 and benefits package

    Work Schedule: Full-time. 37.5 hours; Monday-Friday

    Application Deadline: COB, Monday, January 12, 2026

    Position Summary:
    The Our Whole History Project Manager will provide overall project management for DHP and agency-wide projects falling under the Our Whole History (OWH) initiative, specifically related to African American and Revolutionary War history. The job duties will entail logistics, scheduling, budget tracking, reporting, coordinating meetings, routine check-ins with in-house staff and outside partners, public presentations, responding to queries from the public, participation and assisting in planning historic site events, and promotional efforts.

    The OWH initiative seeks to reveal and share historically undertold stories of ordinary and extraordinary people and events across New York State. Falling under the umbrella of OWH is Enslavement to Freedom 1627–1827–2027 (E2F), a landmark, multi-year public education and commemoration initiative that shines a light on New York State’s deeply undertold history of slavery and its enduring legacy.

    In 2027, New York State will recognize the 200th anniversary of the end of legalized slavery in the state (1827) and the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans enslaved in the former New Netherland colony (1627).

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