National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Unveils New Corporate Partnership Program

Contact: Will Jones
Marketing and Communications Manager
(513) 333-7558
(513) 802-7355
wjones@nurfc.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Unveils New Corporate Partnership Program
As museum celebrates 15^th anniversary, program provides unique opportunity for
companies to support the mission of the institution    

CINCINNATI, OH. (May 10, 2019) – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announces the new Corporate Partnership Program as one of the development initiatives for the museum’s 15^th anniversary. The Corporate Partnership Program offers opportunities for employers to partner with the museum to meet community engagement, marketing and philanthropic objectives; provide employee benefits; and provide a venue for programs and events.

The Corporate Partnership Program invites companies to support the mission of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and allows employers to take advantage of the museum’s first-class facilities, exhibits and programs for employees.

“Our new Corporate Sponsorship Program enables us to hold year-long commemorations like the Freedom 55 Programming Series, and bring exhibits such as We Who Believe in Freedom to our institution,” says National Underground Railroad Freedom Center President and COO, Dion Brown. “It is because of the amazing companies in our city and throughout the region we can do this work and offer guests powerful museum experiences when they visit.”

The program grants employers access to memberships, discounted space rental and admission for museum features. Employees can experience the Freedom 55 Programming Series which commemorates the 55th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Freedom Summer was a 1964 voter registration drive, also known as the Mississippi Summer project. The goal was to end the prevailing discriminatory and segregated voting system through increased voter registration of African Americans in Mississippi.

Guests can also see the current exhibit, We Who Believe in Freedom. Through artistic expression utilizing the canvas of quilts, the artists of Women of Color Quilters Network have produced works reflecting social commentary on the Civil Rights Movement and issues of race in America. The exhibit is a tribute and an expression of artistic resistance of the unsung heroes and freedom fighters who were marginalized during the Civil Rights Movement.

For more information about the Corporate Sponsorship Program, exhibits and programs at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, visit freedomcenter.org.

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