John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated

Education/awards/museum support/hemingway(see more detail in schedule o)throughout 2023, the jfk Library reached diverse audiences through virtual programming, digital offerings, and print resources and enhanced onsite programming offerings for school audiences, families, and adults. These programs have furthered an understanding of president and mrs. Kennedy's legacy for all ages; enhanced civic education for young people; showcased discussions with leaders in the arts, culture, politics, history, and public affairs; and provided new timely and stimulating education resources for classroom and home use.engaging young audiences in 2023, the Library hosted eight programs in the monthly "celebrate!" Performing arts series, a tradition at the Library for more than 20 years. These multicultural programs for families featured the benkadi drum and dance group; tales from african traditions by storyteller valerie tutson; celtic bells' music and storytelling; the veronica robles' all-women mariachi band; nataraja, featuring beautiful costumes and traditional dance styles from india; okra dance, which celebrated the profound influence of african dance, music, and rhythm on american culture; the wampanoag nation singers and dancers; and north winds, which brought the classic tale and musical composition of "peter and the wolf" to life. The programs were enjoyed by 1,454 in-person attendees and 930 live-stream views. On february 20, 2023, the Library presented its 12th annual presidents' day family festival, which was attended by 790 visitors. Actors portraying past presidents, creative at-home activities, musical performances, and more brought history to life for all ages. The stage performances were also broadcast online, attracting more than 700 live and 6,500 on demand views. "i knew it would be a brilliant display of democracy and love of country," one participant wrote.fostering teacher and student engagement - on november 8, 2023, the Library held its annual children's literature conference entitled "from head and heart: caring for the environment through science, stories, and action." Participants in this daylong conference included 83 teachers and school librarians. An additional 400+ educators participated in school visits and programs throughout the year, and 365,750 accessed the teacher pages on our website. The Library continued to provide and expand its outreach to school communities across the state and nation through the monthly e-newsletter "teaching and learning tuesdays." Eight e-newsletters in 2023 reached an average of 150,000 unique email addresses, with an open rate that exceeds industry standards. The Library also produced two editions of its printed newsletter, "new frontiers," which was mailed to nearly 11,000 teachers. Visits to the education pages on the Library's website topped 1,050,000.offering unparalleled history and civic education activities in 2023, nearly 10,000 students took part in school visits to the Library, including more than 1,500 students and 46 teachers from underserved school districts in and around boston. Each guided visit included a developmentally appropriate, engaging, and interactive two-hour program related to u.s. history, government, and civics, with free bus transportation provided for schools in under-resourced districts. The Library presented a virtual workshop as part of Massachusetts civics learning week, attracting more than ten classes with approximately 190 students. Other programs included the student leadership conference, which brought together 77 high school students and 16 program leaders from educational enrichment programs across new england, and the 2023 John f. Kennedy make a difference award program, honoring 28 middle school students from across Massachusetts for the impact they have had on their community through creative service work. The Library's docent program continued to enhance visitors' experiences in the museum galleries, serving adult learning communities virtually and providing onsite tours for walk-in audiences of all ages. Producing free public affairs discussions the jfk Library presented 15 forums in 2023 on issues of importance to our community, nation, and world. Forums were offered in a combination of in-person and virtual formats. In total, more than 108,572 users viewed 2023 forums content in person (1,757 attendees) and online via the Foundation's youtube and facebook accounts. Timely programs featured topics including: "democracy awakening" with historian heather cox richardson; "looking ahead to the 2024 elections" with cbs news correspondent robert costa; and "strengthening civic infrastructure and combating hate: the role of the arts, culture, and faith" featuring second gentleman doug emhoff and a panel of esteemed community representatives. A new "late night at the Library" series featured a trivia contest focusing on presidential history, the beantown swing orchestra, and a conversation with historian matthew delmont and boston globe columnist renee graham. The 2023 profile in courage award was presented by ambassador caroline Kennedy and her son jack schlossberg to the five "sister senators" from south carolina katrina shealy, margie bright matthews, mia mcleod, sandy senn, and penry gustafson who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state, despite personal attacks on their integrity and risks to their safety. A special international profile in courage award honored south korean president yoon suk yeol and japanese prime minister fumio kishida for working to improve relations between their countries despite deep domestic opposition stemming from long-standing historical issues. The honorees were celebrated at the profile in courage award gala on october 29th. The 2023 new frontier awards were presented in november to two outstanding young leaders for changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service: alec karakatsanis and congressman joe neguse. Karakatsanis is a former public defender who has dedicated his life to advancing pretrial justice across the nation, and rep. neguse was recognized as the lawmaker with the most bills enacted in the 117th congress, demonstrating his ability to work across the aisle to deliver for his constituents.the annual profile in courage essay contest received submissions from 2,199 high school students from all fifty states, Washington, dc, and from us citizens in canada, india, japan, kenya, mexico, south korea, sudan, taiwan, uganda, united arab emirates. From september 1, 2022 to january 31, 2023, the profile in courage essay contest landing page was the third most visited page on the jfk Library's website with 94,135 page views. In total, over 2 million students, educators, guidance counselors, administrators, youth librarians, and parents were reached through marketing and outreach. Begun in fy2022, an evaluation of permanent exhibits assessed the museum's 30-year-old exhibits, current audience responses, assumptions of those who have not visited, and levels of interest and perceptions about the museum among specific groups. The purpose of the study was to gauge the extent to which the content of the permanent museum exhibits is still relevant, addresses visitors' needs and expectations, attracts a diverse audience, and encourages inclusivity. Development of the "hemingway at the jfk" website continued in 2023 and went live in the fall, allowing visitors from across the globe to explore hemingway's life, works, and legacy. The site, www.jfklibrary.org/hemingway, has been designed to grow, with additional content being added to existing pages and new content rolling out in phases over the next 3-5 years. On april 2, 2023, the jfk Library and Foundation hosted a celebration honoring the 2023 pen/hemingway honorees and judges as part of the Kennedy Library forums. Author oscar hokeah won the 2023 pen/hemingway award for debut novel for his work, calling for a blanket dance. More than 2,200 users have viewed the celebration on the Foundation's youtube channel since it aired, with viewers tuning in from across the united states, canada, philippines, sweden, and more.

Communications(see more detail in schedule o)in 2023 the communications program supported the commemoration of several important 60th year anniversaries related to president Kennedy's legacy, including his speeches on civil rights, world peace, and democracy, for continued high profile opportunities to connect president Kennedy's ideals to contemporary issues.marking 60th anniversary of civil rights speech on june 9, the jfk Library Foundation hosted a civil rights program with a keynote address by former u.s. attorney general eric holder. A panel followed with Massachusetts attorney general andrea joy campbell and rahsaan hall, president and ceo of the urban league of eastern Massachusetts, moderated by kimberly atkins stohr of the boston globe.in late june, the John f. Kennedy Library Foundation marked the 60th anniversary of president Kennedy's trip to ireland and berlin by bringing a 40-person delegation of board and board of advisor members, new frontier network members, and supporters to dublin for a dynamic series of events. Massachusetts governor maura healey, u.s. Ambassador to ireland claire cronin, us ambassador to germany amy gutmann, actress ashley judd, artist shepard fairey, and irish entrepreneur patrick collison, co-founder and ceo of stripe, were among the many impressive participants in our events in ireland and berlin.additional high-profile events and speakers connected president Kennedy's legacy to important contemporary issues included the irish tnaiste michel martin came to the Library to discuss us-ireland relations. Also, second gentleman douglas emhoff provided opening remarks and actress sophia bush moderated our forum strengthening civic infrastructure and combating hate: the role of arts, culture, and faith.the Foundation also produced a special podcast series, "let us begin," with an emphasis on the significance of president Kennedy's trips to ireland and berlin, the nationally broadcast speech on civil rights, peace and the nuclear test ban treaty, and the legacy of president Kennedy's administration after november 22.in regards to social media outreach, the Foundation tripled the number of followers on tik tok in one year and continued to grow the Library's social media presence. The Foundation has a large digital "footprint," generating more than 34 million impressions in 2023.the Foundation supported the marketing and outreach for the Library's special exhibit, service and sacrifice: wwiia shared experience. The campaign included a strategic media buy plan with a mix of digital, print, and local television ads. John f. Kennedy described his naval experience in world war ii as a life-defining event for himself his generation. Though thought of today as the last "good war" in which a united citizenry wholeheartedly accepted the need to defeat the axis powers, the individual stories of those who served show that their motivations were often more complex and their experiences differed according to race, ethnicity and gender. This special exhibit, which opened july 3, 2023, includes over 200 photographs, posters, and facsimiles of historic documents, eight av stations, and four interactive stations highlighting the experiences of african americans, japanese americans, women, native americans, and mexican americans in world war ii.

Archives, digital archives(see more detail in schedule o)the migration of the massive digital archives collection to a new digital asset management system was completed in october 2023. The jfk Library launched it digital archives program in 2011, but in recent years its technology reached the end of its life, requiring staff and consultants to undertake the extraordinarily time-consuming and complicated work of migrating all its digital files to a new digital asset management system. The five-year endeavor marked a critical milestone for the Library, leading the way to a state of the art system allowing access to the collections held at the Library. Since the launch of the digital archives, the jfk Library has digitized more than 1,749,000 documents, photographs, and audiovisual materials. These materials form the basis for our social media posts, on-site and online educational lesson plans, microsites, and more. In 2023 pages on the digital archives received 1,033,834 viewsmore than 16% higher than the number of views to digital archives pages in 2022. Total users of the Library's website, www.jfklibary.org, also increased in 2023, reaching 5,887,726nearly 18% higher than the total number of users in 2022. The save america's treasures grant extended into a fourth year, completing the digitization of the Kennedy family collection scrapbooks and albums, a 52-volume collection chronicling three generations of president Kennedy's family. The scope of the project was extended in 2023 to include approximately 4,100 loose photographic prints within the Kennedy family collection. All 52 scrapbooks and albums from this historic collection have been conserved, imaged, and published to the website. The c. douglas dillon papers document dillon's work for the state department under the eisenhower administration and the treasury department under the Kennedy and johnson administrations. In 2023, digitization staff completed scanning and metadata files for all 69 boxes in the collection and continued to upload all completed metadata files to cortex.

Supportearthshot legacy partnersthe Foundation successfully extended its programmatic partnership with prince william's earthshot prize after serving as the host partner for the "earthshot prizeboston 2022" awards ceremony. This arrangement allows the jfk Library Foundation to continue to grow in stature as a convener around the critical issues relating to building a sustainable world. Funds raised through this initiative are allowing the Foundation to work with the earthshot prize to develop a boston-based climate award program with grants given for the most innovative solutions. This initiative will help create dynamic public programs around the ideals of president Kennedy's moonshot speech.