Diving With a Purpose explained

Diving With a Purpose
Founders:Kenneth Stewart, Brenda Lanzendorf
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Type:Nonprofit
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Purpose:Maritime archaeology, focused on research of the Atlantic slave trade
Location City:Nashville, Tennessee
Location Country:United States
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Diving With a Purpose (DWP) is an American non-profit organization aimed at locating and documenting shipwrecks, predominantly those related to the Atlantic slave trade.[1] [2] [3] [4]

History

Diving With a Purpose was founded in 2005 by Kenneth Stewart (born 1944/45),[5] a retired copier repairman[6] with the Tennessee Aquatic Project and the National Association of Black Scuba Divers, and Brenda Lanzendorf (1958–2008),[7] a maritime archaeologist at Biscayne National Park.[2] They met during the filming of the 2004 documentary The Guerrero Project, a film chronicling efforts to locate the wreck of Spanish slave ship Guerrero, which are still ongoing,[1] although a likely candidate has since been discovered.[8] [9]

DWP was featured in 2020 television documentary series Enslaved, featuring DWP member Kramer Wimberley,[10] starring and produced by Samuel L. Jackson.[11] It is also the subject of a 2021 documentary titled Lessons from the Water: Diving with a Purpose by filmmaker Charles Todd.[12]

Activities

Roughly 300 divers have participated in Diving With a Purpose's maritime archaeology program since its foundation. The program includes one week of training and requires some prior experience,[1] [13] with the stated aim of training divers to become "able to assist in the historical documentation and preservation of artifacts and wreck sites".[14] An offshoot program directed at a younger audience entitled Youth Diving With a Purpose (YDWP) was introduced in 2011.[1] [15]

The group has been involved with the discovery or documentation of numerous shipwrecks, including the São José Paquete Africa[16] [17] and the Clotilda.[1] [18] Other activities of the organization have included the location and mapping of plane wrecks related to the Tuskegee Airmen in the Great Lakes.[19] [20] A memorial site in Port Huron, Michigan, was constructed in 2021.[21] [22]

Diving With a Purpose has worked or is working with groups and federal agencies including NOAA,[23] the National Park Service (NPS),[24] [25] the Society of Black Archaeologists,[26] [27] and the Slave Wrecks Project, a collaboration between DWP, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the NPS, George Washington University, Iziko South African Museum, and the South African Heritage Resources Agency.[28]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diving into the past: The Black divers searching for slave shipwrecks. CNN. August 4, 2021. Hardingham-Gill. Tamara. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804131414/https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/searching-for-slave-ship-wrecks-scn/index.html. August 4, 2021.
  2. Web site: Diving With a Purpose: Resurrecting a Forgotten Maritime Heritage. National Park Service. September 28, 2017. Denson. Erik. Carey. Mia L.. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704034835/https://www.nps.gov/articles/divingwithpurpose.htm. July 4, 2021.
  3. Web site: This team unravels mysteries of the slave trade. And it just uncovered a shipwreck in the Keys. Miami Herald. June 11, 2018. Goodhue. David. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184154/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212848494.html. June 12, 2018.
  4. Web site: Diving With a Purpose. ACHP. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210321063326/https://www.achp.gov/preserve-america/stewards/diving-purpose. March 21, 2021.
  5. Web site: Ken Stewart Honored as a Scuba Diving Sea Hero. www.scubadiving.com. July 25, 2018. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805055330/https://www.scubadiving.com/ken-stewart-honored-as-scuba-diving-sea-hero. August 5, 2021.
  6. Web site: Conversation: Diving with a Purpose. Archaeology.org. 2009. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412220122/http://archive.archaeology.org/0903/etc/conversation.html. April 12, 2015.
  7. Web site: Summer 2008 Arrowhead newsletter. NPS History Electronic Library. 2008. 10. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805054753/http://npshistory.com/newsletters/courier/arrowhead/v15n3.pdf. August 5, 2021.
  8. Web site: From Santa Fe's desert to deep sea discovery. The Santa Fe New Mexican. September 1, 2018. Harlow. Olivia. August 5, 2018. subscription. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180910022136/http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/from-santa-fe-s-desert-to-deep-sea-discovery/article_e20294d3-c298-599a-a002-ad47a661e0f5.html. September 10, 2018.
  9. Web site: Florida Frontiers: Searching for the slave ship Guerrero. Florida Today. August 17, 2015. Brotemarkle. Ben. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210127204304if_/https://floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2015/08/17/florida-frontiers-searching-slave-ship-guerrero/31845931/. January 27, 2021.
  10. https://m.imdb.com/name/nm11736355/?ref_=m_ttfcd_cl8
  11. Web site: 'This is a grave site': Diving with a Purpose surfaces the history of the transatlantic slave trade. CBC. October 15, 2020. Adams. Kelsey. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210325213805/https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/enslaved/this-is-a-grave-site-diving-with-a-purpose-surfaces-the-history-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade-1.5763371. March 25, 2021.
  12. Web site: Eastside-raised filmmaker's documentary focuses on diving group chronicling shipwrecks from the slave trade. The Seattle Times. August 4, 2021. Owen. Rob. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805082119/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/charles-todd-documentary-on-restoring-500-voyages-of-slave-ships-to-the-historical-record/. August 5, 2021.
  13. Web site: Maritime Archaeology Training Program. Diving With a Purpose. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624043111/https://divingwithapurpose.org/programs/. June 24, 2021.
  14. Web site: About us – Today. divingwithapurpose.org. August 6, 2021.
  15. Web site: Youth Diving With a Purpose. www.scubadiving.com. December 5, 2019. Jordan. Adrienne. August 5, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805070023/https://www.scubadiving.com/youth-diving-with-purpose. August 5, 2021.
  16. Web site: 'Like Touching the Souls of Your Ancestors': Team of Black scuba Divers Share Experience of Salvaging Sunken Slave Ships. Atlanta Black Star. November 26, 2020. Bruce. Matt. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210117091507/https://atlantablackstar.com/2020/11/26/like-touching-the-souls-of-your-ancestors-team-of-black-scuba-divers-share-experience-of-salvaging-sunken-slave-ships/. January 17, 2021.
  17. News: Haunting relics from a slave ship headed for African American museum. The Washington Post. July 13, 2016. Ruane. Michael E.. August 5, 2021. subscription. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190522231630if_/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/haunting-relics-from-a-slave-ship-headed-for-african-american-museum/2016/07/13/1d794b04-43ad-11e6-88d0-6adee48be8bc_story.html. May 22, 2019.
  18. Web site: Most slave shipwrecks have been overlooked—until now. National Geographic. August 23, 2019. Williamson. Kim M.. August 5, 2021. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210713182158/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/most-slave-shipwrecks-overlooked-until-now. July 13, 2021.
  19. Web site: Salvaging another piece of Black history. The Harvard Gazette. October 21, 2020. Milano. Brett. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210522102137/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/diving-with-a-purpose-salvages-black-history/. May 22, 2021.
  20. Web site: NASA Engineer Helps Preserve Legacy of Tuskegee Airmen On Mission of a Lifetime. Space Coast Daily. November 3, 2015. Granath. Bob. 5 August 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119114437/https://spacecoastdaily.com/2015/11/nasa-engineer-helps-preserve-legacy-of-tuskegee-airmen/. January 19, 2021.
  21. Web site: Work begins on Tuskegee Airmen memorial in Port Huron. The Times Herald. June 3, 2021. Smith. Jackie. August 6, 2021. live. https://archive.today/20210806053447/https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2021/06/03/crews-break-ground-tuskegee-airmen-memorial-port-huron/7511500002/. August 6, 2021.
  22. Web site: Tuskegee Airmen memorial to be dedicated later this summer. WPHM. June 16, 2021. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210619161309/https://www.wphm.net/2021/06/16/tuskegee-airmen-memorial-to-be-dedicated-later-this-summer/. June 19, 2021.
  23. Web site: Diving With A Purpose Receives Chairman's Award for Helping Federal Agencies Accomplish Submerged Resources Stewardship Responsibilities. NOAA. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905155040/http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/jul15/chairmans-award.html. September 5, 2015.
  24. Web site: Diving With a Purpose Underwater Archaeology Program. NPS. February 11, 2016. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210217205613/https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/stewart-haigler-denson-diving-with-a-purpose.htm. February 17, 2021.
  25. Web site: Diving with a Purpose: A Fifteen-Year Odyssey. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021105929/https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/diving-with-a-purpose. October 21, 2020.
  26. Web site: About. www.societyofblackarachaeologists.com. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210202224055/https://www.societyofblackarchaeologists.com/about. February 2, 2021.
  27. Web site: Society of Black Archaeologists – March 2019 Newsletter. SBA. pdf. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213124104/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ba9378ebfba3e7b319e2ce6/t/5c8985ba24a694617c08b54f/1552516566382/2019+SBA+Newsletter. February 13, 2020.
  28. Web site: Slave Wrecks Project. Smithsonian Institution. June 1, 2015. August 6, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422090910/https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/slave-wrecks-project. April 22, 2021.

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