Posts in 'Archives'

To increase access and usability of Taller Puertorriqueño’s Eugenio María de Hostos Archives and establish connections between island and Puerto Rican diaspora audiences through public programs and multimedia productions.

To support the general operations of the Paul Robeson House & Museum, which aims to preserve the legacy of the organization and neighborhood through archives, and make these records accessible as a resource and training tool.

To continue Drag Arts Oral History Project, which is building an archive of oral histories of Philadelphia area drag artists and activating the existing archive through new multimedia-focused efforts.

For support of a climate controlled environment to protect the museum's art and artifacts.

For an exhibit at Philadelphia City Hall to honor and support stories of BIPOC media makers who use the city's public access television channels PhillyCAM and WPPM to address pressing civic issues.

To support the documentation and creation of an ethnographic map of Black trans women, past and present, living in Philadelphia and through the stories told about Black trans women in the multimedia play Fallawayinto.

To pilot an interactive, multimedia archive that affirms Black teachers’ experiences and seeks to shift the narrative about their contributions to the field.

To empower and incentivize high school students to preserve the wisdom of the elders in their families and communities and to explore some of the Black institutions in Philadelphia that highlight and preserve knowledge and culture.

To fortify the next generation of Philly’s movement memory workers and storytellers and reimagine the roles that narrative, memory, and archival preservation can play in service of collective liberation.

For the film "Top 5+5," an interview series that will showcase the dynamic involvement of the Black community in Black philanthropy and their own cultural production.