PACSCLWith thanks to #NHPRC for its financial and moral support of Black Joy & Resilience. Without the encouragement of NHPRC staff, this project would never have come to fruition. #BlackJoy https://blackjoy.pacscl.org/omeka/s/bjr/page/welcome
Welcome to Black Joy & Resilience, an #NHPRC funded adventure in creating a new descriptive vocabulary in #BlackJoy. #MLK at Chicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City, NJ, c. 1950’s. Read more at https://pacscl.org/pacscl-releases-black-joy-resilience/
Uncommon Ephemera"Why don't you just apply for a grant?"
NHPRC Archival Projects (National Archives). Up to $150K. For nonprofits and academic institutions. No individuals. The National Archives funds archives, just not mine. #preservation #NHPRC #archives #grants #digipres
Redstart Works"It was adapted by Northeastern University .. to be distributed as part of a grant-funded project to identify, locate, and #preserve records documenting Boston’s African American, Chinese, Latino, and lesbian and gay communities. The grant was funded by the NHPRC, Northeastern University #Libraries, and the Barnard Foundation." 2/2
It's unclear whether we'll see work like this in the future. The #NHPRC was eliminated by #NARA in their FY26 budget.
This week, you can find me:
🏛️ On a panel about advocating for #NHPRC and #NARA as critical infrastructure @ National Humanities Day
✊🏻 Advocating to my legislators on the Hill for NARA appropriations and federal #archives workers
🌹Giving a workshop " #Facilitation and Project Management for All" at the New England Archivist's Spring Meeting
💚 On a panel about the environmental effects of #AI and how archivists can evaluate this aspect of AI tools @ NEA
HMU if you wanna hang! ☺️
What's up with #BJ&R? Here's a quick summary: https://buff.ly/3Eq2Rzl
With thanks to #NHPRC!
#BlackHistoryMonth
With thanks to #NHPRC!
#BlackHistoryMonth
What is #BJ&R?
Black Joy & Resilience will reconstruct a history against contemporary narratives of violence and trauma. In 2024 the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission awarded the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) a planning grant of ...