“Resistance: Reflections on Power and Solidarity in BIPOC Archives” Panel Discussion

Date: 23 March 2022
Time: 3:00–5:00 p.m. ET
Location: Zoom
Presented by: The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage at Rare Book School: Outreach Working Group

The Outreach Working Group of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage at Rare Book School invites you to attend a panel discussion on BIPOC stories of resistance from archives across the United States. The discussion will highlight communities featured in a zine titled RESISTANCE: reflections on power and solidarity in BIPOC archives, created by the group’s members.

This virtual panel discussion is free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend, but advance registration is required. Click here to register. Registration closes at 9 a.m. ET the day of the event, Wednesday, 23 March 2022. The Zoom link will be shared with registrants on 22 March and again on 23 March.  

A recording of the discussion will be made available on Rare Book School’s YouTube channel. To access a PDF of the zine, click here.

Panelists:

  • Zayda Delgado (Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library)
  • Jina Duvernay (Clark Atlanta University)
  • Sandy Enriquez (Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside)
  • Suzanne Im (Digitization & Special Collections, Los Angeles Public Library)
  • Amanda Moreno (Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries)
  • Jhensen Ortiz (CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, The City College of New York)
  • Bridgett Kathryn Pride, (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library)
  • Keala Richard (Preservation Department Book Conservation Lab, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)
  • Jessica Tai (Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University)
  • Krystal Tribbett (Special Collections & Archives, Orange County & Southeast Asian Archive Center, University of California, Irvine)

Moderator: Krystal Appiah, (Curator, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, and Outreach Working Group Facilitator)

Click here to learn more about The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage at Rare Book School.