giving an intro to digital preservation workshop for folks outside of LIS interested in/already developing a community archive & i *still* refer to @dorothyjberry.bsky.social's 'the house archives built,' esp when discussing the question 'should everything be digitized?' publisher / practitioner!
we’re still 🤩 by the fact that @dorothyjberry.bsky.social and savannah wood were in conversation in person about dorothy’s book the house archives built in baltimore the other week and now we have these beautiful photos by justin timothy temple to share 🌹 www.weherepress.org/baltimore
The House Archives Built in Baltimore — We Here Press
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after years of virtual events and rejuvenating social meet ups, last night was the first ever @wehere.bsky.social in person programmatic event. and the fact that it was author @dorothyjberry.bsky.social & savannah wood in conversation about the house archives built just makes it so much sweeter 🐝🍯
I hope y’all will watch this fantastic panel discussion that @veronicaghenry.bsky.social and I worked hard to put together! #booksky #libraries #AI
Jen Brown ✨@jenbrownwrites.bsky.social · 4mo agoExcited for this FREE @wehere.bsky.social panel event, organized by @bookish-afrolatina.bsky.social & moderated by @veronicaghenry.bsky.social. All are welcome! Come through. 🙌🏾 luma.com/ud0psx3b
deadline approaching 🚨 documentation and archives internship at @afterviolence.bsky.social — paid opportunity may - december afterviolenceproject.org/opportunities/ apps due 4/12, 11:59p CT
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THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES Humanity, Technology, and the Stories We Preserve – A Panel Discussion, 04/25, 3p ET USA // with Gabby Womack, Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare, Azad Namazie, Keshia Koech, & Edwin Lindo. Moderated by Veronica G. Henry (@veronicaghenry.bsky.social). Open to the public luma.com/ud0psx3b
The Future of Libraries: Humanity, Technology, and the Stories We Preserve – A Panel Discussion · Luma
Inspired by author Veronica G. Henry’s recent release The People’s Library, BIPOC information professionals will discuss libraries and archives roles as…
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This is wild: a company is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for $$$. Some meeting participants only found out after we told them. Included meeting on protecting kids from ICE, was supposed to be private www.404media.co/this-company...
This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts
WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them.
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the documentation & archives team at @afterviolence.bsky.social is looking to hire a paid intern for may - december 🌈 app closes 4/12 afterviolenceproject.org/opportunities/
Opportunities | After Violence Project
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registration is now open for the house archives built: @dorothyjberry.bsky.social in conversation with savannah wood, happening 4/30 7pm at good neighbor ⚡️ this conversation will be about power, black history, and labor. learn more and register: luma.com/n9l7cchr
The House Archives Built: Dorothy Berry in Conversation with Savannah Wood · Luma
Come out to good neighbor for an evening with Dorothy Berry, one of the most vital voices in archival practice today, in conversation with Savannah Wood, for a…
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fobazi my dear friend. thank you for everything. the library and information science profession is better because of your brilliance and how you showed up to support people. gratitude and appreciation to her loved ones for sharing this with us during such a difficult time 🙏🏽
Fobazi M. Ettarh@fobettarh.bsky.social · 6mo ago
now available — the house archives built & other thoughts on black archival possibilities by @dorothyjberry.bsky.social (3rd printing) www.weherepress.org
Thank you @BaltimoreBeat baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...
How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE
As social media and news coverage is flooded with a relentless stream of images showing immigrants being rounded up, masked federal agents shooting rapid responders, and government officials defending...
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when you publish a book, that goes on your bookshelf, not ones you own. the top rows are 2 deep — getting ready for sales to open of the third printing of the house archives built & other thoughts on black archival possibilities / dorothy berry. get the news about it www.wehere.space/we-here-pres...
end of season 1! felicidades we reads podcast team. i love this podcast because it’s really helped me understand what i like as a reader 🌺
we here®️@wehere.bsky.social · 8mo agoEpisode 04 of #TheWeReadaPodcast is now available! In Episode 04: The Book was better we’re talking adaptations. What makes them magical, what makes them fall flat, and the qualities that signal when one really gets it right. Plus much more! 🤭 Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
bey wore this for 2 seconds; a few groups of kids came for candy; watched scary movies: get out and 1984 ghostbusters 🎃👻
OUT NOW ❤️🔥The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities by Dorothy Berry is now available: www.weherespace.org. The first 50 copies sold will be signed.
in need of consistently seeking hope and compassion and found some today when i met someone from the literary freedom project 🙏🏽 www.literaryfreedom.org
Literary Freedom Project
The Literary Freedom Project values the variety of histories and cultures found in the Bronx and gives educators & residents places to build community and explore social engagement.
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THE HOUSE ARCHIVES BUILT AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BLACK ARCHIVAL POSSIBILITIES BY @dorothyjberry.bsky.social COMING OCTOBER 14 LETS GO ❤️🔥 www.weherepress.org
it's been amazing working with dorothy on publishing this book. more details and fun coming soon!
we here®️@wehere.bsky.social · 12mo agowelcome home, we here press ❤️🔥 we're honored that our inaugural project will be to publish @dorothyjberry.bsky.social's ***the house archives built & other thoughts on black archival possibilities*** coming october 2025 www.weherepress.org
The most difficult recurring professional conversation I have to have with early career people who want to follow in my "successes" is the reality that every cool project by-us-for-us I've done in archives has involved working through and alongside a lot of things I cannot recommend they deal with
There is so much bad news on micro and macro levels lately, I will share a little personal win. Here is a sneak peek at a very early dummy of the interior layout for my book "The House Archives Built, and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibility," upcoming from @wehere.bsky.social press.
We are excited to announce that @newdisabledsouth.org is launching the Black Disability Institute’s Anthology Series, uplifting stories on Black disability & mental health! ⏳Submit by April 30, 2025 🔗Submit your story here: bit.ly/BDIstory 📄 Full RFP and details here: bit.ly/BDIrfp
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Art Exhibitions to Look Forward to in 2025 — The Latinx Project at NYU
In 2025, we have already witnessed massive cuts to federal spending on the arts, making the state of tomorrow dismally uncertain. Efforts toward diversity, equity, and inclusion are under threat, whil...
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We are excited to announce that the TAVP is becoming the After Violence Project (AVP)! This change is the result of years of collective visioning and an understanding that, to meet the moment, we must embrace a borderless mission. Read more below! 🔗 afterviolenceproject.org/introducing-...
THE 2024 WRAP UP IN WHICH WE PREPARE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD BY LOOKING BACK AND CELEBRATING WHAT WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED WITH GREAT GRATITUDE. ENJOY. WE HERE. www.wehere.space/the-2024-wra...
The 2024 Wrap Up — we here
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Facing Cuts Likely to Worsen Under Trump, Academic Librarians Urgently Organize — As the war on higher education looks to heat up, academic libraries will likely be the first on the chopping block. by @edrabinski.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/fac...
Facing Cuts Likely to Worsen Under Trump, Academic Librarians Urgently Organize
As the war on higher education looks to heat up, academic libraries will likely be the first on the chopping block.
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calling *all* full-time academic library/archive workers! could you take my survey to study why academic librarians of color stay in the profession in comparison to the wider population? I would really appreciate it! t.co/PqAd0AMMjx
https://ucincinnati.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1ySuxmK3x7kS2ou
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“… confusion is a colonial tactic. You can get away with a lot of oppression and displacement while people are dissociated, overwhelmed, mis- or uninformed, or trying to figure out what’s going on.” — adrienne maree brown, “loving corrections.”
