Wishing all of you a great Black History Month! I’ve already led a poetry workshop that was very special.

If you look in the background of the photo below, you will see the poet Jericho Brown. I taught his poem “The Tradition” as part of an introduction to poetry workshop for YourWords STL.

Jericho and I have been friends for years and his book, also called The Tradition won the Pulitzer in 2020.

Teaching my friend’s work was a real full circle moment.

On the 18th I will be teaching Culture Keeping: Womanist/Feminist Approaches To Community Archives And Memory Keeping for the THIRD time!

Join me for this INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY ARCHIVES Learning Experience.

An intensive accessible for all learning levels specific to what community archiving is and some fun ways to preserve history.

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What topics will be covered?

– How long has the concept of archiving existed? What are some early examples?

– What distinguishes womanist or feminist archives and archiving? What are some current archives and how can we access them?

– How has your family already been archiving and how might you assemble archival materials?

– How do you preserve stories and make a podcast out of them?

– What are some non traditional archives?

– How might we extend this class to support each other going forward?

– So much more!

Online zoom/interactive

SUNDAY | February 18

5PM CST

* All classes will be recorded and available for later viewing and access.

REGISTER: https://thecommunityarchive.org/shop/

I hope to see you in the class and HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!