I recently revisited my application for this Fellowship to check in with myself, if I was indeed doing what I said I wanted to do. Sometimes it was easy to lose my bearings as I was knee deep in finding …
Coming out of our Silence
The Black Movement for Democracy in North Philadelphia, WW2-Present
Third-generation Peacetown resident Brother Tommy Joshua Caison introduces us to his research for Chronicling Resistance.
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Both the Researcher & the Archive
Both the researcher
and the archive.
Webs of innanets,
your conversations
meditations and memories too
are essential to the accuracy
of historical accounts.
You are a better source of information than you might allow yourself to be.
I was in …
Farming while Southeast Asian
What does it mean to Farm as descendants of a displaced Southeast Asian diaspora? What would a growing guide that captures our community’s stories of land look like that can be a time capsule of self–determination skills for …
Abolition, Infinity, and Beyond
Abolition found me when I was looking for answers. I sought a vision of freedom with historical context, that wrapped thought and action together, and Abolition did that seamlessly. I watched videos of police captured on cameras and phones ruthlessly …
Announcing the Activist-Curator Fellows
I’m pleased to introduce to you eleven fighters using weapons like art, poetry, dance, food, land reclamation, cultural organizing, and history as they battle for a more just and equal Philadelphia. They were selected from 86 applicants and are …
Research Revelations Episode 12.0 – Caring for Community While Telling The Story of Now – Part 2
In the second half of my conversation with Caitlin Quigley from Bread & Roses Community Fund, we discuss what research subjects are relevant to right now and the continued importance of documenting the stories of the most marginalized, unheard people. …