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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Kathryn “Ryn” Cole, a 2024 summer LOCI Program participant. Ryn works in the Library’s Office of Communications. Of the People: Widening the Path is proud to announce our involvement in this year’s Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) in Oak Bluffs, MA from August 1-10. Celebrating its …
Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
Maya Freelon, CCDI Artist/Scholar-in-Residence, shares her experience researching in the Library's collections for her project, Whippersnappers: Recapturing, Reviewing, and Reimagining the Lives of Enslaved Children in the United States.
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, events, library resources, research
Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Kathryn “Ryn” Cole, a 2024 summer LOCI Program participant. Ryn works in the Library’s Office of Communications. Of the People: Widening the Path is proud to participate in this year’s Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in New York City from August 1-11. Established in 1978, this annual …
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The Library of Congress continued its long-standing tradition of holding Junior Fellows Display Day with this year’s happening on July 17, 2024.
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Posted by: Michelle Stefano
Folklife Specialist Meg Nicholas interviews Alex Lumelsky, COO and Creative Director for the Chaldean News, about the 2024 Community Collections Grant (CCG) Project, Chaldeans: Portrait of an Evolving Community. The American Folklife Center CCG program is part of the Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the Path initiative.
Posted in: Community Collections grants
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
This post is an interview with 2024 American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant recipient Dr. Ashley Minner Jones on her project, Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies, as part of the Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the Path initiative.
Posted in: Community Collections grants
Posted by: Isabel Brador
DC Public Library (DCPL) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Libraries, Archives, and Museums awardees. The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting about their work at CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. DCPL is receiving $68,154.48 for their project, “Documenting the Ethiopian Communities of DC”. Through their project they …
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, research
Posted by: Isabel Brador
Indiana University, one of CCDI’s 2024 Higher Education awardees, is receiving $68,154.48 for their project, “Connecting Collections: Indigenous Identities in Edward Curtis and Joseph Dixon Materials.” The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting their work at CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. Through their project they will work …
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Posted by: Isabel Brador
University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Higher Education awardees. The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting at the CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. UHD is receiving $69,084.67 for their project, “Discovering Afro-Latino Heritage: A Reflective StoryMap Project to Enhance Student Belongingness and Learning.” Through …
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, research