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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.
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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 …
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Posted by: Isabel Brador
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) team interviewed Angelo State University (ASU), one of CCDI's 2024 Higher Education recipients. This post offers details about their project, "All History is Local: Celebrating the People of West Texas."
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Posted by: Marya McQuirter
Maya Cade, CCDI Scholar-in-Residence at the Library of Congress, lectures on tenderness in Black film and unveils her updated website, Black Film Archive.
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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) will hold its virtual Awardee Project Celebration event, featuring CCDI's 2023 award recipients, on Thursday, April 4th.
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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
Isabel Brador is a Program Specialist for the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI).
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Posted by: Brian Foo
In the fall of 2023, Ide Amari Thompson and Madeline Toombs participated in the Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA) as interns with the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) team. During their 10-week remote internship, they explored how transcript data of the Library’s Mary Church Terrell Papers could enable new forms of storytelling …
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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
Angelo State University, Trustees of Indiana University, and University of Houston-Downtown are the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative's 2024 Higher Education award recipients. DC Public Library, Hoboken Public Library, and Friends of Tijeras Pueblo are the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative's 2024 Libraries, Archives, Museums award recipients.
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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
Dr. Allie Martin and Maya Freelon are the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative's 2024 Artist/Scholars-in-Residence.
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