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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
This post summarizes presentations from CCDI's virtual Fall 2024 Awardee Project Celebration event. This event highlighted the work of CCDI's 2024 Artists/Scholars in Residence, Higher Education and Libraries, Archives and Museums awardees.
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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 2024 award recipients, on Wednesday, November 20th at 1pm EST.
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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
CCDI's 2024 Artists/Scholars in Residence, Maya Freelon and Dr. Allie Martin, participated in a panel discussion and led workshops at the 22nd Annual Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival.
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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
This blog post features an interview with Dr. Allie Martin, a 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Artist/Scholar-in-Residence about her project, "Sampling Black Life: Soundscape and Critical Intention." In the interview, Martin discusses her participation in the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, the Library of Congress collections she is using in her work, and the significance of amplifying sonic Black life.
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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: 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
Kenton County Public Library was the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative's inaugural Libraries, Archives, Museums recipient.
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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
On July 6th, the Library of Congress hosted the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI)’s Summer Fuse, a hybrid event which celebrated the initiative’s inaugural grantees. CCDI is a four-year program encouraging creative uses of the Library’s digital collections to center the histories, lives and experiences of Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific …
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Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
We’re hosting a summer event on July 6th to hear from the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI)’s current grantees about their projects and their experiences with the Library’s digital collections – and you’re invited! Join Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden and current grant recipients Huston-Tillotson University (Higher Education Grant), Kenton County Public Library (Libraries, …
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