Preserving Black history

Today and tomorrow Don’t Shoot Portland, as part of its tenth year anniversary, is offering a workshop on Archiving Black Lives. Their announcement reads, in part, “It’s crucial for us to document our movement on our terms. As activists, it is always time to control the narrative. Join us this weekend at the University of Oregon’s White Stag Campus Library for two days of free workshops and panel discussions. Memory Work for Black Lives will center the important intersection of archiving and community activism.”

Teressa used some of my photos on posters showing archival material (see the panels behind her in the second extra), and City Archivists presented the workshop. Each person who attends the workshop will receive an archival gray box with preservation materials inside. First extra shows participants in the workshop.

“I am saying that a journey is called that because you cannot know what you will discover on the journey, what you will do with what you find, or what you find will do to you.” 
― James Baldwin, I Am Not Your Negro.