October 30, 2018 6:00pm — 8:00pm

Documenting Movements: Archivists as Social Justice Advocates

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, founder of Project STAND, University Archivist and Assistant Professor, Kent State University

Remarks by Verne Harris, Deputy of Archive and Dialogue Nelson Mandela Foundation, Dominican University Follett Chair Library and Information Science

Tuesday, October 30, 2018
6:00 p.m.
Roosevelt University
425 S. Wabash, 3rd floor Room 317
Chicago
This event is free and open to the public
This program will be offered in American Sign Language

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Join Chicago Collections and Black Metropolis Research Consortium for a presentation on documentation of social movements and activism featuring Lae’l Hughes-Watkins. Hughes-Watkins founded Project STAND, an online clearinghouse where researchers can learn about archival and historical collections on student dissent, with special focus on student groups representing concerns of historically marginalized communities. Remarks will also be provided by Verne Harris, archivist of the Nelson Mandela Papers.

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Thank you to our host site Roosevelt University

This program made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly