Memory Work: POC LGBTQ Archives and You

Friday February 23 2018 6:30-7:30pm
Black LGBTQ Activism and Memory in New York City, 1969-1996
The history of black queer cultural and political activism, before and during Stonewall, has largely been understudied, unnoticed or simply ignored by mainstream (white) queer studies.

Saturday, February 24, 2018 12-1:45pm
Archives 101 for LGBTQ People of Color
Participants in this workshop will be immersed in an intensive look at national archival institutions that house LGBTQ collections, as well as learn how to care for their personal
collections. Required reading list includes articles and catalogs for collections.

Saturday, February 24, 2:00-3:45pm
Finding & Understanding Your Historical Self: An Archives Primer
This interactive workshop helps busy LGBTQ activists, artists and professionals of color manage their archival collections. The moderator offers easy and useful techniques on how to
identify, organize, preserve and catalog paper and digital collections.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department