This past weekend, October 23-26, I had the pleasure of attending Spelman College’s 2025–26 season opener, Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, directed by Keith Arthur Bolden. The play opened the Department of Theatre & Performance’s new season themed “Black Joy as Resistance,” and it could not have been a more perfect beginning. Set in Harlem during the summer of 1930—the beginning of the Great Depression—Cleage’s story draws us into a world pulsing with art, love, st

I recently returned from the University of California, Irvine , where I was invited to participate in a week-long Mellon-funded Summit on community-centered archival practice . The gathering brought together archivists, scholars, and community memory workers from across the country—representing institutions such as UNC Charlotte, the University of Massachusetts, UC Santa Barbara, California State University, Arizona State University, UCLA, the Library of Congress, City Colleg

On October 25, 2025, I joined an incredible panel of archivists and librarians at the 9th Annual Atlanta Radical Book Fair , held at the historic Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History . Organized by Rubén A.L. Villegas  and Wren  of Auburn Avenue Research Library, the conversation—titled The Future Is Physical —gathered practitioners dedicated to preserving Black knowledge in both its tangible and intangible forms. Keep Your Books! Guided by t

This weekend, October 24 and 25, I had the opportunity to support Ballethnic Dance Company  during the Atlanta Dance Connection’s performance of And Just Like That… —a powerful evening of movement, rhythm, and reflection. Though I attended in my capacity as Ballethnic’s Company’s costumer—a role that feels like a natural extension of my background in film, television, and theatre design. Balancing archival work with creative labor often opens unexpected doors. Supporting the

When I arrived at the Bibliothèque Toni Morrison on July 29, 2025, I wasn’t just entering a library. I was stepping into a space shaped...

When I arrived at the Centre Pompidou on July 26, 2025, I approached the ticket desk and told the agent, “I’m here for the library—I’m...

On July 22, 2025, I found myself sipping espresso on the garden terrace of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, laptop open, writing...

Journal – July 21, 2025 local flower shop I woke up around 9:30 a.m. today, feeling refreshed. It was raining outside—soft and steady, a...

July 31-August 3, 2025, Bwagamoyo Africulture Art Centre, Bagamoyo, Tanzania Ensure the Future of Tanzanian Art: Help Us Bring the 4th...

Journal Entry – July 20, 2025 Crossing Over Today began before the sun, with Windy and I catching a 5:50 AM flight from Atlanta to...

It was still night when we woke—3:00 a.m., the house dark and hushed, the world outside asleep. Windy had crawled into my bed the night...

Archiving Black Performance is a multi-year initiative developed and produced by Associate Professor of Dance Crystal Michelle Perkins,...

The Radical Archive of Preservation and Soutron Global established a partnership to help build and preserve archival material in...

The Radicals will backpack across Europe this summer to explore how Black memory practice appears across the diaspora. Follow them as...

A chat with Rosa Duffy, Archivist and Bookstore Owner, FOR KEEPS and Dr. shady Radical, founder of The Radical Archive of Preservation.

On a clear blue November 4th morning, Marty A. Smith, Chief of Interpretation, led a group organized by The Heritage Ministry and...

This Saturday, my ICHW family gathered to tour South-View Cemetery and the Luther Judson Price Home in Atlanta. Organized by Robert...

The Gift exhibition at Zucot Gallery, 100 Centennial Olympic Park Dr SW, in the Castleberry Hill neigborhood of Atlanta opened Friday...

This was a much-anticipated conversation for me. Documentary photographers Sue Ross and Jim Alexander sat down at the PATH Museum to...

The SGA Summer Workshop Series: Rooted in Memory highlights the value of Archives and Preservation in Black communities. This 5-month...