Archival Activism

Co-published a forthcoming book titled *Armed By Design* with Common Notions, focusing on internationalism, solidarity, and the visual art of OSPAAAL, and published a 96-page full-color exhibition catalog titled *Walkout: A Brief History of Student Organizing* based on archival materials.

Partners on initiatives such as the Sanctuary City Project to collect and publicly share stories of immigration, detention, and resistance through public art and installations, and co-produces zines and audio mixes in solidarity with movements like Musicians for Palestine.

Produces three to four exhibitions annually, both in-person and online, focused on historical and contemporary social movements. Exhibitions include topics such as the Stop Cop City movement, the 1990s squatter movement in New York’s Lower East Side, Palestinian liberation, the War Resisters League’s 100 years of pacifist activism, feminist city visions, the Resurgence Youth Movement, and the colonial history of Puerto Rico.

Hosts approximately 80 free public events annually, including workshops, talks, film screenings, discussions, and collaborative zine-making events. Events include screenings of films such as Viva Loisaida and short films on dance in Palestine, discussions on the Young Lords and CHARAS, and pop-up events offering fictionalized guidance on global movement systems.

Maintains an open stacks archival collection with tens of thousands of items from global social movements, including posters, flyers, zines, books, T-shirts, buttons, moving images, and audio recordings, and provides regular public access through open hours on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The archive also holds and provides access to the personal papers of Dara Greenwald via an onsite finding aid.

Produces the "Audio Interference" podcast series and collaborates on audio productions that highlight activists, artists, and organizers connected to the archive’s collection, including episodes on archiving the Stop Cop City movement and solidarity with Palestine.

Offers guided tours for groups of five or more upon advance request and maintains wheelchair-accessible facilities, including an ADA-compliant bathroom, to ensure inclusive access to the archive and its programming.

Engages interns and collaborates with institutions to process, catalog, and support digital humanities projects. Offers public archival consultations and produces educational tutorials to support community-led digitization and preservation efforts.

Executes feminist-led digitization and digital preservation initiatives for analog and digital media at risk of degradation, including VHS, Hi8, miniDV, audiocassettes, floppy disks, photographs, negatives, and early digital feminist websites. Projects include pop-up memory labs, community digitization events, and technical documentation for public use.

Provides grants to support graduate-level research in feminist art history, enabling scholarly work that contributes to the documentation and understanding of feminist cultural contributions.

Organizes public events, workshops, and an interview series titled "Alive in the Archive" to explore feminist legacy-building and amplify gender-marginalized voices. Programs include panel discussions, showcase events for creative archival works, and educational content on digitization practices.

Collects, digitizes, and shares historical materials related to feminist art, humanities, politics, and business through a globally accessible online archive. The archive includes digitized photographs, flyers, contact sheets, ephemera, and digital records from feminist artists and collectives, with materials integrated from partner institutions and made accessible through a unified, searchable platform.

Creates and publishes digital exhibitions that explore feminist art history, protest, and cultural impact, often in collaboration with scholars and based on newly digitized archival materials. Exhibitions include thematic series on feminist art collectives and individual artists, such as A.I.R. Gallery, Mary Beth Edelson, and Paula Cooper.

Advocates for the designation of individual landmarks and historic districts in Harlem, including specific efforts for Minton’s Playhouse, the Central Harlem 130th–132nd Streets Historic District, the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Historic District, Astor Row, the Harlem Alhambra, the NAACP Headquarters, and Masjid Malcolm Shabbaz. The organization has proposed the designation of five historic districts and 36 individual landmarks to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and has successfully achieved landmark status for multiple properties.

Worked with community partners such as Friends of Malcolm X Plaza to secure the renaming of the 110th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard subway stop and supported the official DOT designation of Malcolm X Plaza.

Conducts walking tours in East and Central Harlem, including visits to the Harlem African Burial Ground and comparative architectural tours between Central Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant, to promote public engagement with local history and preservation.

Engages volunteers to support landmark designation campaigns and contextual zoning efforts, and encourages public participation in Landmarks Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Boards 9, 10, and 11.

Organizes and hosts events such as the Save Harlem Now! Preservation Conference and the Gene Norman Preservation Awards Gala to advance historic preservation efforts and honor individuals contributing to Harlem’s cultural heritage.