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Black Collections Symposium

Black Collections Symposium text over a black and white archival image of students from the The Dunbar Social and Literary club

Welcome to the 2024 Black Collections Symposium

The Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative's third annual Black Collections Symposium takes place on Oct. 17 at Hayden Library and Oct. 19 at Burton Barr Public Library. The theme of this year's symposium is the "Legacy and Future of Black Student Activism."

Call for proposals
CDA is accepting proposals about Phoenix and ASU student leadership and organizing; Northern and Southern Arizona Black history; reclaiming Black Spaces in Arizona; and student movements in Arizona's community colleges.
 
Symposium proposals are due by Sept. 6 and can include a traditional speaker panel, a creative artistic performance or a workshop. The notification of acceptance will be sent by Sept. 13 and speaker honorariums will be provided.

View the form to submit your proposal today! 

ASU Library’s Black Collectionsa new archival repository within the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative, is committed to empowering and centering the lived experiences and knowledge of Black and African American communities who are breaking cycles of erasure. 

Image credit: The Dunbar Social and Literary club, Sahauro Yearbook, 1940. LD 179.47 .S3 1972 University Archives, ASU Library.  

Call for Proposals

The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.