Black Collections Symposium
Registration
2024 Black Collections Symposium registration coming soon!
When and Where
Day 1: Thursday, October 17, 2024
Hayden Library, Room 236 and C55
For parking on Tempe campus, the Apache Boulevard and Fulton Center garages are recommended.
Day 2: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Burton Barr Central Library, Pulliam Auditorium
Sponsors
The 2024 Black Collections Symposium is hosted by ASU Library's Black Collections in partnership with the Phoenix Public Library and sponsored by Salt River Project.
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 Collections, a 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.
