Digitize Black Women's Records Day 2024
March 26, 2024 • Noon – 3:15 p.m.
Freeman Auditorium, HUB, Penn State, University Park
Join us as we celebrate innovative ways to engage Black women’s activist archives with Meta DuEwa Jones, DaMaris B. Hill, Sharia Benn, Janel Moore-Almond, and Jennifer Morris.
Featured Guests
Opening Keynote
Meta DuEwa Jones
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Poetry Reading
DaMaris B. Hill
Professor of Creative Writing, English and African American Studies, University of Kentucky
Roundtable Discussion
Sharia Benn
Sankofa African American Theatre Company
Roundtable Discussion
Janel Moore-Almond
George Washington Carver High School
Roundtable Discussion
Jennifer Morris
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum
Schedule
Noon–12:15 p.m.
Light Refreshments
12:15–12:30 p.m.
Welcome
12:30–1:15 p.m.
Opening Keynote – Meta DuEwa Jones
1:15–1:30 p.m.
Break
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Artist, Scholar, Teacher, and Archivist
Roundtable Discussion
2:30–3:00 p.m.
Closing Reading – DaMaris B. Hill
3:00–3:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Flyer
Presented by the Black Women's Organizing Archive 2023-2024
Dr. Shirley Moody-Turner, Faculty Director, BWOA, Co-Director, CBDR
Dr. Sabrina Evans, Co-Project Coordinator, Mellon Satellite Faculty Partner, Howard University
Yolanda Mackey, Co-Project Coordinator
Kesla Elmore, Digitize Black Women’s Records Day, Co-Chair
Lauren Barnes, Digitize Black Women’s Records Day, Co-Chair
Takina Walker, Digital Research and Visualizations, Co-Chair
Kendra Napier Fonash, Digital Research and Visualizations, Co-Chair
Carmin Wong, BWOA #Harper200 Liaison
Morgan Robinson, BWOA Douglass Day Liaison
Chaunece Reed, Social Media Team
Wendyliz Martinez, Social Media Team
Welcome to Mapping BWOA!
This project offers a visual representation of the scattered nature of Black women’s archival materials and locates repositories dispersed throughout North America for each of our featured women.