Featured Collection
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The “Featured Collections” page highlights participating institutions’ collections. Each month we put the focus on one institution, where we display links to all of their collections that are related to student activism and social justice. These collections are either full, partial, or both.
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Featured Resource
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Archiving Student Activism Toolkit:
Created by Annalise Berdini, Rich Bernier, Valencia Johnson, Maggie McNeely, and Lydia Tang on behalf of Project STAND, November 2019.

Collections Data
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Archiving Joy and Trauma
The Humanization of BIPOC Communities
September 18-22, 2023 in Atlanta GA
Project STAND’s Second Residency Program
Program Info
2nd Residency Program
Project STAND and the AUC Woodruff Library will host a one-week, in-person residency September 18–22, 2023 in Atlanta, GA. The residency will invite six individuals to serve in a cohort to create a digital educational resource as an extension of Project STAND’s Archiving Student Activism Toolkit.
Resident costs covered
Participants will receive travel, lodging, and a stipend of $600.00
Syreeta Gates
Syreeta Gates, is the keynote speaker for the program. See more information about Syreeta Gates below.
Application Deadline
The deadline to submit the application for consideration is March 31st 2023. Clink the residency application button above to complete the form.
Keynote Speaker
Syreeta Gates
Creative, art collector, and archivist. Syreeta Gates is the founder of The Gates Preserve, a multimedia experience company committed to archiving and preserving hip hop culture such that it lasts forever. She produces “Yo Stay Hungry” — a live culinary competition that bridges hip hop with food and beverage, and is co-owner of Most Incredible Studio which celebrates and commemorates the artists and moments that continue to elevate and define hip-hop culture – through LEGO. She was also on the United States Season 2 of LEGO Masters as the first Black woman. She has produced 4 short films and Gates’ archival work includes research for “The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion” and “A Ballerina’s Tale.” Her feature documentary Shaping the Culture, is the history of hip-hop in print from copy machines to tweets.
Syreeta has been featured in Forbes, RedBull, Black Enterprise, and many other outlets. Her work was lauded in Elena Romero and Elizabeth Way “Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style” (2023), Tony Wagner’s, “Creating Innovators” (2015), and John Schlimm’s book, “Stand Up!: 75 Young Activists Who Rock the World, And How You Can, Too!” (2013) Gates was also highlighted in Adam Smiley Poswolsky’s “The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work.” (2016)
Syreeta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Youth Culture from Hunter College and a Master’s degree in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation from New York University. A native New Yorker, Syreeta is based in Queens, New York. #QGTM
Featured Collection
A Home Away From Home: The George A. Jackson Black Cultural Center, Exhibition, Special Collections, and University Archives, Iowa State University
Grants
In 2018 Project STAND received a $92,000 grant from IMLS. In 2021 Project STAND received a $750,000 grant from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Collection Assessments
Collections assessments received from 59 institutions.
Linear Feet
Approximately 5051 linear feet of archival material.
Institutions
Project STAND has a total membership of 89 institutions and contributors across the country
Activism Topics
There are a total of 12 student activism topics that include African American/Civil Rights, Vietnam/Anti-War, Women’s Rights, LGBTQ+, Asian American, and Latinx
Born Digital/Digitized
There are 238 collections that are born digital/digitized
Microgrants
Project STAND has given out more than $80,000 of microgrants for digitization projects at Howard, FISK, South Carolina State, Tulane, University of Colorado and Kentucky.
Years
Project STAND is now 5 years old!

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Project STAND Next General General Meeting 3/16/2023
Resources for Archivists
- Archiving Student Activisim Toolkit
- Documenting Student Activisim Without Harm
- Glossary of Studnet Activism
- Project STAND CVB