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.
What's Happening Now
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New Blueprint Podcast Episode featuring Manuel Mendez, Chair DC Afrolatino Caucus
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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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!
Project STAND News
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We welcome Morgan Gieringer, University of North Texas's Head of Special Collections who just joined Project STAND!
We welcome Crystal Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University's Community Collections Processing Archivist, who just joined Project STAND!
Project STAND Next General General Meeting 12/15/2022
Resources for Archivists
- Archiving Student Activisim Toolkit
- Documenting Student Activisim Without Harm
- Glossary of Studnet Activism
- Project STAND CVB
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