Project STAND and AUC Robert Woodruff Library would like to express sincere gratitude for the additional support from Dr. Adriene Lim, Dean of the University of Maryland Libraries, for providing stipends to the fellows of the...
keondra bills freemyn is a writer and memory worker with a background in digital archives, collaborative data, Black history, social movements, and cultural production. She is founder of the Black Women Writers Project, an independent digital initiative supporting...
Project STAND and the AUC Woodruff Library will host a one-week virtual residency on September 13-17. The residency will invite six individuals to serve in a cohort to create an online educational resource as part of an Archiving Student Activism toolkit. The cohort...
Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, Black ISU students formed the Black Student Organization and began organized efforts to advocate for equitable treatment across the campus. This would take the form of protests, letters, sit-ins, and...
Digital Flowers Shout Out: An AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library x Project STAND Archival Microgrant Initiative Student organizers from BIPOC communities are often the heartbeat of social movements that lead to transformative justice, the development of spaces that...
ATLANTA, Georgia, February 22, 2021 – The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library in partnership with Project STAND has received generous funding of $750,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a three-year project: Building Capacity,...
ATLANTA, Georgia, February 22, 2021 – The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library in partnership with Project STAND has received generous funding of $750,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a three-year project: Building Capacity,...
Homophiles of Penn State records, Eberly Family Special Collections Library The Homophiles of Penn State, or HOPS, was founded in 1971. Originally called “The Other Vision: Homophiles of Penn State,” thestudent organization aimed to “change attitudes on homosexuality...
The Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters Collection, Barnard College Archives In 1968, Barnard’s black students founded The Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters (B.O.S.S.) to foster community among Barnard’s black students. It also served as a platform for combating...
STANDing in The Spotlight is a series to highlight Project STAND members and how they use the project. Bizzell Memorial Library: Photo Courtesy Oklahoma University Libraries Photo Courtesy of Oklahoma University Libraries Joined February 2019 What They are doing...