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The role of oral traditions within marginalized societies and their validity within archives - Myra Khan

Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We continue this semester’s CDA blog with a submission from Myra Khan, our amazing student archivist who is currently a senior at Arizon...

Untold History: Filipino Movement and Cesar Chavez - Denise Mosso Ruiz

Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We continue this semester’s CDA blog with a submission from Denise Mosso Ruiz, another one of our amazing student archivists on the CDA ...

Community-Driven Archives Initiative's statement on Asian Americans Pacific Islander (AAPI) Violence

The Community-Driven Archives Initiative team stands in solidarity with the Asian Pacific American community in light of the horrific murder of eight individuals by a mass shooter on March 16th. We mo...

Tutnese: The lost language of the enslaved- Elise Daniells

Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We continue this semester’s CDA blog with a submission from Elise Daniells, one of our amazing student archivists on the CDA team who is...

Love in all forms - Myra Khan

Welcome back to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and we hope 2021 will be a great year for everyone. We start this semester’s CDA blog ...

Happy Holidays from the Community-Driven Archives Initiative - Denise Mosso Ruiz

*Note - The Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog will be on hiatus until February 2021* CDA will like to wish everyone Happy Holidays, and that everyone enjoys a safe social distance holid...

Reflection of event "CDA Virtual Kids Camp" - Denise Mosso Ruiz

In the second week of August 2020, I hosted a three-day event, hosting a workshop per day which was called “ CDA Virtual Kids Camp”. Day 1 consisted of story time where the children’s picture book “Ju...

Reflection of event “Family Legacies, Imagined and Remembered” with Desert Diwata - Myra Khan

Last week, I co-facilitated a family photo and memory workshop entitled “Family Legacies, Imagined and Remembered” with the wonderful steering committee of Desert Diwata. The first half of the event c...

Happy Halloween from the Community-Driven Archives Initiative - Elise Daniells

This Halloween will certainly be a different Halloween than previous years. Thankfully, social distancing and safety protocols will protect many from exposure to Covid-19, but unfortunately, it will t...