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Community Collections Grants Spotlight: Documenting Bomba and Plena Musicians in the Diaspora: Los Pleneros de la 21
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2025/01/community-collections-grants-spotlight-documenting-bomba-and-plena-musicians-in-the-diaspora-los-pleneros-de-la-21/
Published: January 8, 2025 13:30
An interview with LeAna López, member of Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21), about the group’s American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant project, as part of the Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the Path initiative.
Maya Freelon Reclaims Childhood for Enslaved Children at Historic Stagville
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/12/maya-freelon-reclaims-childhood-for-enslaved-children-at-historic-stagville/
Published: December 18, 2024 15:37
This post summarizes the exhibition opening for "Whippersnappers: Recapturing, Reviewing, and Reimagining the Lives of Enslaved Children in the United States," created by Maya Freelon. Freelon is a visual artist and a 2024 Connecting Communities Digital…
Recording of CCDI’s Fall 2024 Awardee Project Celebration Now Available Online
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/12/recording-of-ccdis-fall-2024-awardee-project-celebration-now-available-online/
Published: December 5, 2024 16:36
This post summarizes presentations from CCDI's virtual Fall 2024 Awardee Project Celebration event. This event highlighted the work of CCDI's 2024 Artists/Scholars in Residence, Higher Education and Libraries, Archives and Museums awardees.
AHHA Intern Spotlight: Ava Thorpe
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/11/ahha-intern-spotlight-ava-thorpe/
Published: November 27, 2024 14:00
This is a guest post by Ava Thorpe, an intern in the AHHA program during the Fall of 2024. Transforming Education with Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: My Journey with the Library of Congress Digital Collections My name is Ava Thorpe, and I had the privilege…
Community Collections Spotlight: Indian Town: Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi) People, “We’re Still Here”
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/11/community-collections-spotlight-indian-town-bodewadmi-potawatomi-people-were-still-here/
Published: November 20, 2024 14:00
This is a guest post by Michelle and JW Newson on the 2024 American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant project, Indian Town, of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP). The American Folklife Center’s Community Collections Grant…
Community Collections Spotlight: Sustaining and Reclaiming Cultural Danzas: Los Matachines y Los Comanchitos and Passing Down Tradition in Small New Mexican Villages
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/11/community-collections-spotlight-sustaining-and-reclaiming-cultural-danzas-los-matachines-y-los-comanchitos-and-passing-down-tradition-in-small-new-mexican-villages/
Published: November 13, 2024 14:00
American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant recipient Yvette Cohn Stoor writes about her project, Sustaining and Reclaiming Cultural Danzas: Los Matechines Y Los Comanchitos, as supported through the Library’s Of the People: Widening the Path…
2024 CCDI Junior Fellow Jonathan Walton Connects Experiences of Diverse Artist Communities Through Sound
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/10/2024-ccdi-junior-fellow-jonathan-walton-connects-experiences-of-diverse-artist-communities-through-sound/
Published: October 30, 2024 14:29
In this guest post, Jonathan Walton, a Summer 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Junior Fellow, describes the process behind creating his project, "Diversity and Multiculturalism: The Interconnected Sounds of America."
Register Today for CCDI’s 2024 Awardee Project Celebration!
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/10/register-today-for-ccdis-2024-awardee-project-celebration/
Published: October 24, 2024 13:31
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) will hold its virtual Awardee Project Celebration event, featuring CCDI's 2024 award recipients, on Wednesday, November 20th at 1pm EST.
Junior Fellow Spotlight: Emily Paterson
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/10/junior-fellow-spotlight-emily-paterson/
Published: October 23, 2024 13:00
This is a guest post by Emily Paterson, a 2024 Junior Fellow who interned in the Office of the Chief Information Office’s Design Division. Exploring Image Descriptions How would you describe the image above using only your words? Maybe you would mention…
Apply to the 2025 Junior Fellows Program
https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/10/apply-to-the-2025-junior-fellows-program/
Published: October 22, 2024 12:25
The Library of Congress is seeking applicants for its next Junior Fellows Program, a summer internship held remotely and onsite from May 19 to July 25, 2025. The Junior Fellows Program is a paid, full-time internship that enables the next generation of…