Mapping the Black Information Future: From Archives to Artificial Intelligence, from Movement-building to Memory-work
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
12:00 - 1:30 pm PT/2:00 - 3:30 pm CT/3:00 - 4:30 pm ET
Hosted by the Center for Advances in Libraries Museums and Archives at the (Number #1 rated) University of Washington Information School.
This weekend I walked the red roads of Alberta and Boykin, AL mesmerized by the handiwork of Gee’s Bend quilters that simultaneously defy and define geometry. Each quilt serves as a cultural archive. This discussion featuring noted librarian, archivist, and historical landmark registrar Makiba Foster, Steven G Fullwood, and Jada Jones, respectively, seeks to center, decode, and encode the “Black Information Future” which moderator, Tracie D. Hall, has defined as the ability of Black people to gain equitable analog and digital access to the information and information technologies needed to achieve and sustain social agency, authorship, educational attainment, economic mobility, environmental responsiveness and stewardship, and collective well-being.
Please register here (at least 48 hours in advance) for the discussion link:
https://calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/mapping-the-black-information-future-from-archives-to-artificial-intelligence-from-movement-building-to-m
This Saturday we are taking the fight for access to our stories and culture — and support for the agencies that protect this access — to DC as we stand up for the The Library of Congress, as well as Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities.
Join us in person if you can. Let’s fill this Town Hall.
For those in other regions, tune in to the livestream.
They are fighting for a “Project”. We are fighting for #Freadom25!
The goal of tyranny is to silence us. To make us afraid to speak up against violence and injustice because we may risk our jobs or social standing…when all the time our silence is bringing us closer to losing our lives.
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This high-quality cotton with a comfort-fitted hood, matching drawstrings, and a front pocket is a dope addition to any wardrobe. Front and back design. The front has an Audre Lorde image and our Library + Reading Room info, and the back states: “Our Books And Our Lives Will Not Be Erased!” A proclamation that our lives, history and stories are not expendable. In fact, they are vital!
Created by @madredeperladesigns All proceeds continue to support our FREE community library and reading room installation and programming located at The Honeycomb Network in Humboldt Park, Chicago.
This project is in collaboration and co-creation with Tracie D. Hall of @rootworkgallery and centers banned books, or books in threat of being banned, all BIPOC authors, + Lgbtqia authored books.
FREE SHIPPING TODAY 12/2 - Sunday 12/8 for cyber Monday vibes
🔗LINK IN BIO
/litanies
#thehoneycombnetwork #litaniesforsurvival #library #readingroom #accessibleknowledge #readbannedbooks #humboldtparkchicago
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Tonight’s the last night of THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONVENTION!
Join Litanies for Survival Community Library + Reading Room at The Honeycomb Network for:
“Black + Brown Performance + Arts as Resistance”
Thursday, August 22, 6:30-8:30 pm. In person.
Description: The literary, fine, and performing arts have always been one of the most powerful means of holding political leaders accountable and calling for social change.
We invite Chicago artists and poets to come together to share music, performance, poetry, and stories in an open mic to be followed by opportunities to engage in self- and collective care.
Featuring performing artists Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, Melissa DuPrey, and Sol Cabrini.
#thehoneycombnetwork #rootworkgallery #litaniesforsurvival #bannedbooks #thepeoplesnationalconvention #Chicago #humboldtparkchicago
✨📚TONIGHT📚✨
LITANIES FOR SURVIVAL LIBRARY + READING ROOM PRESENTS:
“BUILDING A LIBERATORY LIBRARY”
Book bans targeting library materials written by and about Black, indigenous and other people of Color and the LGBTQIA communities have now reached 46 of the 50 states in the US.
This panel featuring Roy Kinsey of the Rapbrary, Danielle Mullen of Semicolon Bookstore, librarian Lani Maldonado, as well as Denise Ruiz and Tracie D. Hall, cofounders of Litanies for Survival Community Library and Reading Room, looks at how public, independent, and community co-created libraries can be tools for dialogue, resistance, and community co-created libraries can be tools for dialogue, resistance, and empowerment.
Byob is encouraged
*We will of course always offer water, coffee and tea.
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This people’s convention will be a space for our community to come together to collectively discuss the issues that impact us and our interpersonal ecosystems as well as the strategies and solutions we are and could be implementing and imagining.
Free and open to the public. Donations welcome. Attendees are invited to bring beverages or snacks to any in-person events.
*masks are always encouraged and we have them available along with hand sanitizer and hospital grade + natural plant air purifiers throughout.
See you tonight!
#thehoneycombnetwork #Litaniesforsurvival #library #readingroom #liberatorylibrary #bannedbooks #humboldtparkchicago
Join *Litanies for Survival Community Library and Reading Room* TONIGHT from 6:30-8:30 pm for:
“Building a Liberatory Library”
The first program in THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONVENTION weeklong series of offerings, Aug 19-22
With Roy Kinsey, founder of the Rapbrary; Danielle Mullen, owner of Semicolon Books; librarian Lani Maldonado; and D ‘Santina’ Ruiz and Tracie D. Hall, cofounders of Litanies for Survival Community Library and Reading Room.
Description: Book bans targeting books written by and about Black, indigenous and other people of color and the LGBTQIA communities have now reached 46 of the 50 states in the US.
This free program held on the opening night of the DNC looks at how public, independent, and community co-created libraries and bookstores can be tools for dialogue, resistance, and empowerment.
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!!!
Honeycomb Network
2659 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Hope to see you tonight!
#informationtothepeople
✨THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONVENTION✨
Litanies for Survival Community Library + Reading Room at The Honeycomb Network will host the four-day “People’s National Convention” running from August 19-22, and featuring daily in-person and online workshops and read-ins including:
📕Building a Liberatory Library 📕Black and Brown land agency 📕Cooperative Economics 📕Housing and Place keeping 📕Arts and Performance as Resistance
**In addition — the debut offering of a half-day, “Underground Library School!!”📚
8/22: IN PERSON
“Black + Brown Performance + Arts as Resistance”
Description: The literary, fine, and performing arts have always been one of the most powerful means of holding political leaders accountable and calling for social change.
On the last day of the People’s National Convention, Litanies for Survival invites Chicago artists and poets to come together to share music, performance, poetry, and stories in an open mic to be followed by opportunities to engage in self- and collective care. Featuring performing artists Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, @ugo2dachi Melissa Duprey @boomboomduprey and Sol Cabrini @solcabrini
🔗LINK IN BIO FOR FREE TICKETS!
#thehoneycombnetwork #rootworkgallery #litaniesforsurvival #bannedbooks #thepeoplesnationalconvention #Chicago #humboldtparkchicago
I’m currently out here in Seattle channeling my mom in photos for an upcoming article for the University of Washington magazine, but I’ll be back in the Chi next week for THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONVENTION!
We have four days of INCREDIBLE and INFORMATIVE free programming from August 19-22 where we will be discussing the kinds of issues that should be at the center of our collective discourse.
Please join us at one or all of the programs linked below. We will be featuring some of the greatest thinkers and doers in town:
/litanies.
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Also, I’m excited to say that Litanies for Survival will be curating a Pop-up Banned Books library for the Democratic National Convention arts-related events organized by Into Action.
There’s a special event for artists tonight and a program with banned book author George M. Johnson tomorrow.
Go for me this weekend and join me next week!!!
Also - don’t forget about The Underground Library School — a special worshop next week as well!
✨THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONVENTION✨
Litanies for Survival Community Library + Reading Room at The Honeycomb Network will host the four-day “People’s National Convention” running from August 19-22, and featuring daily in-person and online workshops and read-ins including:
📕Building a Liberatory Library 📕Black and Brown land agency 📕Cooperative Economics 📕Housing and Place keeping 📕Arts and Performance as Resistance
**In addition — the debut offering of a half-day, “Underground Library School!!”📚
Day 3: 8/21:
ONLINE “Housing and Place Keeping”
Description: One of issues that should be central to the coming election is the crisis in affordable housing and the ejection of the working class and small business from the cities and towns they helped to build.
Featuring Juliet Alejandre of @palenquelsna Tonika Johnson of @foldedmap.ig@sonofseals of @growgreaterenglewood , and Keli Stewart of @frontporchartscenter — some of the leading equitable housing and placekeeping activists in Chicago and beyond, this panel will look at the interventions being used to shine the light on redlining, gentrification, and displacement and to raise awareness of how much stronger and more vital our neighborhoods are when they are affordable and accessible to all.
🔗LINK IN BIO FOR FREE TICKETS!
#thehoneycombnetwork #rootworkgallery #litaniesforsurvival #bannedbooks #thepeoplesnationalconvention #Chicago #humboldtparkchicago
Won’t be attending the Democratic National Convention? You can still join in relevant *virtual* conversations about policy.
Please join *Litanies for Survival Community Library and Reading Room* next Wednesday, 8/21 from 6:30-8:30 pm for this timely ONLINE session as part of the Litanies for Survival’s THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONVENTION:
“Race, Space, and Justice: Affordable Housing, Neighborhood Cultural Preservation, and Place-Keeping as National Policy Concerns”
6:30-8:30 pm. Virtual Program
Description: One of the issues that should be central to the coming election is the crisis in affordable housing and the ejection of the working class and small business from the cities and towns they helped to build.
Featuring Juliet De Jesus Alejandre, Tonika Lewis Johnson, Anton Seals Jr., and Keli Stewart — some of the leading equitable housing, culture keepers, and placekeeping activists in Chicago and beyond, this panel will look at the interventions being used to shine the light on redlining, gentrification, and displacement and to raise awareness of how much stronger and more vital our neighborhoods are when they are accessible to all.
Register to join us online at:
/schedule.php?owner=24545497&appointmentType=66759283
Free and Open to All!
Curated by The Honeycomb Network and the now mobile Rootwork Gallery find all of the Litanies for Survival Programs during the DNC at /litanies.
Join us for an immersive literary experience led by George M. Johnson, the award-winning Black Non-Binary writer, author, and executive producer known for their groundbreaking New York Times bestselling memoir, All Boys Aren’t Blue!
The liberatory learning space is co-curated by The Honeycomb Network and Rootwork Gallery. In a time of escalating book censorship, this space stands as a beacon of resistance, cultivating community learning, expanding language, and fostering cultural exchange in Chicago. RSVP at IntoAction2024.com/books!
#Artivism #DemocraticNationalConvention #ChangeMakers #ChicagoDemocraticNationalConvention #ChicagoArtists #ChicagoCreatives #Activism #DNCChicago #ChicagoArtShow #ChicagoArtInstallation #georgemjohnson #bannedbooks
