Crafting Memory, Building Legacy (Community Digitization Day)

Title
Crafting Memory, Building Legacy (Community Digitization Day)
Description
On November 15, 2025, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Incubator (CCCADI) and the Place, Memory & Culture Incubator (PMCI) presented a special edition of CCCADI's ongoing Sou Sou! Saturdays programming, in collaboration with The Feminist Institute, Harlem Cultural Archives, Save Harlem Now!, Maysles Documentary Center, and XFR Collective. The event included two workshops (Poster-Making Artivism Workshop led by artist and CCCADI alum Crystal Clarity and Archiving 101 led by PMCI's Lester Li and jah elyse sayers) and an all-day community digitization lab, during which members of the public digitized their personal archival materials with support from technicians (courtesy of CCCADI, The Feminist Institute, Maysles Documentary Center, PMCI, Save Harlem Now!, and XFR Collective).

About the Sou Sou! Saturdays series:
Inspired by the financial resource-sharing traditions known throughout the African Diaspora by such names as "Colecta", "Box Hand", "San", "Partna", or "Sou-Sou", this family-based art and education program reinterprets Sou Sou as an exchange of cultural resources. Sou Sou! Saturdays celebrates and honors our connections by upholding our traditions of collective growth, mindfulness, celebration, and creativity with families of all ages.
Date
2025-11-15
Creator
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)
The Place, Memory & Culture Incubator (PMCI)
Save Harlem Now!
XFR Collective
Maysles Documentary Center
The Feminist Institute
Subject
Community Engagement
Cultural Preservation
Memory

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Presentation slides: "Archiving 101" workshop
These slides guided a workshop meant to introduce participants to archiving and identify their own needs and next steps to care for their personal archives. The workshop was presented by Lester Liu and jah elyse sayers of the Place, Memory & Culture Incubator on November 15, 2025.
Harlem Neighbors
Contributor Aisha J. describes this photo as "Neighbors gathering in Harlem circa 1980s." Aisha contributed this image following the event "Crafting Memory, Building Legacy" on November 15, 2025. The image depicts four people, one of whom is "Dualeh, Somali seafarer."
Flyers for "Sou Sou! Saturdays: Crafting Memory, Building Legacy"
Crafting Memory, Building Legacy: Photo Album