Template 1 : Launch an Oral History Initiative
Launch an oral history initiative to connect community members of diverse generations within your immediate and extended communities. Archive personal stories, organizational histories, and stories pertaining to your organization’s legacy.
Template 2: Cross-Generational Personal Archiving Workshop
Host a Cross-generational Personal Archiving Workshop with users of your archives to teach community members how to properly archive physical or digital personal materials. The workshop provides the tools, knowledge, and organizational skills necessary for safekeeping personal writings, artworks, papers, and objects.
Template 3: Consciousness Raising (CR) Group
Consciousness raising (CR) groups were an integral part of the women’s liberation movement and continue to serve as a potent and effective wave for organizing, learning, and building community in LGBTQIA2+ circles. The purpose of facilitating CR groups is to bring people together in an informal setting on a weekly or biweekly basis to discuss human rights, intersectional social justice, and political topics. Forming an intersectional CR group will create bonds, connections, understanding, and knowledge pertaining to topics that require activist work across the span of many generations.
This activity was developed collaboratively with Suzette Zazueta of the Mazer Archives.
