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@mselibrary @UVALibrary Register and learn more here: cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/14011008

Dr. Emily McGinn, DH Specialist @mselibrary and one of LifexCode’s digital mentors, will be presenting on “Snack-Sized Digital Pedagogy” with the University of Virginia Library @UVALibrary on February 21! This event is virtual, FREE, and open to the public!

@BrookeLansing @TheHuntington @SHEARites In light of this, I would like to share a GoFundMe that will aid a family who lost their Altadena home with whom I have a personal connection. Please consider donating if you are able: gofundme.com/f/support-the-…”

@BrookeLansing @TheHuntington @SHEARites And a note from Brooke: “While I am grateful that the Huntington Library remained unharmed by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, I am deeply sorrowful for those who experienced devastation in the city...

On January 17, Dr. Brooke Mai @BrookeLansing (LifexCode Project Manager) presented a paper entitled “‘Endangering the Life of the Mother: Social Implications of Medical Theories of Abortion in the 1830s” @TheHuntington in Los Angeles, CA.

@dslprojects @blkwomenradical and rebellion of its people. Read the blog post here: blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/a-da… More on After the Storm: afterthestormcollective.com More on Black Women Radicals: blackwomenradicals.com

@dslprojects @blkwomenradical Entitled “A Daughter’s Love Note: Decolonial Love Across the Greater Caribbean,” the blog interrogates the teachings of the Combahee River Collective and bell hooks to make visible Afro-Diasporic bonds across the Caribbean and bear witness to the survival, restoration...

The members of After the Storm, a collective of Black and Latinx feminists, scholars, organizers, and teachers of the Greater Caribbean & seed lab of @dslprojects, published a blog post for @blkwomenradical this week!

@remainsarchive @artbma @jmjafrx The event is free and open to the public. Read full details about the event on @artbma's website: artbma.org/event/slavery-…

@remainsarchive @artbma Each work conveys an aspect of Molia’s life through a variety of visual, poetic, and sonic mediums. The conversation will feature the Remains team (Jessica Newby, Kevin Ah-Sen, and Samantha Stephens), the artists listed above, and closing remarks by @jmjafrx.

On Jan 16 from 6:30-9 PM EST, join @remainsarchive @artbma for a conversation on Slavery in Motion, a multimedia art collection interpreting the life of Molia, an African woman and mother who was enslaved in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica in the 18th century.

Thank you to instagram.com/mellonfoundati… for believing in the work and supporting it moving forward. art: instagram.com/ancestralalche…

Guess what? Who Owns Black Data is COMING BACK!!!! WOBDII: May 15, 2025, hosted by Yale University. Learn more: wobd.blackbeyonddata.org Sponsored by Black Beyond Data Ecosystem, a Mellon-funded Black studies computational humanities and social sciences lab.

Fall 2024 Lab Notes from the Directors of LxC are live. Check out lifexcode.substack.com. Be safe this winter break.

Click here to register: artbma.org/event/slavery-… Read more at lifexcode.substack.com

the collection explores Molia’s story through lenses of motherhood, fugitivity, resistance, grief, and the relationships she built with other enslaved people. Each work conveys an aspect of Molia’s life through a variety of visual, poetic, and sonic mediums.

On January 16, 2025, from 6:30-9 PM EST, join the Remains // an Archive team at the Baltimore Museum of Art for a conversation on Slavery in Motion, a multimedia art collection interpreting the life of Molia..