Olivia Hewang: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day

About

The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) supports and provides resources to individuals and institutions who use Library digital materials to create projects that center communities of color. As a part of this work, Olivia created a guide to help present day Asian American activists and artists draw connections to a history of Asian American activism in the 1960s and 70s. The guide highlights interracial solidarity and empowers artists and activists to take inspiration from and remix historical materials in their work. Beginning in the late 1960s, Asian Americans emerged as a pan ethnic identity group that was experiencing a political awakening. This movement was highly intersectional in nature, as Asian American activists often aligned themselves with other "Third World" people of color in order to resist oppression and racism together. Instances of interracial solidarity highlighted in the guide include the Third World Liberation Front strikes for ethnic studies and the Delano Grape Strike. As part of the guide, Olivia compiled an extensive list of resources on her topic, bringing Library collections into conversation with external archives. Olivia hopes that her guide will help Asian Americans feel connected to a history of activism and will provide insight into finding and using Asian American materials in the Library's Digital Collections.

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Language

English

Country

United States

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