Introducing Our Community Archive On Padlet!

A Living Wall of Black Lesbian Memory

As apart of the Digital Memory Project, let’s build something together!
The Black Lesbian Archives was born from a need to gather what was always there: our stories, our resistance, our lives. This is an invitation to help build the next layer in real time.

Introducing our new community platform: [Padlet]

Padlet is a collaborative digital wall. A space where anyone can post, upload, and share memories, artifacts, and links that tell the story of Black lesbians across generations. Think of it as a mixtape, scrapbook, and zine wall rolled into one space.

The goal is to gather our stories here! Then each month, there will be a free compiled PDF file (posted here) for download and to print! So if you happen to be an archivist, want to share your own story, or share a story you came across, feel free to post it here!

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What We’re Archiving Together:

We’re especially calling in Black Lesbian Memories and materials from the late 1960s through the 1990s the decades that shaped and sharpened our collective voice. There will also be a section for the current generation of Black Lesbians to post.

Here’s what you can post:

• Photos of you or your elders from that era

• Newspaper clippings or magazine covers

• Journal entries, poems, or flyers

• Oral histories, written stories, audio clips, or mixtapes

• Web links to interviews, blog posts, or digital artifacts

• Zines, manifestos, event posters, old letters

• Fashion snapshots, house party pics, performance archives

And whatever else happens to come to mind!

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Every Week We Share

Each week, we’ll post a reflection prompt, something that was shared to the Padlet or memory capsule (if you are ready to share). You’ll be able to visit the Padlet, browse what others have shared, and add your own piece to the timeline.

This week’s prompt:
“What’s the first photo or memory you associate with Black Lesbian resistance or joy?”
Upload it, write a note, or just drop in and read.

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Here’s How to Join the Wall:

Enter Padlet: here

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This is an experiment in collective memory and radical remembering.
As we prep the next phase of the Black Lesbian Archives. Let’s bring what we carry, share and connect our stories.
Because what we archive is what we affirm.

With love, memory, and fire,
— Krü / Black Lesbian Archives