LOCATE LOCAl archives 

​Archives create space to rearrange, reimagine and reconstruct community histories. While politics exist in the acquisition of institutional archives, community members can access materials and reinterpret meanings.

• Elders are living archives

• Community centers hold community histories

• Libraries

• Oral history projects

• Family photo albums

• Community organizations

• Newspapers

• Television news archives

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• Make digital copies of images on-site, never take archival items away

• Think about how archives can support your policy narrative 

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