Art & activism in solidarity with Black and Indigenous communities through reading & bookmaking #SolidarityBook | Directed by Sonya Clark (@syclarkart)
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Our new website is live!
We’ll be growing and sharing more of the website over the next few weeks. Come check it out!
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We carefully tried to corral (not snatch!) the edges of #BlackDH— not edges like marginal, but edges like coastline, the electricity in finding new links & nodes: "data driven" installation art fr @thistimeitsmimi, a community book arts project fr Sonya Clark's @SolidarityBook +
ALT Fr https://www.thecommononline.org/solidarity-book-project/
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Solidarity Book Project (@solidaritybook), a collaborative art project supporting access to books for Black and Indigenous communities, directed by @syclarkart and reviewed by Zanice Bond #ReviewsInDH reviewsindh.pubpub.org/pub/s…
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In 2021, @SolidarityBook invited Amherst and beyond to combine solidarity with art. Created by Prof. @syclarkart '89, the project raised $100K from the College for orgs that support Black and Indigenous communities.
A look back at this #Amherst200 anti-racism effort. Thread ⬇️
ALT In a semicircular shelf display, solidarity books are showcased, the iconic fists of solidarity sculpted into the edges of their pages. One particular book, in the center of the photo, shows a rainbow solidarity book, in solidarity with LGBTQ+ people.
Here are the last 3 nonprofits that
are recipients of the funds you helped raise with your
participation in this project! @TomaquagMuseum, @UNCF, and the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project. We could not be happier to support these organizations!
The Monument is slowly coming down, book by book. Half your books will be mailed back to you, the other half will live in the Amherst Archives & Special Collections. But the project is not over!
Visit: solidaritybookproject.org/st…
to read more about how you can start your own SBP!
Today we are featuring the next three of
the nine nonprofits that will be recipients of some of
the funds that you helped raise. These nonprofits embody what the SBP is all about: supporting Black and Indigenous communities through education and art!
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The Solidarity Book Project mourns the
passing of our newest cultural ancestor, bell hooks.
Thank you to those who acknowledged her work in
thinking through our project.
Book sculpted by Rage Hezekiah.
Rest in power, bell hooks.
The Solidarity Book Project mourns the
passing of our newest cultural ancestor, bell hooks.
Thank you to those who acknowledged her work in
thinking through our project.
Book sculpted by Rage Hezekiah.
Rest in power, bell hooks.
Today we are featuring 3 of the 9 nonprofits that will be recipients of some of the funds that you helped raise! American Indian College Fund, Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, and Gedakina
Read more or find out how to donate at: solidaritybookproject.org/gi…
Have you visited our website yet? Andrew Smith, the Creative Developer and Digital Designer for the Solidarity Book Project, has been hard at work archiving all aspects of the project for you to experience virtually! Take a look! Link in bio
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Over the past year, I’ve been working on an amazing effort with the @SolidarityBook Project team!
I designed our website, which is an archive of all of the work & community participation that’s gone into the project
Check it out solidaritybookproject.org
Our website is live! Check out this page of #SolidarityReflections! In our first call to action, we asked what solidarity meant to you and you responded with these beautiful reflections .
Keep checking back in as we will be adding to this website over the next few weeks.
We are distributing $100k amongst nine nonprofits that YOU nominated and that align with the mission of the project.
All of these organizations serve Black and Indigenous communities with a focus on education and book knowledge. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE!
Exciting things are happening! Although the Monument will soon come down, this project lives on! Next week is a big week.
Last Friday was the closing reception for the Solidarity Book Project! This event featured student, faculty, staff, and alumni speakers who addressed topics from student activism to double dutch to the relationship between art and institutions. Thank you to everyone who came out!
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The brilliant mind behind @coloursofus, Svenja Gernand, has put together a fab #booklist for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth including books by @KidLitTV_NYC Alum, @tracisorell.
Watch Traci on #StoryMakers: kidlit.tv/TraciSorellStoryMa…
& check out the booklist: coloursofus.com/32-native-am…
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Diverse book champ @biracialbooks has put together her top recommendations for #kidlit by Native American & First Nations authors & illust to read aloud & spark conversation w/young readers for #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: kidlit.tv/10-childrens-books… @ltldrum @CaroleLindstrom @NivaXelena
Calling all @AmherstCollege students, faculty, and staff! This Friday we will be celebrating the closing of the Solidarity Book Project, come join us!
