The missing stories: reclaiming history through community archives ["the missing stories: reclaiming history through community archives" is a one-week, residential summer institute for middle and high…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $120,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the South Asian American Digital Archive NFP (Saada), a non-profit organization. This one-year grant from October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024 will support a residential summer institute for middle and high school teachers that explores methods used by community archives to challenge dominant historical narratives and give voice to marginalized communities. Participants will attend workshops, presentations, and urban walking tours highlighting community stories not often found in history textbooks, and will create lesson plans empowering students to engage with non-dominant histories, work with community archive materials, and conduct oral history interviews. The grant aims to advance the humanities' mission of documenting and reflecting the diverse experiences of communities in America, contributing to a more inclusive national discourse.

The missing stories: reclaiming history through community archives ["the missing stories: reclaiming history through community archives" is a one-week, residential summer institute for middle and high school teachers that explores methods used by community archives to challenge dominant historical narratives and give voice to marginalized communities. Held at the headquarters of saada (the south asian american digital archive) in philadelphia, the institute aims to advance the larger mission of the humanities to document and reflect the experiences of diverse communities in america, contributing to a more inclusive and nuanced national discourse. Participants will attend workshops, presentations, and RE-interpretive urban walking tours that highlight community stories not often found in history textbooks. Educators will create lesson plans for students that empower them to engage with non-dominant histories, work with materials from community archives, and conduct oral history interviews.]