| Dates: | 1989-2016, bulk dates: 2003-2016 |
| Size: | 18 linear feet in 28 boxes, (2 oversize folders, 34 artifacts, 8 VHS recordings, 5 DVDs, 68 physical photographs, 26.1 GB of born digital material including 4795 digital photographs) |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-c00034 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Donated by Mariame Kaba, 2016. Photograph accrual, donated by Sarah-Ji, 2017. |
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| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Mariame Kaba Papers, [Box #, Folder #, Photograph #, Artifact #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Accessioned by Michelle McCoy, 2016. Grant-funded processing by Erin Glasco, 2021. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2021 |
Abstract
Mariame Kaba works as a community-based organizer and educator with a focus on violence against women and girls, the prison system and youth leadership development. During her time in the Chicago area, Kaba actively worked with Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA), Chicago Freedom School (CFS), Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls and Young Women, Girl Talk, Project NIA, Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team (RP YWAT) and We Charge Genocide. Her papers contain documents, photographs and video of programs and initiatives undertaken by these organizations.
Biographical/Historical
Mariame Kaba (1971-) is an author, community organizer, curator, educator and librarian. The focus of her social justice work includes the abolition of police and prisons, the prison industrial complex, transformative justice, violence against women and girls, and youth-led organizing and leadership development.
Originally from New York City, Kaba studied sociology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada; the City College of New York; and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. In 1995, Kaba moved to Chicago where she was instrumental in the formation of several organizations. Among the earliest initiatives was the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT) that began in 1995. This youth-led and adult-supported social change project empowered young women to take action on issues such as street harassment and violence against women.
Kaba also participated in the development of several other projects between 1990 and 2010. The Chicago Freedom School (CFS) opened in 2007 as a training ground for young people based on the model of the Freedom School that operated in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. The Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls and Young Women (Taskforce) was founded in 2009 to develop approaches to ending violence against girls and young women through public policy, education, and media advocacy. Kaba launched her organization, Project NIA, in 2009. In Swahili, “nia” means “with purpose,” and the purpose of this grassroots organization is to end the arrest, detention, and incarceration of children and young adults by promoting restorative and transformative justice practices. In 2010, Kaba became involved with efforts to relaunch Girl Talk, a volunteer collaboration between the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law and the Chicago Women’s Health Center that originated in 1993. The organization supported programs for girls, ages 12-17, who were detained in the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center (JTDC). In 2003, the program was extended to alternative schools with at-risk young people.
In September 2013, Project NIA held a teach-in about Marissa Alexander, a Black woman who was incarcerated for protecting her family from her abusive husband. As a result of the session, several attendees of that teach-in, launched the Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA). For the next three years, CAFMA worked to call attention to Alexander’s situation and to demand her release from prison.
By 2014, the call to address other voices of those most affected by police violence in Chicago led to the formation of We Charge Genocide (WCG), an inter-generational group of Chicago residents that included Kaba. WCG actions targeted racial profiling, police shootings and reparations for cases of police abuse.
In addition to her organizational activities, Kaba worked as a program officer for education and youth development at the Steans Family Foundation; taught high school and college students in New York and Chicago; and developed and facilitated workshops on violence against women and girls, transformative justice and youth leadership. In 2016, Kaba moved back to New York City.
Kaba has received several honors and awards for her work, including the 2016 SOROS Justice Fellowship, 2017 Peace Award by War Resisters League, Essence Magazine 2018 #Woke100, 2019 Morton Deutsch Awards for Social Justice, and the 2020 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship.
Kaba authored and co-authored several books: Lifting as They Climbed: Mapping the Histories of Black Women on Chicago’s South Side with Essence McDowell (2017), Missing Daddy, illustrated by bria royal (2018), Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators, with Shira Hassan (2019), and We Do This ‘Til We Free Us (2021).
Biographical/Historical
Sarah-Ji, fellow activist and close associate of Mariame Kaba, created the bulk of the photography that accompanies the actions and events in this collection. In her own words:
Sarah-Ji is a queer Korean mama, organizer, and photographer who has been documenting freedom struggles in Chicago since 2010. She is a member of Love & Protect, an abolitionist collective that supports women and gender non-conforming/non-binary people of color who have been criminalized or harmed by state or interpersonal violence. Sarah-Ji intentionally focuses her documentation work on everyday people imagining and building a world rooted in love and justice and care, a world where we don't need prisons and police. She hopes that these images of resistance and reimagination will plant seeds in others to join in the work towards an abolitionist horizon and collective liberation.
Scope and Contents
Mariame Kaba’s papers offer a comprehensive picture of Kaba’s work in activism and grassroots organizing during her time in Chicago from 1995-2016. This collection documents the initiatives, political actions, protests, and programs undertaken by the organizations in which she participated. The collection contains a wide range of materials related to the administration, planning, and activities of the organizations documented including artwork, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, grant proposals, research files, curriculums, news clippings, reports, programs, and various audiovisual formats, including CD-ROMs, DVDs, VHS tapes and MP3s. Kaba’s activities are enhanced by the physical and born-digital photographs taken by Sarah-Ji and others.
Arrangement
Kaba’s papers are arranged alphabetically by organization and by material type into the following nine series:
- Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1989-2016
- Series 2: Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA), 2013-2016
- Series 3: Chicago Freedom School (CFS), 1991-2016, undated
- Series 4: Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls and Young Women (Taskforce), 1989-2012
- Series 5: Girl Talk, 2001-2006, undated
- Series 6: Project NIA, 1999-2016, undated
- Series 7: Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team, 1995-2013, undated
- Series 8: We Charge Genocide, 2013-2016
- Series 9: Social Justice Projects, 2012-2016
Separations
The Mariame Kaba Papers included three book publications. These have been cataloged and are available for use in the Special Collections Reading Room.
- Art Against the Law, edited by Rebecca Zorach, Chicago Social Practice History Series, Chicago: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014. (Mariame Kaba’s chapter, pp. 141-143) N72.S6 A7193 2014
- The Feminist Utopia Project: Fifty-seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future, edited by Alexandra Brodsky and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, New York: The Feminist Press, 2015. (Mariame Kaba’s chapter, pp. 81-89) HQ 1155 F4488 2015
- Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories, edited by Juliette Harris and Pamela Johnson, New York: Pocket Books, 2001. (Mariame Kaba’s chapter, pp. 102-108) PS509.H28 T46 2001
Subject Headings
- Marissa Alexander
- Black Lives Matter Movement
- Rekia Boyd
- Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander
- Chicago Freedom School
- Chicago (Ill.). Police Department
- Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls and Young Women
- Defund Police
- Emanuel, Rahm, 1959-
- Family violence
- Girl Talk
- Imprisonment
- Intimate partner violence
- Juvenile corrections
- Kaba, Mariame
- Police brutality--United States -- Chicago
- Prison abolition movements
- Prison-industrial complex
- Project NIA
- Restorative justice
- Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team
- #SayHerName
- Transformative Justice
- We Charge Genocide
- Women’s health services
Related Collections
Women and Girls Collective Action Network (WGCAN)
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1989-2016
Scope and Contents
Mariame Kaba worked as a community organizer, speaker, and educator in Chicago from 1995 until she returned to her hometown of New York City in 2016. Series 1 includes her awards, the community events and conferences she attended or helped to organize, meeting records, research, publications, speaking engagements and writings. This series also includes her 1994 master’s thesis, The Significance of Hair in the African-American Community in Box 3, Folder 3.
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by subject or type of activity.
| Box 23 | Artifact 2020.51 | AMI Infinity School of Chicago – North, plaque, 2003 |
| Box 25 | Folder 1 | Atkinson, Kristen, Mariame Kaba, Jacob Klippenstein, Eva Nagao, and Mary Scott-Boria, “C is for Civil Rights” Children’s Book Club, Area Chicago #14, 2014 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Awards and recognitions, various, 2005-2014 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | The $2 Billion Question: Can Illinois Improve Public Safety and Spend Less on Incarceration? conference materials, 2014 March 31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Catone, Keith, “Education for Liberation,” Voices in Urban Education, 2012 |
| Box 23 | Artifact 2020.53 | Chicago Foundation for Women Impact Award, plaque, 2014 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Children and Domestic Violence, workshop materials, 2002 August 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Continuing education and certifications, 2001-2015 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Domestic violence, 2003-2007 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Emerging Issues in Teen Dating Violence, training materials, 2002 October 16 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | For The People Artists Collective and The Chicago Childcare Collective, Color Me Rising: A 2015 Radical Coloring Book, 2015 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | Hereth, Jane and Mariame Kaba, Erica R. Meiners, and Lewis Wallace “Restorative Justice is Not Enough: School-Based Interventions in The Carceral State,” Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline, 2012 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Illinois Juvenile Justice Research Consortium Forum, conference materials, 2014 February 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Johnson, Pamela, “Tenderheaded: A Comb Bending Hair Story,” Ms. Magazine, 2000 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Joining Hands, Healing Hearts, conference materials, 2012 October 10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Kaba, Mariame Adventures in Youth Work, zine, 2004 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Kaba, Mariame, Laura Scott, Negress, San Quentin Prisoner #23187, zine, 2012 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | Kaba, Mariame, Prison Culture Blog, excerpts, 2015 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Kaba, Mariame, “The Significance of Hair in the African-American Community,” master’s thesis, 1994 November 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Kaba, Mariame, “Still Not Free; Working with Girls in Conflict with the Law,” Girls in Justice by Richard Ross, 2015 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Kaba, Mariame and Erica R. Meiners, “Arresting the Carceral State,” Class Action: An Activist Teacher’s Handbook, 2014 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Kaba, Mariame, Melissa Spatz and Michelle VanNatta, Status of Girls in Illinois, 2009 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Kaba, Mariame and Michelle VanNatta, Violence Against Women, 2007 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Organizing for Liberation: Training Students for Change, conference materials, 1993 October 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Payne, Charles and Mariame Kaba, “So Much Reform, So Little Change,” Social Policy, 2007 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Published articles and opinions, 1989-2000 |
| Box 25 | Folder 1 | Published articles and opinions, 1991-1995 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Race Matters, training materials, circa 2002 |
| Box 26 | Folder 1 | Recess in Schools Task Force Member, 2011 September 27 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Reconnecting to Our Communities in the 21st Century, workshop guide, circa 2004 |
| Box 23 | Artifact 2020.52 | Sheer Change: Sexuality Health Education to End Rape, plaque, 2012 March 29 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Speaking engagements, programs, 1996-2016 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Stearns Family Foundation, brochure, 2007-2008 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Umoja University, conference materials and CD-ROM, 2009 July 27 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations Collective Advocacy Team, training materials, 2012 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Violence Against Women of Color, training materials, 2003 February 4 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Violence and teen dating, research files, 2000-2005 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Workshop notes and facilitation guide, circa 2004 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Young Women’s Empowerment Project, board of director’s meeting materials, 2004 |
Series 2: Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA), 2013-2016
Biographical/Historical
Marissa Alexander, a Black woman who was a victim of domestic violence, was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon when attempting to defend herself from her abuser in May 2012. In September 2013, Kaba’s Project NIA held a teach-in about Alexander’s case and several of the attendees of that teach-in subsequently launched the Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA). CAFMA was a volunteer-run grassroots effort to raise awareness and funds to support Alexander’s legal defense. In 2015, Marissa Alexander took a plea deal, and was ultimately released from confinement a few years later. After Alexander’s plea deal, CAFMA transitioned to another organization called Love & Protect. The mission of Love & Protect is to support women and gender non-conforming/non-binary people of color who are criminalized or harmed by state and interpersonal violence.
Scope and Contents
Series 2 includes administrative files, photographs, research and zines related to advocacy for Marisa Alexander, domestic violence and the criminal justice system.
Arrangement
Series 2 is organized into 4 subseries:
- Subseries A: Administrative Files, 2013-2015
- Subseries B: Events and Programs, 2013-2016
- Subseries C: Promotional Materials and Zines, 2013-2015
- Subseries D: Photographs, 2013-2015
Subseries A: Administrative Files, 2013-2015
Scope and Contents
Subseries A contains meeting agendas, meeting minutes, meeting attendance rosters and press releases. Subseries A contains electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically.
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Chicago Marissa Alexander Defense Committee, member lists, 2013-2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Meeting materials, 2014-2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Press releases, 2013 |
Series 2: Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA), 2013-2016
Subseries B: Events and Programs, 2013-2016
Scope and Contents
Subseries B contains information sheets, flyers and pamphlets that detail some of the programs and events associated with CAFMA. This subseries also contains programs and marketing materials for an exhibit co-organized by CAFMA titled, No Selves to Defend. Subseries B contains physical and electronic files. Photographs for the exhibit can be found in Subseries D.
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically action name.
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Campaigns for Marissa Alexander, event materials, 2014-2016 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Campaigns for Marissa Alexander, fundraising materials and flyers, 2013-2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Campaigns for Marissa Alexander, rally flyers, 2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | No Selves to Defend, call for art, interviews, posters, teach-in materials and zines for exhibition, 2014 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | No Selves to Defend, flyer and 3 photographs, 2014 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | No Selves to Defend, poetry zine, 2014 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | No Selves to Defend, teach-in materials, 2013 September 14 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | No Selves to Defend, zine, 2014 |
Series 2: Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA), 2013-2016
Subseries C: Promotional Materials and Zines, 2013-2015
Scope and Contents
Subseries C contains visual artwork made in support of Alexander including a banner, patches, buttons, a t-shirt, and zines. The subseries also contains promotional materials used by CAFMA. Subseries C contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | “A Support Zine for Marissa Alexander,” zine, 2013 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | “A Support Zine for Marissa Alexander,” zine, 2013 |
| Box 26 | Folder 3 | Affiliated campaign posters (9), circa 2013-2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Art and flyers associated with the campaign, 2013-2015 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Free Marissa Alexander, banner, circa 2013-2014 | |
| Box 26 | Artifacts 2020.57-2020.59 | #Free Marissa, 3 buttons, circa 2014 |
| Box 27 | Artifact 2020.60 | #FreeMarissa, t-shirt, circa 2014 |
| Box 26 | Folder 2 | I Am Marissa, patches, circa 2013-2014 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | “Praise for Black Women,” poem by Malcolm London, 2013 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Promotional materials, 2013-2015 |
Series 2: Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA), 2013-2016
Subseries D: Photographs, 2013-2015
Scope and Contents
Subseries D contains born digital photographs of various CAFMA events including potlucks, teach-ins, fundraisers and exhibitions. Subseries D contains physical and electronic files. The bulk of the photographs were taken by Sarah-Ji.
Arrangement
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by action or event.
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA), 19 photographs, 2013-2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 13 | Criminalization of Self Defense Panel at INCITE’s Color of Violence 4 Conference, 21 photographs, 2015 March 26 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | How Much Longer? – A Dance Party Fundraiser for Marissa Alexander, 43 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 December 14 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 11 | A Long Walk Home’s 2nd Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month Walk, 71 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 October 18 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | No Selves to Defend, exhibit opening, 48 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 July 18 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | No Selves to Defend, exhibit opening with community members holding Prison is Not Feminist sign, 79 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 July 18 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 7 | No Selves to Defend, No Rights to Respect, discussions and Marissa Alexander birthday event, 12 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 September 14 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 8 | No Selves to Defend, No Rights to Respect, discussions, 15 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 September 14 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 10 | No Selves to Defend, closing reception, 28 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 September 26 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 9 | No Selves to Defend, closing reception photo booth, 22 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 September 26 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 5 | Pre-trial rally for Marissa Alexander, 56 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 July 26 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 6 | Selfies for Self Defense, community gathering in support of Marissa Alexander, 41 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 July 26 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 12 | Where Do We Go From Here? discussion, 20 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 December 12 |
Series 3: Chicago Freedom School (CFS), 1991-2016, undated
Biographical/Historical
Founded in 2007, the mission of the Chicago Freedom School (CFS) is to create new generations of critical and independent-thinking young people through training, educational, and leadership opportunities. The original freedom schools that operated in Mississippi in the 1960s inspired the formation and planning of the Chicago Freedom School.
Scope and Contents
Series 3 includes administrative and planning materials, curriculums, photographs and research related to the creation of Chicago Freedom School and its programs.
Arrangement
Series 3 is organized into 3 subseries:
- Subseries A: Administrative Files, 1991-2014
- Subseries B: Curriculums and Programs, 2004-2016
- Subseries C: Artifacts, Audiovisual Materials and Photographs, 2006-2014, undated
Subseries A: Administrative Files, 1991-2014
Scope and Contents
Subseries A contains director’s files, research files, grant proposals, general administrative information, and financial records. Subseries A contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | Alumni Evaluation Project, summary, 2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Annual report, 2008 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Assessments, evaluations and surveys, 2006-2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Board of Directors, biographies, board manual, e-mails, meeting agendas and minutes, and revenue and budget plans, 2005-2009 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | Board of Directors, meeting packet, 2009 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | Board of Directors, meeting packet, 2010 April 14 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | Board of Directors, meeting packet, 2011 January 18 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Board of Directors, retreat, 2010 January 24 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Budget reports, disbursement information, income statements and invoices, 2005-2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 23 | Building Multiracial/Multi-Ethic Social Justice Movements, training biographies and questionnaire, 2008 May 30 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 5 | Calendars and timelines, 2005-2007 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Correspondence and fundraiser information, 2008-2013 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 6 | Databases and organizational assessments, 2007-2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 7 | Logistical information, 2005-2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 8 | Committee agendas and notes, includes the Advisory, Board Development, Logistics, Fundraising, Finance, Marketing, Program, Research Evaluation, Library and Archives (REAL), and Youth committees, 2005-2009 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 9 | Concept papers and reports, 2005-2009 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 10 | Correspondence, 2005-2009 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 11 | Development plans, 2008 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Evaluation instruments, reports and CD-ROM, 2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 12 | Forms, administrative, 2005-2007 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Fundraiser, Dessert-A-Palooza, correspondence and flyer, 2010 May 15 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 13 | Fundraising and grant materials, 2006-2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 14 | Goals and strategic planning materials, 2005-2011 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Initial planning materials, 2004-2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 15 | Marketing and planning materials, 2005-2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 16 | Meeting agendas and notes, general, 2004-2009 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Newsletters, 2006-2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 17 | Newsletters, 2006-2007 |
| Box 25 | Folder 2 | News clippings, 2006-2007 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | News clippings, 2007-2009 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 18 | News clippings, 2007-2009 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 19 | Organizational materials, 2004-2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 20 | Planning materials, 2005-2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 21 | Planning resources, 2006-2010 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Program Committee, meeting agendas and notes, 2006-2007 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | Promotional materials, circa 2007-2008 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Research, “Mississippi Freedom Schools” Radical Teacher, 1991 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Research, Freedom schools and youth organizing, circa 1995-2005 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Research, Organizational structures, circa 2004-2007 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Research, Evaluation, Archives and Library (REAL) committee meeting agendas and resources, 2009-2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 22 | Staffing materials and job descriptions, 2006-2008 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 24 | Work plans, 2005-2007 |
Series 3: Chicago Freedom School (CFS), 1991-2016, undated
Subseries B: Curriculums and Programs, 2004-2016
Scope and Contents
Subseries B contains materials from programs and events held by Chicago Freedom School (CFS) as well as curriculum, training, and workshop materials used by CFS personnel. Subseries B contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by program name or topic.
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Adultism, evaluations and attendance, training, 2008-2009 |
| Electronic Folder | Folder 5 | Anti-Oppression Institute, training materials and questions, 2007 |
| Electronic Folder | Folder 2 | Civil Rights Institute, curriculum resources and job descriptions, 2006-2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Events, planning materials and press releases, 2005-2008 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Events, programs and brochures, 2007-2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 6 | Freedom Fellowship, program applications and overview, 2008-2009 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Freedom Fellowship, program brochures and application, 2007-2016 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | The Freedom School Curriculum: Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964, curriculum, 2004 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | People Make Movements: Lessons from Freedom Summer, curriculum, 2006 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Social Justice Mentors, program planning, 2006-2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Summer programming, course descriptions and planning, 2006-2007 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Teaching About the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools, curriculum, circa 2006 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Youth Leaders for Justice, roster, testimonies and workshop agenda, 2015 May 30 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Youth Workshop with Kathy Emery, workshop, 2006 June 16 |
Series 3: Chicago Freedom School (CFS), 1991-2016, undated
Subseries C: Artifacts, Audiovisual Materials and Photographs, 2006-2014, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries C contains photographs from various events, including programs, fundraisers, and celebrations. The subseries also contains small number of physical photographs. The subseries also includes audiovisual materials and photographs in electronic format as well as ephemera related to CFS. Subseries C contains physical and electronic files. Sarah-Ji and Warren Frank took the bulk of the photographs.
Arrangement
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically.
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Chicago Freedom School, 6th Anniversary Celebration, 55 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 June 6 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Chicago Freedom School, Annual Moments of Justice benefit, 33 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 November 15 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 5 | Chicago Freedom School, Annual Moments of Justice benefit, 36 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 November 6 |
| Box 26 | Artifacts 2020.62-2020.63 | Chicago Freedom School, buttons, undated |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Chicago Freedom School, opening event, 122 photographs by Warren Frank, 2007 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | Chicago Freedom School, 2 photographs, undated |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Chicago Freedom School, promotional video, 2006 |
| Box 27 | Artifact 2020.61 | Chicago Freedom School, t-shirt, undated |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Cries of the Youth video, 2008 |
Series 4: Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls and Young Women (Taskforce), 1989-2012
Biographical/Historical
Founded in 2009, the Taskforce worked with a coalition of diverse organizations to develop approaches to ending violence against girls and young women through public policy, education, and media advocacy.
Scope and Contents
Series 4 contains planning and administrative files, research files, roundtable information, and documentation related to the Center for Emerging Leadership, a project dedicated to the development of youth-led and intergenerational progressive social justice project and organizations.
Arrangement
Series 4 is arranged alphabetically by name or topic.
| Box 5 | Folder 29 | American Association of University Women, grant application and correspondence, 2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | Center for Emerging Leadership, budgeting workshop roster, circa 2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Center for Emerging Leadership, concept papers, 2010-2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | Center for Emerging Leadership, funding research, 2010 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | Center for Emerging Leadership, funding workshop materials, 2011 September 22 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | Center for Emerging Leadership, organizational chart, circa 2010 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Center for Emerging Leadership, research articles, 1989-2002 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | Center for Emerging Leadership, survey results and financial statement, 2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 25 | Chicago Foundation for Women, grant application and correspondence, 2010-2011 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | City of Chicago Domestic Violence Advocacy Coordinating Council, meeting, 2011 February 10 |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | Community ally response sheet, 2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues, meeting information and occasional paper, 2006-2010 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 | Crime and Incarceration Among Girls and Young Women in Illinois and Chicago, roundtable, 2010 |
| Box 5 | Folder 23 | Cudahy Fund, grant correspondence, 2010 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | Domestic violence prevention, research files, 2003-2009 |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | Domestic Violence Summit Series, conference, 2009 November 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 30 | Dreihaus Foundation, grant correspondence, 2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 26 | Field Foundation, grant application and correspondence, 2010-2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Financial statements, 2010 |
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | Fiscal sponsorship letter, 2010 January 13 |
| Box 5 | Folder 24 | Fry Foundation, grant application and correspondence, 2010 |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | Girls’ Thinktank, circa 2012 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Human Trafficking: Strategies and Solutions, program, 2011 April 14 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Kaba, Mariame, Melissa Spatz and Michelle VanNatta, Status of Girls in Illinois, 2009 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Meeting and planning materials, 2009-2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 31 | Michael Reese Health Trust, grant correspondence, 2011 |
| Box 5 | Folder 27 | Open Meadows Foundation, grant application and correspondence 2010-2011 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Program planning, 2012 |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 | Reproductive Justice and Violence Against Girls, roundtable, 2010 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | Sexual violence, research files, 2010 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 | Sexual Violence in the Lives of Girls and Young Women, roundtable, 2010 January 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 28 | TJX Foundation, grant application and correspondence 2010-2011 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | Truth About Violence Against Girls meeting, agenda, attendance roster and surveys, 2009 October 22 |
| Box 5 | Folder 32 | Verizon Foundation, grant correspondence, 2011 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 | Violence and Education, roundtable, 2010 May 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Women and Girls and Sexuality: Health and Harms, conference, 2010 October 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | Women and violence, research files, circa 1996-circa mid-2000s |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | Young women, research files, circa 2000-2008 |
Series 5: Girl Talk, 2001-2006, undated
Biographical/Historical
Girl Talk began in 1993 as a volunteer collaboration between the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law and the Chicago Women’s Health Center. Girl Talk was a volunteer-supported program for girls, ages 12-17, who were detained in the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center (JTDC). Girl Talk began as an 8-week pilot program and quickly grew into a weekly, year-round program. In 2003, the program was extended to alternative schools with at-risk young people, including the Healy School, a Chicago Public School specifically targeted to formerly incarcerated students. Girl Talk ended in 2005.
Scope and Contents
Series 5 includes grant proposals and financial reports, and materials from programs and events held by Girl Talk. Efforts were made to revive Girl Talk in 2010-2011. Kaba filed the later Girl Talk files with Project NIA and these can be found in Subseries B: Affiliated Organizations and Initiatives.
Arrangement
Series 5 is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
| Box 6 | Folder 15 | Advertising and outreach, 2004-2005 |
| Box 6 | Folder 16 | Center for Young Women’s Development, handbook, 2002 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | Chicago Foundation for Women, grant correspondence and proposals, 2002-2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Crossroads Fund, grant correspondence and reports 2003-2004 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Director’s files (1 of 2), 2001-2004 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Director’s files (2 of 2), 2004-2005 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Employment Program, proposal, 2005 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Evaluation forms, 2003-2004 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Financial reports, (1 of 2), 2003-2006 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Financial reports, (2 of 2), 2003-2006 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Funding Exchange, grant application and correspondence, 2002-2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 | Girl Talk and Chicago Women’s Health Center, newsletters, 2005 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Girls Best Friend Foundation, grant correspondence and reports, 2005-2006 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | Healy School, Girls’ program, (1 of 2), 2003-2004 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | Healy School, Girls’ program, (2 of 2), 2003-2004 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | If the Caterpillar Only Knew, conference materials, 2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Illinois Arts Council, grant materials, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Job descriptions, circa 2003-circa 2005 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Leadership Group, writings, 2004 November 12 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | March for Women’s Lives, articles, planning materials and photographs, 2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | MacArthur Foundation, grant proposal, and reports, 2003-2006 |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Meeting agendas and minutes, 2003-2005 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Partner meetings, notes, 2003-2005 |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | Programs, various, 2003-2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Retreat, agendas and reports, 2003-2004 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Roundtable for Women in Prison Conference, program materials, 2004 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Statistics and youth incarceration information, circa 2003 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Talk-Out – Outside my Window, program and flyer, 2004 December 17 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | Tides Center, administrative files, 2003-2006 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | Top of the Pyramid, programs, 2004 February 25 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | Youth incarceration, articles and resources, 2003-2004 |
Series 6: Project NIA, 1999-2016, undated
Biographical/Historical
Mariame Kaba founded Project NIA in 2009 with the goal of ending youth incarceration through transformative justice. In Swahili, “nia” means “with purpose,” and the purpose of this grassroots organization is to end the arrest, detention, and incarceration of children and young adults by promoting restorative and transformative justice practices. Project NIA participated in and held a wide array of action, events and workshops focused on police and prison abolition, and the end of all forms of carceral violence.
While based in Chicago, Project NIA served as a catalyst and incubator for programs that addressed juvenile justice issues by helping local activists, building their leadership skills and influencing policy. Initiatives included the Gale Peace Room, Circles and Ciphers, Families in Touch and Liberation Library. The organization moved to New York City in 2016 once Kaba relocated there.
Scope and Contents
Series 6 contains administrative files, curriculums, photographs, reports, research and zines related to multiple workshops and projects including Gale Peace Room, Circles and Ciphers, Families in Touch and Liberation Library.
Please note that Project NIA often collaborated with the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team and We Charge Genocide. More information can be found on these organizations in Series 7 and Series 8, respectively. A 2010-2011 revival of Series 5: Girl Talk joins the initiatives in Subseries B.
Arrangement
Project NIA is organized into 6 subseries:
- Subseries A: Administrative Files, 1999-circa 2016, undated
- Subseries B: Affiliated Organizations and Initiatives, 2009-2015
- Subseries C: Curriculums and Workshops, 2009-2015
- Subseries D: Campaigns and Events, 2009-2016
- Subseries E: Exhibitions and Zines, 2008-2016, undated
- Subseries F: Audiovisual Materials and Photographs, 2008-2016, undated
Series 6: Project NIA, 1999-2016, undated
Subseries A: Administrative Files, 1999-circa 2016, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries A includes Project NIA administrative records, reports, grant proposals and financial records. Subseries A contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
| Electronic Files | Folder 7 | Administrative materials, 2009-2012 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | After School Matters, contract, 2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 13 | Arrest and prison documentation, research materials, 2009-2012 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 | Awards, correspondence and program, 2013-2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Budget and financial materials, 2009-2011 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 | Chicago Police Department, research and reports, 2009-2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Correspondence, 2009-2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 14 | Criminalization, prison industrial complex, restorative justice, resources, 2009-2012 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Evaluations, 2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 5 | Event and project planning materials, 2009-2011 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 | Fundraisers, programs and flyer, 2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 6 | Fundraising and grant materials, 2009-2011 |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 | Goals, frameworks and values documentation, 2009 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 8 | Goals, mission and strategic planning documentation, 2009-2011 |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 | Goodcity, fiscal agent correspondence, 2014 January 17 |
| Box 10 | Folder 8 | Illinois Juvenile Justice Leadership Council, meeting notes and correspondence, 2012-2014 |
| Box 10 | Folder 9 | Just and Fair Schools Fund, letter of intent, circa 2010 |
| Box 10 | Folder 10 | Juvenile incarceration research, magazines and reports, 1999-2014 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | Juvenile incarceration research, pamphlets and reports, 2004-2015 |
| Box 10 | Folder 11 | Juvenile incarceration research, reports, 2004-2013 |
| Box 10 | Folder 12 | Juvenile incarceration research, reports, 2009-2013 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | Juvenile justice, reports, 2009-2014 |
| Box 11 | Folder 9 | Kaba, Mariame, speaking events, flyers and programs, 2010-2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 9 | Kaba, Mariame, task documentation and notes, 2009-2011 |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | MacArthur Foundation, grant correspondence and agreement, 2014 August 5 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 10 | Meeting agendas and minutes, 2010-2011 |
| Box 26 | Folder 6 | News clippings, 2009-2015 |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 | Organizational materials and flyers, 2009-2011 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | Partnerships, pamphlets and documentation, circa 2009-circa 2016 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 11 | Press releases, 2010-2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Program application forms, 2009-2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 12 | Reports and concept papers, 2009-2011 |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 | Resource lists, 2012-2014 |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 | Restorative Justice, research and resources, 2009-2014 |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 | Rogers Park Community Council, fiscal agent agreement and correspondence, 2009 August 19 |
| Box 11 | Folder 8 | School-to-prison pipeline, conference materials and resources, 2005-2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 15 | Staffing, job descriptions, 2009-2011 |
| Box 11 | Folder 10 | Stearns Family Foundation, grant correspondence and agreements, 2009-2012 |
| Box 24 | Artifact 2020.54 | Thomas C. Hood Award for Social Action, plaque, 2015 |
| Box 11 | Folder 11 | Woods Fund of Chicago, grant application and letter of inquiry, 2011-2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 16 | Work plans, organizational and staff, 2009-2011 |
Series 6: Project NIA, 1999-2016, undated
Subseries B: Affiliated Organizations and Initiatives, 2009-2015
Scope and Contents
Subseries B contains organizational materials about several initiatives incubated by Project NIA including Liberations Library, Circles and Ciphers, Families in Touch, the Chicago Peace Room and the revived version of Girl Talk. Subseries B contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by affiliated organization or initiative.
| Box 12 | Folder 5 | 30-hour Juvenile Justice Advocacy Training Program, information sheet and training schedule, 2011 |
| Box 26 | Artifact 2020.79 | Black Lives Matter, button, circa 2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 5 | Buy Choice, budget, concept paper and general information, 2010 |
| Box 12 | Folder 6 | Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, administrative information, 2011 |
| Box 12 | Folder 9 | Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, Chain Reaction project information, 2012 |
| Box 12 | Folder 10 | Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, evaluations and training sheets, 2013-2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, teaching resources, 2009-2011 |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 | Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, timeline activity, 2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 6 | Chicago Youth Justice Advocacy and Training Center, activities and general information, 2010 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | Circles and Ciphers, booklet and planning materials, 2011-2013 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 7 | Family Visits to Juvenile Prisons, general information and visitation parameters, 2010 |
| Box 12 | Folder 8 | Family Visits to Juvenile Prisons, general information, 2011 |
| Box 12 | Folder 11 | Families in Touch, pamphlet, circa 2012 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Gale Peace Room, concept papers, discipline reports, flyers and proposals, 2009-2011 |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 | Gale Peace Room, intern training guide, circa 2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 9 | Girl Talk, curriculum, flyers, manifestos and meeting materials, 2010-2011 |
| Box 12 | Folder 4 | Girl Talk, facilitator guide and meeting materials, 2010-2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 8 | Juvenile Justice Advocacy Training Program, meeting and planning materials, 2010-2011 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | Liberation Library, flyers, pamphlets and meeting agenda, 2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 10 | NIA Wellness Space, flyers and general information, 2010-2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Peacemaking Circles, guidelines and training materials, 2009-2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Rogers Park Transformative Justice Center, service information, 2009-2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 11 | Various initiatives and general planning documentation, 2009-2010 |
Series 6: Project NIA, 1999-2016, undated
Subseries C: Curriculums and Workshops, 2009-2015
Scope and Contents
Subseries C includes programs, agendas and curriculum used or authored by Project NIA or one of their affiliated organizations. This subseries also contains materials about conferences and workshops at which Project NIA personnel presented or attended. Subseries C contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by presentation.
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | The ABCs of the PIC, workshop materials, 2013 |
| Box 13 | Folder 9 | Attica Prison Uprising 101: A Short Primer, curriculum, 2011 |
| Box 13 | Folder 6 | Conferences, notes and programs, 2010-2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Conferences, various flyers and materials, 2010-2011 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 | Criminalizing Black Girls, workshop materials, 2014 February 14 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Curriculum, various, 2010-2012 |
| Box 12 | Folder 12 | Dignity in Schools National Campaign Conference, A Collective Voice for Dignity in Schools, conference materials, 2009 June 5 |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 | Freedom Dreams Now Conference, factsheets and speaker notes, 2014 |
| Box 13 | Folder 7 | Giving Name to the Nameless: Using Poetry as an Anti-Violence Intervention with Girls and Young Women, curriculum and survey, 2010 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Giving Name to the Nameless: Using Poetry as an Anti-Violence Intervention with Girls and Young Women, curriculum planning materials, 2010 |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 | Grassroots Black Women Think Tank, conference planning documents, 2013 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 | How to Engage Young Men as Allies to End Violence Against Girls, workshop materials, 2014 June 10 |
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Comic Workshop, posters, 2010 |
| Box 13 | Folder 11 | The Missing Project, curriculum, 2012 |
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | Plantation to Penitentiaries: The Prison Industrial Complex, workshop materials, circa 2010 |
| Box 13 | Folder 4 | Re-Connecting the Pathways, conference biographies, 2014 |
| Box 12 | Folder 13 | Restorative Justice in Schools, conference materials, 2009 October 15 |
| Box 13 | Folder 13 | Rogers Park Community Walking Tour Lesson Plan, curriculum, 2013 |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 | School to Prison or Cradle to Career: Imagining a Different Pipeline, conference materials, 2015 May 18 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence, curriculum planning materials, 2009-2010 |
| Box 13 | Folder 8 | Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence, curriculum planning materials, 2010 |
| Box 13 | Folder 14 | Teaching about the Prison Industrial Complex and Criminal Legal System, curriculum by Michelle VanNatta, 2015 |
| Box 13 | Folder 10 | Talking About Policing and Violence with Youth: An Activity and Resource Guide, curriculum, circa 2011 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 | Train the Trainer: Local Juvenile Justice Data Snapshots, training guide, 2011 October 22 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 | Trayvon Martin, workshop materials and participant notes, circa 2013 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 | Understanding the Criminalization of Youth, workshop materials, 2013 |
| Box 13 | Folder 12 | We Don’t Want This to Look Like a Massacre: The Danzinger Bridge Shootings, curriculum, 2012 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | We Don’t Want This to Look Like a Massacre: The Danzinger Bridge Shootings, curriculum, 2012 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Workshops, materials and notes, 2010-2013 |
| Box 13 | Folder 1 | YWCA Racial Justice Summit, conference program, 2011 October 5 |
Series 6: Project NIA, 1999-2016, undated
Subseries D: Campaigns and Events, 2009-2016, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries D contains posters, flyers and ephemera connected to various actions, campaigns and events sponsored or co-sponsored by Project NIA. Subseries D contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by type of activity.
| Box 14 | Folder 8 | April 1st Day of Action, agenda, chant sheet and sticker, 2016 April 1 |
| Box 14 | Folder 14 | Campaigns, postcards, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 11 | Chicago Student Safety Act, campaign materials, 2012 |
| Box 15 | Folder 2 | Chiraq and Its Meaning(s), community contributions and zine, 2014 |
| Box 14 | Folder 10 | Closing Illinois Youth Prisons, meeting agenda and postcard, 2012 February 16 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Closing Illinois Youth Prisons, poster, 2012 July 14 |
| Box 14 | Folder 15 | Events, marketing materials and CD-ROM, 2009-2016 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Events, marketing materials, 2009-2011 |
| Box 26 | Artifacts 2020.66 | National Week of Action Against School Pushout, button, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 | National Week of Action Against School Pushout, grant information and postcards, 2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | National Week of Action Against School Pushout, marketing materials, 2010-2011 |
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | National Week of Action Against School Pushout, posters, 2010-2014 |
| Box 27 | Artifacts 2020.64- 2020.65 | National Week of Action Against School Pushout, t-shirts, 2014 |
| Box 14 | Folder 13 | No to HB2265, campaign flyers and information sheets, 2013-2014 |
| Box 26 | Artifact 2020.55 | Project NIA, banner, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 12 | Reparations NOW, campaign materials and 15 photographs, 2012-2015 |
| Box 26 | Folder 5 | Reparations NOW, campaign poster and news clipping, 2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Stop the School to Prison Pipeline, campaign planning materials, 2010-2011 |
| Box 26 | Artifact 2020.68 | Un-Marked Campaign, button, circa 2010 |
| Box 14 | Folder 9 | Un-Marked Campaign, campaign materials, 2010-2014 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Un-Marked Campaign, planning and marketing materials, 2009-2011 |
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | Un-Marked Campaign, poster, circa 2010 |
| Box 15 | Folder 1 | Uproar Chicago, event flyer and transcript, 2013 April 24 |
Series 6: Project NIA, 1999-2016, undated
Subseries E: Exhibitions and Zines, 2008-2016, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries E contains artwork as well as flyers, postcards and press about several exhibitions Project NIA curated or co-curated. The subseries also includes zines produced or used by Project NIA. Subseries E contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries E is arranged alphabetically by project title with the zines arranged alphabetically at the end.
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | Art Against Incarceration, exhibit posters, 2010 August 28 |
| Box 15 | Folder 5 | Black and Blue, exhibit art, 2013 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Black/Inside: A History of Captivity and Confinement in the Unites States, exhibit flyers and posters, 2011-2013 |
| Box 15 | Folder 3 | Black/Inside: A History of Captivity and Confinement in the Unites States, exhibit information and CD-ROM, 2012 |
| Box 26 | Folder 7 | Black/Inside: A History of Captivity and Confinement in the Unites States, exhibit posters, 2012 |
| Box 15 | Folder 7 | Blood at the Root: Unearthing the Stories of State Violence Against Black Women, exhibit information and memorial cards, 2015 |
| Box 26 | Folder 7 | Blood at the Root: Unearthing the Stories of State Violence Against Black Women, exhibit posters, 2015 |
| Box 27 | Artifact 2020.67 | Blood at the Root: Unearthing the Stories of State Violence Against Black Women, Stop Killing Black Women and Girls, t-shirt, 2015 |
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | Criminalizing Black Girls, poster by Bianca Diaz, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 4 | Juvenile-in-Justice, exhibit poster, 2012 |
| Box 15 | Folder 8 | Making N*****s: Demonizing and Distorting Blackness Through Racist Postcard and Images, exhibit information [Caution: examination of racist language], 2015-2016 |
| Box 15 | Folder 6 | No Selves to Defend, exhibit information, 4 photographs and CD-ROM, 2014 |
| Box 26 | Folder 7 | Picturing A World Without Prisons: An Inside/Outside Exhibition, poster and postcard, 2013 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Project NIA, campaign artwork, 2008-2013 |
| Box 16 | Folder 6 | Zines - 1968 Democratic Convention by Emily Pineda, circa 2012 |
| Box 16 | Folder 7 | Zines - An (Abridged) History of Resisting Police Violence in Harlem by Mariame Kaba, circa 2012 |
| Box 16 | Folder 13 | Zines - Assata is Welcome Here (partial) by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, 2013 |
| Box 16 | Folder 5 | Zines - Blue and Black: Stories of Policing and Violence by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, 2012 |
| Box 16 | Folder 8 | Zines - Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919 by Elizabeth Dadabo, circa 2012 |
| Box 16 | Folder 15 | Zines - Community Safety Looks Like…, 2015 |
| Box 16 | Folder 16 | Zines - The Dante Servin Trial: An Analysis of the Verdict, circa 2015 |
| Box 15 | Folder 10 | Zines - Girls in the System: A Story About Young Women and the Juvenile Justice System by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, 2011 |
| Box 16 | Folder 1 | Zines - A Graphic History of Juvenile Justice in Illinois by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, 2011 |
| Box 16 | Folder 9 | Zines - Jon Burge and Chicago Police Torture, circa 2012 |
| Box 16 | Folder 10 | Zines - The Local Government of Crete, IL is Considering Building a Private Immigrant Detention Facility, circa 2012 |
| Box 16 | Folder 11 | Zines - The Memorial Day Massacre, May 30, 1937, Chicago, IL by Samuel Barnett, circa 2012 |
| Box 16 | Folder 2 | Zines - Miklat Miklat: A Transformative Justice Zine by Lewis Wallace and Micah Bazant, 2011 |
| Box 16 | Folder 12 | Zines - The Mississippi Black Papers: Testimonials of Police Violence in the South, edited by Mariame Kaba, circa 2012 |
| Box 15 | Folder 9 | Zines - The Prison Industrial Complex Is…, illustrated by Billy Dee, 2010 |
| Box 16 | Folder 14 | Zines - The Princess Who Went Quiet by Bianca Diaz, 2014 |
| Box 16 | Folder 3 | Zines - The School to Prison Pipeline by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, 2011 |
| Box 16 | Folder 17 | Zines - Ten Things You Hate About Anita, 2016 |
| Box 16 | Folder 4 | Zines - Youth Stories by Elgin Smith, 2011 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Zines - various, 2011-2013 |
Series 6: Project NIA, 1999-2016, undated
Subseries F: Photographs and Audiovisual Materials, 2008-2016, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries F contains photographs of exhibitions, programs and events held or co-sponsored by Project NIA. The subseries also includes audiovisual materials associated with Project NIA. Subseries F contains electronic files. Sarah-Ji took the bulk of the photographs.
Arrangement
Subseries F is arranged alphabetically by action or event.
| Electronic Files | Folder 6 | 4th Annual Dignity in Schools, National Week of Action on School Pushout panel and town hall [Stand Up, Speak Out], 32 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 September 30 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 5 | Black & Blue exhibit opening, 61 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 March 19 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Black Inside, exhibit opening, 47 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2012 October 22 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 23 | Blood at the Root, exhibit opening, 32 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 August 14 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 24 | Blood at the Root, exhibit opening photo booth, 27 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 August 14 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 27 | Blood at the Root, exhibit closing, 86 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 October 30 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 31 | Chicago Torture Justice Survivors, event, 55 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2016 February 13 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 12 | Chiraq & Its Meaning(s), publication release party, 38 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 October 30 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Cradle to College Pipeline, summit video, 2010 October 16 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 9 | Community Safety Looks Like, Project NIA/Mariame Kaba and Sarah-Ji of Love & Struggle, community comments, 100 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013-2015 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 22 | Community Safety Looks Like, booklet release, 18 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 July 22 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 25 | #DistortedBLK: Making N*****s: Demonizing & Distorting Blackness, exhibit opening, 119 photographs by Sarah-Ji [Caution: examination of racist language], 2015 October 3 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 30 | Making #BlackLivesMatter panel, closing reception for #DistortedBLK: Making N*****s [Caution: examination of racist language], 19 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2016 January 31 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 10 | Monument Quilt: Public Healing Space for Survivors of Rape and Abuse, 33 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 August 19 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | National Occupy Day in Solidarity with Prisoners, card writing event, 32 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2012 February 21 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | No Place for Kids, mp4 video, 2012 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 28 | A Play-In for Tamir Rice, 75 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 November 23 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 7 | Picturing a World Without Prisons, project, 27 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 18 | #PopUpJustice Art Exhibit at City Hall for #ReparationsNOW, 92 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 March 18 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Project NIA, news conference, 2008 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Project NIA, unidentified events, 3 photographs, 2012 July 7 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Project NIA and Dignity Schools, 3 audio files [damaged], 2011-2012 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 16 | #RahmRepNow, [Reparations NOW] train takeover, 62 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 February 21 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 15 | Rally for Reparations: A People’s Hearing, 73 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 February 14 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 17 | Reparations Not Black Sites: Rally for the Run-Off, 30 photographs by Sarah Ji, 2015 March 2 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 13 | #ReparationsNOW, march, 24 photographs by Page May, 2014 December 16 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 19 | #ReparationsWON Historic City Council Vote, 77 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 May 6 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 20 | #ReparationsWON Party, 88 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 May 6 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 21 | #ReparationsWON Party, Radical Imaginings, 55 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 May 15 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 11 | Re-Thinking and Re-Imagining Community Safety: An Intergenerational and Interactive Discussion, 63 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 August 20 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 8 | #SB1342 opposition action, 30 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 December 2 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 32 | Schools Not Jails, protest, 107 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2016 April 1 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 14 | Sing-In for Reparations, 27 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 January 15 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 29 | Sounds Like Now, a sound performance in response to the Making N*****s exhibit, 24 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 December 20 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 26 | Vigil for Ronnieman, 51 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 October 12 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 33 | Youth Led Think Tank, 3 photographs, undated |
Series 7: Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT), 1995-2013, undated
Biographical/Historical
The Rogers Park Young Women Action Team (YWAT) was a youth-led, adult-supported social change project that empowered young women to take action on issues such as street harassment and violence against women. YWAT was founded in 2003 and launched several campaigns including Stop Street Harassment, Engaging Young Men as Allies and Girls for Safe Transit. YWAT disbanded in 2011.
Scope and Contents
Series 7 contains administrative files, reports and research related to their workshops and initiatives, including Stop Street Harassment, Engaging Young Men as Allies and Girls for Safe Transit
Arrangement
Series 7 is organized into 5 subseries:
- Subseries A: Administrative Files, 2003-2013, undated
- Subseries B: Reports and Research, 1995-2012, undated
- Subseries C: Education, 2003-2010, undated
- Subseries D: Campaigns and Events, 2003-2012
- Subseries E: Photographs and Audiovisual Materials, 1998-2011, undated
Subseries A: Administrative Files, 2003-2013, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries A contains grant proposals, financial records and meeting agendas and minutes and various administrative materials. Subseries A contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
| Box 16 | Folder 18 | Anniversary party invitation, 2008 September 19 |
| Box 16 | Folder 19 | Annual reports and invoice, 2006-2008 |
| Box 16 | Folder 20 | Avon Foundation, grant application, 2006 |
| Box 16 | Folder 21 | Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, grant application, 2007 July 15 |
| Box 16 | Folder 22 | Between Friends, award correspondence, 2011 April 7 |
| Box 23 | Artifact 2020.50 | Between Friends, 25 Forces of Change Award – Young Women’s Action Team, plaque, 2011 October 11 |
| Box 16 | Folder 24 | Chicago Foundation for Women, award program, 2010 March 24 |
| Box 16 | Folder 25 | City of Chicago, proclamation, 2005 June 28 |
| Box 16 | Folder 26 | Correspondence, 2007-2009 |
| Box 16 | Folder 27 | Crossroads Fund, grant applications and correspondence, 2007-2008 |
| Box 16 | Folder 28 | Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence, curriculum, 2010 |
| Box 16 | Folder 29 | Donation documentation, 2008 |
| Box 16 | Folder 30 | Ellen Dougherty Activist Fund for Young Women, grant application, 2006 August 10 |
| Box 16 | Folder 31 | Executive summary, 2008 |
| Box 16 | Folder 32 | Financial reports, 2008-2010 |
| Box 17 | Folder 1 | Fiscal year report, 2005 |
| Box 17 | Folder 2 | Friend of Battered Women and Their Children, budget, 2005 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | General organizational information, 2003-2012 |
| Box 17 | Folder 3 | General organizational information, 2006-2007 |
| Box 17 | Folder 4 | Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, grant applications, 2006-2008 |
| Box 17 | Folder 5 | Leo S. Guthman Fund, grant applications and correspondence, 2007-2008 |
| Box 17 | Folder 6 | Letters of recommendation, 2006-2013 |
| Box 17 | Folder 7 | Logos, by Jane Ball, undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 8 | Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, grant applications, 2006-2008 |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Meeting notes and research posters, undated | |
| Box 17 | Folder 9 | Ms. Foundation for Women, grant applications, 2007-2008 |
| Box 17 | Folder 10 | News clippings and article, 2004-2009 |
| Box 25 | Folder 3 | News clippings, 2005-2009 |
| Box 17 | Folder 11 | Rogers Park Community Council, fiscal sponsorship agreement and organizational information, 2006 |
| Box 17 | Folder 12 | Speh Family Foundation, grant application and correspondence, 2007-2008 |
| Box 17 | Folder 13 | Unsung Heroine Award, resolution and printed picture, 2006 |
| Box 17 | Folder 14 | Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program, grant application, 2006 |
| Box 17 | Folder 15 | Workshop offerings and meeting agenda, circa 2009 |
| Box 26 | Artifact 2020.56 | Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT), banner, undated |
Series 7: Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (RP YWAT), 1995-2013, undated
Subseries B: Reports and Research, 1995-2012, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries B includes reports based on research conducted by YWAT members as well as the resource files used by the organization. Subseries B contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
| Box 19 | Folder 4 | Chicago Girls’ Coalition Resource Directory, 2008 |
| Box 17 | Folder 18 | CTA Sexual Harassment and Assault: A Study by the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team, reports, 2009 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Curriculum and training resources, 2011 |
| Box 19 | Folder 5 | “Getting Played: African-American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence,” undated |
| Box 17 | Folder 16 | Hey Cutie, Can I Get Your Digits?: A Report about the Street Harassment of Girls in Rogers Park, 2003 |
| Box 19 | Folder 1 | “Inclusion of Youth with Disabilities,” by Susan Nussbaum and Ana Mercado, circa mid-2000s |
| Box 18 | Folder 1 | Intimate partner violence, research files, 1995-2009 |
| Box 18 | Folder 2 | Leadership 101: Developing Leadership Skills for Resilient Youth – Facilitator’s Guide, 2000 |
| Box 19 | Folder 2 | National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week, toolkit, circa mid-2000s |
| Box 19 | Folder 6 | “Participatory Evaluation with Young Women,” undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 5 | Popular media, research files, 2003-2006 |
| Box 18 | Folder 4 | A Practical Guide to Implementing a Program that Engages and Empowers Young People in a High School Setting, 2002 |
| Box 17 | Folder 19 | Reading Circle Facilitation Training Report, 2009 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Real Talk: Engaging Young Men and Boys about Violence Against Women and Girls, report, 2011 |
| Box 17 | Folder 17 | Reports, various, 2006-2012 |
| Box 18 | Folder 3 | Sexual abuse and violence prevention, research files, 2002-2004 |
| Box 19 | Folder 7 | Sisters in Action: Political Education: Essential Pieces, undated |
| Box 19 | Folder 8 | Transgender ally ship, research files, undated |
| Box 19 | Folder 3 | “What Will It Take? Building the Safest State for All Women and Girls,” 2007 |
| Box 18 | Folder 6 | Youth organizing and research models, research files, circa 2004-2007 |
| Box 18 | Folder 7 | Youth organizing in the Midwest, research files, 2005 |
Series 7: Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT), 1995-2013, undated
Subseries C: Education, 2003-2010, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries C contains programs, packets, flyers and postcards related to conference, workshops and trainings attended by or coordinated by YWAT members. Subseries C contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by title or event.
| Box 19 | Folder 9 | The Color of Violence III: Stopping the War on Women of Color, conference call for presenters and workshops, 2005 |
| Box 19 | Folder 13 | Cradle to College Pipeline Summit, conference materials, 2010 October 16 |
| Box 19 | Folder 24 | Effective Presentation Skills for Youth, workshop flyer, 2006 November 18 |
| Box 19 | Folder 11 | Ella’s Daughters: Second Annual National Gathering, conference materials, 2009 May 3 |
| Box 19 | Folder 22 | From the Margins to the Center: How Community-Based Organizations can Support and Foster Youth Participatory Research and Activism, workshop materials, 2005 June 1 |
| Box 19 | Folder 10 | Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, conference materials, 2006 May 2 |
| Box 19 | Folder 21 | An Introduction to Youth in Decision Making, training packet, undated |
| Box 19 | Folder 25 | Mobilizing Youth for Social Change: A Youth Led Workshop, workshop materials, 2006-2009 |
| Box 19 | Folder 26 | Mobilizing Youth for Social Change: Fostering Leadership in the Anti-Gender Violence Movement, workshop materials, 2007 January 27 |
| Box 19 | Folder 27 | Reading Circle Facilitation Training, workshop materials, 2009 January 17 |
| Box 19 | Folder 20 | Research Training – Phase I, agenda and tip sheet, 2003 August 28 |
| Box 19 | Folder 23 | Transformative Justice Gathering and Teach-In, workshop materials, circa 2005 |
| Box 19 | Folder 12 | The Truth About Violence Against Girls, conference materials, 2009 October 22 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Workshops, various, 2005-2006 |
Series 7: Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (RP YWAT), 1995-2013, undated
Subseries D: Campaigns and Events, 2003-2012
Scope and Contents
Subseries D contains documentation related to campaigns and events held or attended by YWAT members. This subseries contains information about YWAT’s Stop Street Harassment campaign, which received national press coverage. Subseries D contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by title or activity.
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Campaigns, various, 2003-2009 |
| Box 20 | Folder 3 | Engaging Young Men as Allies, campaign materials and resource guide, 2006-2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Events, various, flyers and general information, 2003-2007 |
| Box 21 | Folder 3 | Events, various, flyers and programs, 2004-2010 |
| Box 20 | Folder 4 | Girls Leadership U, campaign materials, 2007-2008 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Girls Leadership U, executive summary report and surveys, 2008 |
| Box 26 | Artifacts 2020.72-2020.74 | Girls for Safe Transit, buttons, 2008-2009 |
| Box 21 | Folder 1 | Girls for Safe Transit, campaign materials, 2008-2009 |
| Artifact 2016.8 | Girls for Safe Transit, CTA poster, “If it’s Unwanted, It’s harassment,” circa 2009 | |
| Box 28 | Artifact 2020.80 | Respect Me, t-shirt, undated |
| Box 26 | Artifacts 2020.69-2020.71 | Stop Street Harassment, buttons, 2003-2006 |
| Box 20, | Folder 1 | Stop Street Harassment, campaigns and curriculum, 2003-2006 |
| Box 21 | Folder 2 | Suspension Stories: Challenging The School to Prison Pipeline in Your Own Words, campaign materials and press coverage, 2010-2012 |
| Box 25 | Folder 4 | Suspension Stories: Challenging The School to Prison Pipeline in Your Own Words, posters, 2010-2012 |
| Box 20 | Folder 2 | Teen Dating Violence, campaign materials, circa mid-2000s |
| Box 25 | Folder 4 | When Violence Against Women and Girls Ends I Will…, campaign flyers and poster, circa mid-2000s |
Series 7: Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (RP YWAT), 1995-2013, undated
Subseries E: Photographs and Audiovisual Materials, 1998-2011, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries E includes physical and electronic audiovisual materials and photographs of YWAT events and campaigns. Subseries E contains physical and electronic files.
Arrangement
Subseries E is arranged alphabetically by title or organization.
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Monet, Daphne, interview, audio file, 2011 |
| Box 22 | DVD 3 | Real Talk: Engaging Young Men As Allies to End Violence Against Women: A Collaboration Between BeyondMedia and the Young Women’s Action Team, DVD, circa 2007 |
| Box 22 | DVD 4 | Real Talk Screener, 28:35, circa 2007 |
| Box 21 | Folder 4 | Santa’s Sistahs, event, 20 photographs and 11 negatives and 1 CD-ROM, 2007 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Suspension Stories, video file, 2010 |
| Box 22 | VHS 7 | Teen Sexual Assault, CAN-TX – Hey Cuties Forum, VHS, undated |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Unidentified photographs, 2 photographs, 2011 |
| Box 21 | Folder 5 | Unidentified photographs, 24 photographs and 8 negatives and 1 CD-ROM, undated |
| Box 22 | VHS 1 | Wolf Whistling, Street Level Youth Media, VHS, 1998 |
| Box 22 | VHS 2 | Young Women’s Action Team, The Boy is Mine, film, VHS, 2003 November 17 |
| Box 22 | VHS 3 | Young Women’s Action Team, The Boy is Mine, film, VHS, 2003 November 17 |
| Box 22 | DVD 1 | Young Women’s Action Team, The Boy is Mine, film, DVD, 2003 November 17 |
| Box 22 | VHS 6 | Young Women’s Action Team, CBS news clip, 2009 |
| Box 22 | VHS 4 | Young Women’s Action Team, Community Forum, VHS, 2004 October 28 |
| Box 22 | DVD 2 | Young Women’s Action Team, Day of Action Against Street Harassment, DVD, 2006 |
| Box 22 | VHS 5 | Young Women’s Action Team, Day of Action Against Street Harassment, VHS, 2006 |
| Box 22 | VHS 8 | Young Women’s Action Team, documentary, VHS music videos, undated |
| Box 22 | DVD 5 | Young Women’s Action Team, DVD, undated |
Series 8: We Charge Genocide (WCG), 2013-2016
Biographical/Historical
We Charge Genocide (WCG), which launched in 2014, was an inter-generational group of Chicago residents whose goal was to uplift the voices of those most effected by police violence in Chicago. The group took their name from the original We Charge Genocide petition filed to the United Nations in 1951. In November 2014, a delegation of young Chicagoans in WCG went to Geneva, Switzerland to present their report on the Chicago Police Department to the United Nations.
Scope and Contents
Series 8 includes several Chicago campaigns and grassroots actions by We Charge Genocide including #ChiStops, a campaign against racial profiling by the police and #ChiCopWatch, a team that responded to police shootings by documenting them as well as connecting families and loved ones affected with resources. We Charge Genocide, along with Project NIA and several other organizations, was active in the Reparations NOW campaign, a fight to gain reparations for the people tortured by Chicago Police Commander, Jon Burge. The organization disbanded in 2016.
Series 8 includes artwork, meeting minutes, flyers, program, and electronic photographs.
Arrangement
Series 8 is organized into 2 subseries:
- Subseries A: Documents, 2013-2016
- Subseries B: Photographs, 2014-2016
Subseries A: Documents and Artifacts, 2013-2015
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
| Box 21 | Folder 8 | #ChiCopWatch, flyers and sign, 2014 |
| Box 25 | Folder 6 | #ChiCopWatch, flyers and sign, 2014 |
| Box 21 | Folder 9 | #ChiStops and STOP Act, campaign materials, 2015 |
| Box 28 | Artifact 2020.76 | #ChiStops and STOP Act, t-shirt, 2015 |
| Box 21 | Folder 15 | Chicago Police Department, research, circa 2014 |
| Artifact 2016.7 | Crossroads Fund, Donald F. Erickson Synapses Award, 2015 March 13 | |
| Box 21 | Folder 6 | Disrupt CAPS, flyer, circa 2015 |
| Box 21 | Folder 10 | Do I Fit The Description, Youth Hearings on Police Violence, event materials and poster, 2014 |
| Box 21 | Folder 11 | Events, marketing materials, 2015 |
| Artifact 2016.6 | Mayor Rahm Emanuel budget proposal action, hand-painted banner, [See Subseries B: Photographs, Folder 13], 2015 September 22 | |
| Box 21 | Folder 12 | Meeting agendas, notes and rosters, 2014 |
| Box 25 | Folder 5 | News clipping, 2015 |
| Box 21 | Folder 13 | Notes from one year anniversary, 2015 |
| Box 21 | Folder 14 | “Police Violence Against Chicago Youth of Color,” 2014 |
| Box 21 | Folder 7 | Reparations for the Chicago Police Torture Survivors, coloring book, fact sheets, and postcard, 2013-2015 |
| Box 26 | Artifact 2020.75 | We Charge Genocide, button, undated |
Series 8: We Charge Genocide, 2013-2016
Subseries B: Photographs, 2014-2016
Scope and Contents
Subseries B includes photographs that document the #ChiStops initiatives, the Geneva Delegation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget proposals actions and other events. Subseries B contains electronic files. Sarah-Ji took the bulk of the photographs.
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by event.
| Electronic Files | Folder 12 | #ChiStops: A Speakout Against Stop & Frisk and Police Violence, 117 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 August 9 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 10 | #Damo Day, Day of Remembrance for Dominique “Damo” Franklin, 146 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 May 20 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Do I Fit The Description, photo booth at the We Charge Genocide Hearing on Police Violence, 40 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 August 2 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Fundraising dinner, 12 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 October 5 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 6 | Geneva Delegation Send-Off Potluck, 33 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 November 7 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 7 | Geneva Delegation Report Back, 69 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 December 11 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 16 | #Justice4Pierre Vigil for Pierre L. Loury, 58 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2016 April 12 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 13 | Mayor Rahm Emanuel budget proposal action, 34 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 September 22 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 14 | Mayor Rahm Emanuel budget, train takeover, 41 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 October 6 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 5 | #O22 Break Down the Wall of Silence: Protesting Police Brutality, 57 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 October 22 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 11 | One Year Anniversary Celebration, 44 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 June 6 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Shadow Report Release: CPD Violence Against Youth of Color, 10 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 October 22 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 15 | #StopTheCops #FundBlackFutures action, 115 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 October 24 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 8 | Vigil for Our Fallen, 40 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 December 17 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 9 | Women and Femme to Celebrate, event, 85 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 March 11 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Youth Hearing on Police Violence, 38 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 August 2 |
Series 9: Social Justice Projects, 2012-2016
Scope and Contents
The Social Justice series documents a variety of grassroots actions and campaigns in Chicago that Kaba co-organized or attended. Series 9 documents the Movement for Black Lives, better known as Black Lives Matter. The actions range from an Assanta Shakur teach-in to messages in support of Trayvon Martin to a vigil for Sandra Bland and Laquan McDonald, victims of neighborhood watch and police shootings. The series contains variety of materials such as flyers, artwork, buttons and t-shirts, and a large number of born-digital photographs. The series also contains photos from the Mariame Taught Me project, an outpouring of admiration and love for Kaba’s contribution to the Chicago organizing community created prior to her departure for New York.
Arrangement
Series 9 is organized into 2 subseries:
- Subseries A: Documents and Artifacts, 2014-2016
- Subseries B: Photographs, 2012-2016
Subseries A: Documents and Artifacts, 2014-2016
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by subject or name, and then chronologically within subject or name.
| Box 26 | Folder 8 | Fight for Funding, Shut It Down, Shut Down Police Violence, 2016 April 1 |
| Box 28 | Artifact 2020.78 | I’m Young, Black and I Want $15! t-shirt, circa 2014 |
| Box 25 | Folder 8 | Louder Than a Bomb, poster, 2016 |
| Box 28 | Artifact 2020.77 | No Justice, No Peace, Don't Shoot, R.I.P. Michael Brown, Jr. t-shirt, circa 2014 |
| Box 21 | Folder 16 | Social justice actions, campaign materials, events, flyers, and news clipping, 2015-2016 |
| Box 25 | Folder 7 | Social justice actions, campaign materials, events, flyers, and news clipping, 2015-2016 |
Series 9: Social Justice Projects, 2012-2016
Subseries B: Photographs and Audiovisual Materials, 2012-2016
Scope and Contents
Subseries B contains electronic files. The bulk of the photographs were taken by Sarah-Ji.
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by action or event.
| Electronic Files | Folder 21 | Anita Alvarez is Gone party [Cook County State Attorney, Anita Alvarez], 4 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 March 15 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 1 | Assata Shakur teach-in, 65 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 June 5 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 20 | #ByeAnita light action [Cook County State Attorney, Anita Alvarez], 40 photographs and 2 mp4 files by Sarah-Ji, 2016 March 10 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 25 | #ByeAnita video by Sarah-Ji, video of the campaign to defeat Cook County State Attorney, Anita Alvarez, 2016 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 12 | #Chi2Baltimore Emergency Action in Solidarity with Baltimore, 113 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 April 28 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 7 | #Chi2Ferguson and #FreeMarissa action, 92 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 November 24 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 23 | Chicago Women and Femmes to Celebrate Awards Ceremony, 138 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2016 April 28 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 19 | Free Black Women’s Library event, 46 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2012 February 20 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 22 | From Oakland to Chicago: Responses to Police Violence Panel, 44 photographs, 2015 April 22 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 10 | #Justice for Stephon vigil, 33 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 February 1 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 11 | #JusticeforStephon: A Freedom Ride and Rally, 173 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 April 4 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 18 | #LaquanMcDonald vigil and action, 39 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 November 24 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 4 | Locked Up & Locked Out: Action and March Against Incarcerating Youth, 97 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 May 19 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 17 | #March4BlackGirls in honor of Rekia Boyd, 136 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 October 17 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 24 | Mariame [Kaba] Taught Me submissions, 109 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2016 May 12 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 3 | Messages for Trayvon Martin, community members hold signs of support for Trayvon, 14 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 February 26 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 13 | Mother’s Day vigil at Cook Country Jail, 50 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 May 9 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 5 | No-Knock: An Artistic Speak-Out Against “The American Police State,” 17 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 June 7 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 16 | Northside Solidarity with Ferguson gathering and vigil, 29 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 August 11 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 8 | Reclaim MLK Day, 83 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 January 15 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 6 | Roshad McKintosh rally and march, 37 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2014 September 1 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 14 | #SayHerName / #BlackWomenMatter / #JusticeForRekia rally [Rekia Boyd], 62 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 May 21 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 15 | #SayHerName: A Light Action for Sandra Bland, 36 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 July 28 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 2 | Silent Witness Against Sexual Victimization of Incarcerated Youth protest, 55 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2013 July 30 |
| Electronic Files | Folder 9 | Watching the Watchers Conference: Strategies to End Police Violence, 59 photographs by Sarah-Ji, 2015 January 24 |
