Rachel London
At this event, the independent publishing initiative Press Press will lead a workshop to expand on their collaborative manifesto Sentiments: Expressions of Cultural Passage. Participants are invited to respond to three core questions: what is sanctuary? How can sanctuary be created? How can sanctuary be protected? Over the past two years, Press Press has conducted workshops in NYC, Baltimore, and LA with immigrants and immigrant-adjacent individuals to produce the manifesto. At Michigan, this event will be an opportunity to consider how sanctuary functions in a university/academic setting. In particular the U of M Library aims to “contribute to the common good by collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, sharing, and creating the record of human knowledge.” Creating Sanctuary brings students, faculty, and staff into the library to share in this conversation. This project challenges and reframes the power of collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, sharing, and creating a record.
Library Mentor: Jamie VB