Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Immediate Source of Acquisition
- Conditions Governing Access
- Preferred Citation
- Biographical / Historical
- Biographical / Historical
- Scope and Contents
- Arrangement
- Separated Materials
- Related Materials
- Conditions Governing Use
- Indexed Terms
- Inventory
Collection Access
Mariame Kaba Papers
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Special Collections Unit at Harold Washington Library Center
- Title
- Mariame Kaba Papers
- Source
- Kaba, Mariame
- Creator
- Kaba, Mariame
- Identifier
- spe.c00034
- Size
- 18 Linear Feet in 28 boxes, including 2 oversize folders, 34 artifacts, 8 VHS recordings, 5 DVDs, 68 physical photographs and 26.1 GB of born digital material including 4795 digital photographs
- Dates
- 1989-2016
- Predominant Dates
- 2003-2016
- 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.
- Language
- English .
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mariame Kaba, 2016. Photograph accrual, donated by Sarah-Ji, 2017.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions. Artifacts are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least 24-hours prior to your research visit to coordinate access with these materials.
Preferred Citation
When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Mariame Kaba Papers, [Box #, Folder #, Photograph #, Artifact #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library.
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
Separated Materials
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
Conditions Governing Use
Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.
Indexed Terms
- Black Lives Matter Movement
- Family violence
- Intimate partner violence
- Juvenile corrections
- Police brutality--United States -- Chicago
- Prison abolition movements
- Prison-industrial complex
- Restorative justice
- Say Her Name movement
- Women's health services
- Kaba, Mariame
- Alexander, Marissa
- Boyd, Rekia
- Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander
- Chicago Freedom School
- Chicago (Ill.) Police Department
- Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls and Young Women
- Emanuel, Rahm, 1959-
- Girl Talk (Chicago, Ill.)
- Project NIA
- Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team
- We Charge Genocide
Inventory
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.
Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by subject or type of activity.
- Title
- AMI Infinity School of Chicago – North, plaque
- Dates
- 2003
- Title
- Atkinson, Kristen, Mariame Kaba, Jacob Klippenstein, Eva Nagao, and Mary Scott-Boria, "C is for Civil Rights" Children's Book Club, Area Chicago #14
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Awards and recognitions, various
- Dates
- 2005-2014
- Title
- The $2 Billion Question: Can Illinois Improve Public Safety and Spend Less on Incarceration? conference materials
- Dates
- 2014 March 31
- Title
- Catone, Keith, "Education for Liberation," Voices in Urban Education
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Chicago Foundation for Women Impact Award, plaque
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Children and Domestic Violence, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2002 August 21
- Title
- Continuing education and certifications
- Dates
- 2001-2015
- Title
- Domestic violence
- Dates
- 2003-2007
- Title
- Emerging Issues in Teen Dating Violence, training materials
- Dates
- 2002 October 16
- Title
- For The People Artists Collective and The Chicago Childcare Collective, Color Me Rising: A 2015 Radical Coloring Book
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- 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
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Illinois Juvenile Justice Research Consortium Forum, conference materials
- Dates
- 2014 February 28
- Title
- Johnson, Pamela, "Tenderheaded: A Comb Bending Hair Story," Ms. Magazine
- Dates
- 2000
- Title
- Joining Hands, Healing Hearts, conference materials
- Dates
- 2012 October 10
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, Adventures in Youth Work, zine
- Dates
- 2004
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, Laura Scott, Negress, San Quentin Prisoner #23187, zine
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, Prison Culture Blog, excerpts
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, The Significance of Hair in the African-American Community, master's thesis
- Dates
- 1994 November 22
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, "Still Not Free; Working with Girls in Conflict with the Law," Girls in Justice by Richard Ross
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame and Erica R. Meiners, "Arresting the Carceral State," Class Action: An Activist Teacher's Handbook
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, Melissa Spatz and Michelle VanNatta, Status of Girls in Illinois
- Dates
- 2009
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame and Michelle VanNatta, Violence Against Women
- Dates
- 2007
- Title
- Organizing for Liberation: Training Students for Change, conference materials
- Dates
- 1993 October 9
- Title
- Payne, Charles and Mariame Kaba, "So Much Reform, So Little Change," Social Policy
- Dates
- 2007
- Title
- Published articles and opinions
- Dates
- 1989-2000
- Title
- Published articles and opinions
- Dates
- 1991-1995
- Title
- Race Matters, training materials
- Dates
- circa 2002
- Title
- Recess in Schools Task Force Member
- Dates
- 2011 September 27
- Title
- Reconnecting to Our Communities in the 21st Century, workshop guide
- Dates
- circa 2004
- Title
- Sheer Change: Sexuality Health Education to End Rape, plaque
- Dates
- 2012 March 29
- Title
- Speaking engagements, programs
- Dates
- 1996-2016
- Title
- Stearns Family Foundation, brochure
- Dates
- 2007-2008
- Title
- Umoja University, conference materials and CD-ROM
- Dates
- 2009 July 27
- Title
- United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations Collective Advocacy Team, training materials
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Violence Against Women of Color, training materials
- Dates
- 2003 February 4
- Title
- Violence and teen dating, research files
- Dates
- 2000-2005
- Title
- Workshop notes and facilitation guide
- Dates
- circa 2004
- Title
- Young Women's Empowerment Project, board of director's meeting materials
- Dates
- 2004
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.
Series 2 includes administrative files, photographs, research and zines related to advocacy for Marisa Alexander, domestic violence and the criminal justice system.
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 contains meeting agendas, meeting minutes, meeting attendance rosters and press releases. Subseries A contains electronic files.
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically.
- Title
- Chicago Marissa Alexander Defense Committee, member lists
- Dates
- 2013-2014
- Title
- Meeting materials
- Dates
- 2014-2015
- Title
- Press releases
- Dates
- 2013
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.
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically action name.
- Title
- Campaigns for Marissa Alexander, event materials
- Dates
- 2014-2016
- Title
- Campaigns for Marissa Alexander, fundraising materials and flyers
- Dates
- 2013-2015
- Title
- Campaigns for Marissa Alexander, rally flyers
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, call for art, interviews, posters, teach-in materials and zines for exhibition
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, flyer and 3 photographs
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, poetry zine
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, teach-in materials
- Dates
- 2013 September 14
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, zine
- Dates
- 2014
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.
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
- Title
- "A Support Zine for Marissa Alexander," zine
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- "A Support Zine for Marissa Alexander," zine
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- Affiliated campaign posters (9)
- Dates
- circa 2013-2014
- Title
- Art and flyers associated with the campaign
- Dates
- 2013-2015
- Title
- Free Marissa Alexander, banner
- Dates
- circa 2013-2014
- Title
- #Free Marissa, 3 buttons
- Dates
- circa 2014
- Title
- #FreeMarissa, t-shirt
- Dates
- circa 2014
- Title
- I Am Marissa, patches
- Dates
- 2013-2014
- Title
- "Praise for Black Women," poem by Malcolm London
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- Promotional materials
- Dates
- 2013-2015
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.
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by action or event.
- Title
- Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (CAFMA), 19 photographs
- Dates
- 2013-2015
- Title
- Criminalization of Self Defense Panel at INCITE's Color of Violence 4 Conference, 21 photographs
- Dates
- 2015 March 26
- Title
- How Much Longer? – A Dance Party Fundraiser for Marissa Alexander, 43 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013 December 14
- Title
- A Long Walk Home's 2nd Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month Walk, 71 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 October 18
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, exhibit opening, 48 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 July 18
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, exhibit opening with community members holding Prison is Not Feminist sign, 79 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 July 18
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, No Rights to Respect, discussions and Marissa Alexander birthday event, 12 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 September 14
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, No Rights to Respect, discussions, 15 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 September 14
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, closing reception, 28 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 September 26
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, closing reception photo booth, 22 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 September 26
- Title
- Pre-trial rally for Marissa Alexander, 56 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 July 26
- Title
- Selfies for Self Defense, community gathering in support of Marissa Alexander, 41 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 July 26
- Title
- Where Do We Go From Here? discussion, 20 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 December 12
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.
Series 3 includes administrative and planning materials, curriculums, photographs and research related to the creation of Chicago Freedom School and its programs.
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 contains director's files, research files, grant proposals, general administrative information, and financial records. Subseries A contains physical and electronic files.
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
- Title
- Alumni Evaluation Project, summary
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Annual report
- Dates
- 2008
- Title
- Assessments, evaluations and surveys
- Dates
- 2006-2011
- Title
- Board of Directors, biographies, board manual, e-mails, meeting agendas and minutes, and revenue and budget plans
- Dates
- 2005-2009
- Title
- Board of Directors, meeting packet
- Dates
- 2009
- Title
- Board of Directors, meeting packet
- Dates
- 2010 April 14
- Title
- Board of Directors, meeting packet
- Dates
- 2011 January 18
- Title
- Board of Directors, retreat
- Dates
- 2010 January 24
- Title
- Budget reports, disbursement information, income statements and invoices
- Dates
- 2005-2010
- Title
- Building Multiracial/Multi-Ethic Social Justice Movements, training biographies and questionnaire
- Dates
- 2008 May 30
- Title
- Calendars and timelines
- Dates
- 2005-2007
- Title
- Correspondence and fundraiser information
- Dates
- 2008-2013
- Title
- Databases and organizational assessments
- Dates
- 2007-2010
- Title
- Logistical information
- Dates
- 2005-2007
- Title
- Committee agendas and notes, includes the Advisory, Board Development, Logistics, Fundraising, Finance, Marketing, Program, Research Evaluation, Library and Archives (REAL), and Youth committees
- Dates
- 2005-2009
- Title
- Concept papers and reports
- Dates
- 2005-2009
- Title
- Correspondence
- Dates
- 2005-2009
- Title
- Development plans
- Dates
- 2008
- Title
- Evaluation instruments, reports and CD-ROM
- Dates
- 2007
- Title
- Forms, administrative
- Dates
- 2005-2007
- Title
- Fundraiser, Dessert-A-Palooza, correspondence and flyer
- Dates
- 2010 May 15
- Title
- Fundraising and grant materials
- Dates
- 2006-2010
- Title
- Goals and strategic planning materials
- Dates
- 2005-2011
- Title
- Initial planning materials
- Dates
- 2004-2007
- Title
- Marketing and planning materials
- Dates
- 2005-2007
- Title
- Meeting agendas and notes, general
- Dates
- 2004-2009
- Title
- Newsletters
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- Newsletters
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- News clippings
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- News clippings
- Dates
- 2007-2009
- Title
- News clippings
- Dates
- 2007-2009
- Title
- Organizational materials
- Dates
- 2004-2010
- Title
- Planning materials
- Dates
- 2005-2011
- Title
- Planning resources
- Dates
- 2006-2010
- Title
- Program Committee, meeting agendas and notes
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- Promotional materials
- Dates
- circa 2007-2008
- Title
- Research, "Mississippi Freedom Schools" Radical Teacher
- Dates
- 1991
- Title
- Research, Freedom schools and youth organizing
- Dates
- circa 1995-2005
- Title
- Research, Organizational structures
- Dates
- circa 2004-2007
- Title
- Research, Evaluation, Archives and Library (REAL) committee meeting agendas and resources
- Dates
- 2009-2010
- Title
- Staffing materials and job descriptions
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- Work plans
- Dates
- 2005-2007
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.
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by program name or topic.
- Title
- Adultism, evaluations and attendance, training
- Dates
- 2008-2009
- Title
- Anti-Oppression Institute, training materials and questions
- Dates
- 2007
- Title
- Civil Rights Institute, curriculum resources and job descriptions
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- Events, planning materials and press releases
- Dates
- 2005-2008
- Title
- Events, programs and brochures
- Dates
- 2007-2015
- Title
- Freedom Fellowship, program applications and overview
- Dates
- 2008-2009
- Title
- Freedom Fellowship, program brochures and application
- Dates
- 2007-2016
- Title
- The Freedom School Curriculum: Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964, curriculum
- Dates
- 2004
- Title
- People Make Movements: Lessons from Freedom Summer, curriculum
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- Social Justice Mentors, program planning
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- Summer programming, course descriptions and planning
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- Teaching About the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools, curriculum
- Dates
- circa 2006
- Title
- Youth Leaders for Justice, roster, testimonies and workshop agenda
- Dates
- 2015 May 30
- Title
- Youth Workshop with Kathy Emery, workshop
- Dates
- 2006 June 16
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.
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically.
- Title
- Chicago Freedom School, 6th Anniversary Celebration, 55 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013 June 6
- Title
- Chicago Freedom School, Annual Moments of Justice benefit, 33 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013 November 15
- Title
- Chicago Freedom School, Annual Moments of Justice benefit, 36 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 November 6
- Title
- Chicago Freedom School, buttons
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Chicago Freedom School, opening event, 122 photographs by Warren Frank
- Dates
- 2007
- Title
- Chicago Freedom School, 2 photographs
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Chicago Freedom School, promotional video
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- Chicago Freedom School, t-shirt
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Cries of the Youth video
- Dates
- 2008
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.
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.
Series 4 is arranged alphabetically by name or topic.
- Title
- American Association of University Women, grant application and correspondence
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Center for Emerging Leadership, budgeting workshop roster
- Dates
- circa 2011
- Title
- Center for Emerging Leadership, concept papers
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Center for Emerging Leadership, funding research
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Center for Emerging Leadership, funding workshop materials
- Dates
- 2011 September 22
- Title
- Center for Emerging Leadership, organizational chart
- Dates
- circa 2010
- Title
- Center for Emerging Leadership, research articles
- Dates
- 1989-2002
- Title
- Center for Emerging Leadership, survey results and financial statement
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Chicago Foundation for Women, grant application and correspondence
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- City of Chicago Domestic Violence Advocacy Coordinating Council, meeting
- Dates
- 2011 February 10
- Title
- Community ally response sheet
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Cook County Commission on Women's Issues, meeting information and occasional paper
- Dates
- 2006-2010
- Title
- Crime and Incarceration Among Girls and Young Women in Illinois and Chicago, roundtable
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Cudahy Fund, grant correspondence
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Domestic violence prevention, research files
- Dates
- 2003-2009
- Title
- Domestic Violence Summit Series, conference
- Dates
- 2009 November 19
- Title
- Dreihaus Foundation, grant correspondence
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Field Foundation, grant application and correspondence
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Financial statements
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Fiscal sponsorship letter
- Dates
- 2010 January 13
- Title
- Fry Foundation, grant application and correspondence
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Girls' Thinktank
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Human Trafficking: Strategies and Solutions, program
- Dates
- 2011 April 14
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, Melissa Spatz and Michelle VanNatta, Status of Girls in Illinois
- Dates
- 2009
- Title
- Meeting and planning materials
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Michael Reese Health Trust, grant correspondence
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Open Meadows Foundation, grant application and correspondence
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Program planning
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Reproductive Justice and Violence Against Girls, roundtable
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Sexual violence, research files
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Sexual Violence in the Lives of Girls and Young Women, roundtable
- Dates
- 2010 January 19
- Title
- TJX Foundation, grant application and correspondence
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Truth About Violence Against Girls meeting, agenda, attendance roster and surveys
- Dates
- 2009 October 22
- Title
- Verizon Foundation, grant correspondence
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Violence and Education, roundtable
- Dates
- 2010 May 19
- Title
- Women and Girls and Sexuality: Health and Harms, conference
- Dates
- 2010 October 21
- Title
- Women and violence, research files
- Dates
- circa 1996-circa 2005
- Title
- Young women, research files
- Dates
- circa 2000-2008
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.
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.
Series 5 is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
- Title
- Advertising and outreach
- Dates
- 2004-2005
- Title
- Center for Young Women's Development, handbook
- Dates
- 2002
- Title
- Chicago Foundation for Women, grant correspondence and proposals
- Dates
- 2002-2004
- Title
- Crossroads Fund, grant correspondence and reports
- Dates
- 2003-2004
- Title
- Director's files (1 of 2)
- Dates
- 2001-2004
- Title
- Director's files (2 of 2)
- Dates
- 2004-2005
- Title
- Employment Program, proposal
- Dates
- 2005
- Title
- Evaluation forms
- Dates
- 2003-2004
- Title
- Financial reports, (1 of 2)
- Dates
- 2003-2006
- Title
- Financial reports, (2 of 2)
- Dates
- 2003-2006
- Title
- Funding Exchange, grant application and correspondence
- Dates
- 2002-2004
- Title
- Girl Talk and Chicago Women's Health Center, newsletters
- Dates
- 2005
- Title
- Girls Best Friend Foundation, grant correspondence and reports
- Dates
- 2005-2006
- Title
- Healy School, Girls' program, (1 of 2)
- Dates
- 2003-2004
- Title
- Healy School, Girls' program, (2 of 2)
- Dates
- 2003-2004
- Title
- If the Caterpillar Only Knew, conference materials
- Dates
- 2004
- Title
- Illinois Arts Council, grant materials
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Job descriptions
- Dates
- circa 2003-circa 2005
- Title
- Leadership Group, writings
- Dates
- 2004 November 12
- Title
- March for Women's Lives, articles, planning materials and photographs
- Dates
- 2004
- Title
- MacArthur Foundation, grant proposal, and reports
- Dates
- 2003-2006
- Title
- Meeting agendas and minutes
- Dates
- 2003-2005
- Title
- Partner meetings, notes
- Dates
- 2003-2005
- Title
- Programs, various
- Dates
- 2003-2004
- Title
- Retreat, agendas and reports
- Dates
- 2003-2004
- Title
- Roundtable for Women in Prison Conference, program materials
- Dates
- 2004
- Title
- Statistics and youth incarceration information
- Dates
- circa 2003
- Title
- Talk-Out – Outside my Window, program and flyer
- Dates
- 2004 December 17
- Title
- Tides Center, administrative files
- Dates
- 2003-2006
- Title
- Top of the Pyramid, programs
- Dates
- 2004 February 25
- Title
- Youth incarceration, articles and resources
- Dates
- 2003-2004
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.
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.
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
Subseries A includes Project NIA administrative records, reports, grant proposals and financial records. Subseries A contains physical and electronic files.
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
- Title
- Administrative materials
- Dates
- 2009-2012
- Title
- After School Matters, contract
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Arrest and prison documentation, research materials
- Dates
- 2009-2012
- Title
- Awards, correspondence and program
- Dates
- 2013-2015
- Title
- Budget and financial materials
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Chicago Police Department, research and reports
- Dates
- 2009-2014
- Title
- Correspondence
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Criminalization, prison industrial complex, restorative justice, resources
- Dates
- 2009-2012
- Title
- Evaluations
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Event and project planning materials
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Fundraisers, programs and flyer
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Fundraising and grant materials
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Goals, frameworks and values documentation
- Dates
- 2009
- Title
- Goals, mission and strategic planning documentation
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Goodcity, fiscal agent correspondence
- Dates
- 2014 January 17
- Title
- Illinois Juvenile Justice Leadership Council, meeting notes and correspondence
- Dates
- 2012-2014
- Title
- Just and Fair Schools Fund, letter of intent
- Dates
- circa 2010
- Title
- Juvenile incarceration research, magazines and reports
- Dates
- 1999-2014
- Title
- Juvenile incarceration research, pamphlets and reports
- Dates
- 2004-2015
- Title
- Juvenile incarceration research, reports
- Dates
- 2004-2013
- Title
- Juvenile incarceration research, reports
- Dates
- 2009-2013
- Title
- Juvenile justice, reports
- Dates
- 2009-2014
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, speaking events, flyers and programs
- Dates
- 2010-2015
- Title
- Kaba, Mariame, task documentation and notes
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- MacArthur Foundation, grant correspondence and agreement
- Dates
- 2014 August 5
- Title
- Meeting agendas and minutes
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- News clippings
- Dates
- 2009-2015
- Title
- Organizational materials and flyers
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Partnerships, pamphlets and documentation
- Dates
- circa 2009-circa 2016
- Title
- Press releases
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Program application forms
- Dates
- 2009-2010
- Title
- Reports and concept papers
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Resource lists
- Dates
- 2012-2014
- Title
- Restorative Justice, research and resources
- Dates
- 2009-2014
- Title
- Rogers Park Community Council, fiscal agent agreement and correspondence
- Dates
- 2009 August 19
- Title
- School-to-prison pipeline, conference materials and resources
- Dates
- 2005-2014
- Title
- Staffing, job descriptions
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Staffing, job descriptions
- Dates
- 2009-2012
- Title
- Thomas C. Hood Award for Social Action, plaque
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Woods Fund of Chicago, grant application and letter of inquiry
- Dates
- 2011-2014
- Title
- Work plans, organizational and staff
- Dates
- 2009-2011
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.
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by affiliated organization or initiative.
- Title
- 30-hour Juvenile Justice Advocacy Training Program, information sheet and training schedule
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Black Lives Matter, button
- Dates
- circa 2014
- Title
- Buy Choice, budget, concept paper and general information
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, administrative information
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, Chain Reaction project information
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, evaluations and training sheets
- Dates
- 2013-2014
- Title
- Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, teaching resources
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Chicago Prison Industrial Complex Teaching Collective, timeline activity
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Chicago Youth Justice Advocacy and Training Center, activities and general information
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Circles and Ciphers, booklet and planning materials
- Dates
- 2011-2013
- Title
- Family Visits to Juvenile Prisons, general information and visitation parameters
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Family Visits to Juvenile Prisons, general information
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Families in Touch, pamphlet
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Gale Peace Room, concept papers, discipline reports, flyers and proposals
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Gale Peace Room, intern training guide
- Dates
- circa 2010
- Title
- Girl Talk, curriculum, flyers, manifestos and meeting materials
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Girl Talk, facilitator guide and meeting materials
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Juvenile Justice Advocacy Training Program, meeting and planning materials
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Liberation Library, flyers, pamphlets and meeting agenda
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- NIA Wellness Space, flyers and general information
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Peacemaking Circles, guidelines and training materials
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Rogers Park Transformative Justice Center, service information
- Dates
- 2009-2010
- Title
- Various initiatives and general planning documentation
- Dates
- 2009-2010
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.
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by presentation.
- Title
- The ABCs of the PIC, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- Attica Prison Uprising 101: A Short Primer, curriculum
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Conferences, notes and programs
- Dates
- 2010-2015
- Title
- Conferences, various flyers and materials
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Criminalizing Black Girls, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2014 February 14
- Title
- Curriculum, various
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Dignity in Schools National Campaign Conference, A Collective Voice for Dignity in Schools, conference materials
- Dates
- 2009 June 5
- Title
- Freedom Dreams Now Conference, factsheets and speaker notes
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Giving Name to the Nameless: Using Poetry as an Anti-Violence Intervention with Girls and Young Women, curriculum and survey
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Giving Name to the Nameless: Using Poetry as an Anti-Violence Intervention with Girls and Young Women, curriculum planning materials
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Grassroots Black Women Think Tank, conference planning documents
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- How to Engage Young Men as Allies to End Violence Against Girls, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2014 June 10
- Title
- Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Comic Workshop, posters
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- The Missing Project, curriculum
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Plantation to Penitentiaries: The Prison Industrial Complex, workshop materials
- Dates
- circa 2010
- Title
- Re-Connecting the Pathways, conference biographies
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Restorative Justice in Schools, conference materials
- Dates
- 2009 October 15
- Title
- Rogers Park Community Walking Tour Lesson Plan, curriculum
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- School to Prison or Cradle to Career: Imagining a Different Pipeline, conference materials
- Dates
- 2015 May 18
- Title
- Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence, curriculum planning materials
- Dates
- 2009-2010
- Title
- Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence, curriculum planning materials
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Teaching about the Prison Industrial Complex and Criminal Legal System, curriculum by Michelle VanNatta
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Talking About Policing and Violence with Youth: An Activity and Resource Guide, curriculum
- Dates
- circa 2011
- Title
- Train the Trainer: Local Juvenile Justice Data Snapshots, training guide
- Dates
- 2011 October 22
- Title
- Trayvon Martin, workshop materials and participant notes
- Dates
- circa 2013
- Title
- Understanding the Criminalization of Youth, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- We Don't Want This to Look Like a Massacre: The Danzinger Bridge Shootings, curriculum
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- We Don't Want This to Look Like a Massacre: The Danzinger Bridge Shootings, curriculum
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Workshops, materials and notes
- Dates
- 2010-2013
- Title
- YWCA Racial Justice Summit, conference program
- Dates
- 2011 October 5
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.
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by type of activity.
- Title
- April 1st Day of Action, agenda, chant sheet and sticker
- Dates
- 2016
- Title
- Campaigns, postcards
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Chicago Student Safety Act, campaign materials
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Chiraq and Its Meaning(s), community contributions and zine
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Closing Illinois Youth Prisons, meeting agenda and postcard
- Dates
- 2012 February 16
- Title
- Closing Illinois Youth Prisons, poster
- Dates
- 2012 July 14
- Title
- Events, marketing materials and CD-ROM
- Dates
- 2009-2016
- Title
- Events, marketing materials
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- National Week of Action Against School Pushout, button
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- National Week of Action Against School Pushout, grant information and postcards
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- National Week of Action Against School Pushout, marketing materials
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- National Week of Action Against School Pushout, posters
- Dates
- 2010-2014
- Title
- National Week of Action Against School Pushout, t-shirts
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- No to HB2265, campaign flyers and information sheets
- Dates
- 2013-2014
- Title
- Project NIA, banner
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Reparations NOW, campaign materials and 15 photographs
- Dates
- 2012-2015
- Title
- Reparations NOW, campaign poster and news clipping
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Stop the School to Prison Pipeline, campaign planning materials
- Dates
- 2010-2011
- Title
- Un-Marked Campaign, button
- Dates
- circa 2010
- Title
- Un-Marked Campaign, campaign materials
- Dates
- 2010-2014
- Title
- Un-Marked Campaign, planning and marketing materials
- Dates
- 2009-2011
- Title
- Un-Marked Campaign, poster
- Dates
- circa 2010
- Title
- Uproar Chicago, event flyer and transcript
- Dates
- 2013 April 24
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.
Subseries E is arranged alphabetically by project title with the zines arranged alphabetically at the end.
- Title
- Art Against Incarceration, exhibit posters
- Dates
- 2010 August 28
- Title
- Black and Blue, exhibit art
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- Black/Inside: A History of Captivity and Confinement in the Unites States, exhibit flyers and posters
- Dates
- 2011-2013
- Title
- Black/Inside: A History of Captivity and Confinement in the Unites States, exhibit information and CD-ROM
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Black/Inside: A History of Captivity and Confinement in the Unites States, exhibit posters
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Blood at the Root: Unearthing the Stories of State Violence Against Black Women, exhibit information and memorial cards
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Blood at the Root: Unearthing the Stories of State Violence Against Black Women, exhibit posters
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Blood at the Root: Unearthing the Stories of State Violence Against Black Women, Stop Killing Black Women and Girls, t-shirt
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Criminalizing Black Girls, poster by Bianca Diaz
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Juvenile-in-Justice, exhibit poster
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Making N*****s: Demonizing and Distorting Blackness Through Racist Postcard and Images, exhibit information [Caution: examination of racist language]
- Dates
- 2015-2016
- Title
- No Selves to Defend, exhibit information, 4 photographs and CD-ROM
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Picturing A World Without Prisons: An Inside/Outside Exhibition, poster and postcard
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- Project NIA, campaign artwork
- Dates
- 2008-2013
- Title
- Zines - 1968 Democratic Convention by Emily Pineda
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Zines - An (Abridged) History of Resisting Police Violence in Harlem by Mariame Kaba
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Zines - Assata is Welcome Here (partial) by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- Zines - Blue and Black: Stories of Policing and Violence by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- Zines - Chicago's Red Summer of 1919 by Elizabeth Dadabo
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Zines - Community Safety Looks Like…
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Zines - The Dante Servin Trial: An Analysis of the Verdict
- Dates
- circa 2015
- Title
- Zines - Girls in the System: A Story About Young Women and the Juvenile Justice System by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Zines - A Graphic History of Juvenile Justice in Illinois by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Zines - Jon Burge and Chicago Police Torture
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Zines - The Local Government of Crete, IL is Considering Building a Private Immigrant Detention Facility
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Zines - The Memorial Day Massacre, May 30, 1937, Chicago, IL by Samuel Barnett
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Zines - Miklat Miklat: A Transformative Justice Zine by Lewis Wallace and Micah Bazant
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Zines - The Mississippi Black Papers: Testimonials of Police Violence in the South, edited by Mariame Kaba
- Dates
- circa 2012
- Title
- Zines - The Prison Industrial Complex Is…, illustrated by Billy Dee
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Zines - The Princess Who Went Quietby Bianca Diaz
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Zines - The School to Prison Pipeline by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Zines - Ten Things You Hate About Anita
- Dates
- 2016
- Title
- Zines - Youth Stories by Elgin Smith
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Zines - various
- Dates
- 2011-2013
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.
Subseries F is arranged alphabetically by action or event.
- Title
- 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
- Dates
- 2013 September 30
- Title
- Black & Blue exhibit opening, 61 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013 March 19
- Title
- Black Inside, exhibit opening, 47 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2012 October 22
- Title
- Blood at the Root, exhibit opening, 32 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 August 14
- Title
- Blood at the Root, exhibit opening photo booth, 27 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 August 14
- Title
- Blood at the Root, exhibit closing, 86 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 October 30
- Title
- Chicago Torture Justice Survivors, event, 55 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2016 February 13
- Title
- Chiraq & Its Meaning(s), publication release party, 38 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 October 30
- Title
- Cradle to College Pipeline, summit video
- Dates
- 2010 October 16
- Title
- Community Safety Looks Like, Project NIA/Mariame Kaba and Sarah-Ji of Love & Struggle, community comments, 100 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013-2015
- Title
- Community Safety Looks Like, booklet release, 18 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 July 22
- Title
- #DistortedBLK: Making N*****s: Demonizing & Distorting Blackness, exhibit opening, 119 photographs by Sarah-Ji [Caution: examination of racist language]
- Dates
- 2015 October 3
- Title
- Making #BlackLivesMatter panel, closing reception for #DistortedBLK: Making N*****s [Caution: examination of racist language], 19 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2016 January 31
- Title
- Monument Quilt: Public Healing Space for Survivors of Rape and Abuse, 33 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 August 19
- Title
- National Occupy Day in Solidarity with Prisoners, card writing event, 32 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2012 February 21
- Title
- No Place for Kids, mp4 video
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- A Play-In for Tamir Rice, 75 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 November 23
- Title
- Picturing a World Without Prisons, project, 27 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013
- Title
- #PopUpJustice Art Exhibit at City Hall for #ReparationsNOW, 92 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 March 18
- Title
- Project NIA, news conference
- Dates
- 2008
- Title
- Project NIA, unidentified events, 3 photographs
- Dates
- 2012 July 7
- Title
- Project NIA and Dignity Schools, 3 audio files [damaged]
- Dates
- 2011-2012
- Title
- #RahmRepNow, [Reparations NOW] train takeover, 62 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 February 21
- Title
- Rally for Reparations: A People's Hearing, 73 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 February 14
- Title
- Reparations Not Black Sites: Rally for the Run-Off, 30 photographs by Sarah Ji
- Dates
- 2015 March 2
- Title
- #ReparationsNOW, march, 24 photographs by Page May
- Dates
- 2014 December 16
- Title
- #ReparationsWON Historic City Council Vote, 77 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 May 6
- Title
- #ReparationsWON Party, 88 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 May 6
- Title
- #ReparationsWON Party, Radical Imaginings, 55 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 May 15
- Title
- Re-Thinking and Re-Imagining Community Safety: An Intergenerational and Interactive Discussion, 63 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 August 20
- Title
- #SB1342 opposition action, 30 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013 December 2
- Title
- Schools Not Jails, protest, 107 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2016 April 1
- Title
- Sing-In for Reparations, 27 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 January 15
- Title
- Sounds Like Now, a sound performance in response to the Making N*****s exhibit, 24 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 December 20
- Title
- Vigil for Ronnieman, 51 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 October 12
- Title
- Youth Led Think Tank, 3 photographs
- Dates
- undated
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.
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.
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 contains grant proposals, financial records and meeting agendas and minutes and various administrative materials. Subseries A contains physical and electronic files.
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
- Title
- Anniversary party invitation
- Dates
- 2008 September 19
- Title
- Annual reports and invoice
- Dates
- 2006-2008
- Title
- Avon Foundation, grant application
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- Ben and Jerry's Foundation, grant application
- Dates
- 2007 July 15
- Title
- Between Friends, award correspondence
- Dates
- 2011 April 7
- Title
- Between Friends, 25 Forces of Change Award – Young Women's Action Team, plaque
- Dates
- 2011 October 11
- Title
- Chicago Foundation for Women, award program
- Dates
- 2010 March 24
- Title
- City of Chicago, proclamation
- Dates
- 2005 June 28
- Title
- Correspondence
- Dates
- 2007-2009
- Title
- Crossroads Fund, grant applications and correspondence
- Dates
- 2007-2008
- Title
- Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence, curriculum
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Donation documentation
- Dates
- 2008
- Title
- Ellen Dougherty Activist Fund for Young Women, grant application
- Dates
- 2006 August 10
- Title
- Executive summary
- Dates
- 2008
- Title
- Financial reports
- Dates
- 2008-2010
- Title
- Fiscal year report
- Dates
- 2005
- Title
- Friend of Battered Women and Their Children, budget
- Dates
- 2005
- Title
- General organizational information
- Dates
- 2003-2012
- Title
- General organizational information
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, grant applications
- Dates
- 2006-2008
- Title
- Leo S. Guthman Fund, grant applications and correspondence
- Dates
- 2007-2008
- Title
- Letters of recommendation
- Dates
- 2006-2013
- Title
- Logos, by Jane Ball
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, grant applications
- Dates
- 2006-2008
- Title
- Meeting notes and research posters
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Ms. Foundation for Women, grant applications
- Dates
- 2007-2008
- Title
- News clippings and article
- Dates
- 2004-2009
- Title
- News clippings
- Dates
- 2005-2009
- Title
- Rogers Park Community Council, fiscal sponsorship agreement and organizational information
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- Speh Family Foundation, grant application and correspondence
- Dates
- 2007-2008
- Title
- Unsung Heroine Award, resolution and printed picture
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program, grant application
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- Workshop offerings and meeting agenda
- Dates
- circa 2009
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team (YWAT), banner
- Dates
- undated
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.
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
- Title
- Chicago Girls' Coalition Resource Directory
- Dates
- 2008
- Title
- CTA Sexual Harassment and Assault: A Study by the Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team, reports
- Dates
- 2009
- Title
- Curriculum and training resources
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- "Getting Played: African-American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence"
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Hey Cutie, Can I Get Your Digits?: A Report about the Street Harassment of Girls in Rogers Park
- Dates
- 2003
- Title
- "Inclusion of Youth with Disabilities," by Susan Nussbaum and Ana Mercado
- Dates
- circa 2005
- Title
- Intimate partner violence, research files
- Dates
- 1995-2009
- Title
- Leadership 101: Developing Leadership Skills for Resilient Youth – Facilitator's Guide
- Dates
- 2000
- Title
- National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week, toolkit
- Dates
- circa 2005
- Title
- "Participatory Evaluation with Young Women"
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Popular media, research files
- Dates
- 2003-2006
- Title
- A Practical Guide to Implementing a Program that Engages and Empowers Young People in a High School Setting
- Dates
- 2002
- Title
- Reading Circle Facilitation Training Report
- Dates
- 2009
- Title
- Real Talk: Engaging Young Men and Boys about Violence Against Women and Girls, report
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Reports, various
- Dates
- 2006-2012
- Title
- Sexual abuse and violence prevention, research files
- Dates
- 2002-2004
- Title
- Sisters in Action: Political Education: Essential Pieces
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Transgender ally ship, research files
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- "What Will It Take? Building the Safest State for All Women and Girls"
- Dates
- 2007
- Title
- Youth organizing and research models, research files
- Dates
- circa 2004-2007
- Title
- Youth organizing in the Midwest, research files
- Dates
- 2005
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.
Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by title or event.
- Title
- The Color of Violence III: Stopping the War on Women of Color, conference call for presenters and workshops
- Dates
- 2005
- Title
- Cradle to College Pipeline Summit, conference materials
- Dates
- 2010 October 16
- Title
- Effective Presentation Skills for Youth, workshop flyer
- Dates
- 2006 November 18
- Title
- Ella's Daughters: Second Annual National Gathering, conference materials
- Dates
- 2009 May 3
- Title
- From the Margins to the Center: How Community-Based Organizations can Support and Foster Youth Participatory Research and Activism, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2005 June 1
- Title
- Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, conference materials
- Dates
- 2006 May 2
- Title
- An Introduction to Youth in Decision Making, training packet
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Mobilizing Youth for Social Change: A Youth Led Workshop, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2006-2009
- Title
- Mobilizing Youth for Social Change: Fostering Leadership in the Anti-Gender Violence Movement, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2007 January 27
- Title
- Reading Circle Facilitation Training, workshop materials
- Dates
- 2009 January 17
- Title
- Research Training – Phase I, agenda and tip sheet
- Dates
- 2003 August 28
- Title
- Transformative Justice Gathering and Teach-In, workshop materials
- Dates
- circa 2005
- Title
- The Truth About Violence Against Girls, conference materials
- Dates
- 2009 October 22
- Title
- Workshops, various
- Dates
- 2005-2006
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.
Subseries D is arranged alphabetically by title or activity.
- Title
- Campaigns, various
- Dates
- 2003-2009
- Title
- Engaging Young Men as Allies, campaign materials and resource guide
- Dates
- 2006-2007
- Title
- Events, various, flyers and general information
- Dates
- 2003-2007
- Title
- Events, various, flyers and programs
- Dates
- 2004-2010
- Title
- Girls Leadership U, campaign materials
- Dates
- 2007-2008
- Title
- Girls Leadership U, executive summary report and surveys
- Dates
- 2008
- Title
- Girls for Safe Transit, buttons
- Dates
- 2008-2009
- Title
- Girls for Safe Transit, campaign materials
- Dates
- 2008-2009
- Title
- Girls for Safe Transit, CTA poster, "If it's Unwanted, It's harassment"
- Dates
- circa 2009
- Title
- Respect Me, t-shirt
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Stop Street Harassment, buttons
- Dates
- 2003-2006
- Title
- Stop Street Harassment, campaigns and curriculum
- Dates
- 2003-2006
- Title
- Suspension Stories: Challenging The School to Prison Pipeline in Your Own Words, campaign materials and press coverage
- Dates
- 2010-2012
- Title
- Suspension Stories: Challenging The School to Prison Pipeline in Your Own Words, posters
- Dates
- 2010-2012
- Title
- Teen Dating Violence, campaign material
- Dates
- circa 2005
- Title
- When Violence Against Women and Girls Ends I Will…, campaign flyers and poster
- Dates
- circa 2005
Subseries E includes physical and electronic audiovisual materials and photographs of YWAT events and campaigns. Subseries E contains physical and electronic files.
Subseries E is arranged alphabetically by title or organization.
- Title
- Monet, Daphne, interview, audio file
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Real Talk: Engaging Young Men As Allies to End Violence Against Women: A Collaboration Between BeyondMedia and the Young Women's Action Team, DVD
- Dates
- circa 2007
- Title
- Real Talk Screener, 28:35
- Dates
- circa 2007
- Title
- Santa's Sistahs, event, 20 photographs and 11 negatives and 1 CD-ROM
- Dates
- 2007
- Title
- Suspension Stories, video file
- Dates
- 2010
- Title
- Teen Sexual Assault, CAN-TX – Hey Cuties Forum, VHS
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Unidentified photographs, 2 photographs
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- Unidentified photographs, 24 photographs and 8 negatives and 1 CD-ROM
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Wolf Whistling, Street Level Youth Media, VHS
- Dates
- 1998
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, The Boy is Mine, film, VHS
- Dates
- 2003 November 17
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, The Boy is Mine, film, VHS
- Dates
- 2003 November 17
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, The Boy is Mine, film, DVD
- Dates
- 2003 November 17
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, CBS news clip
- Dates
- 2009
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, Community Forum, VHS
- Dates
- 2004 October 28
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, Day of Action Against Street Harassment, DVD
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, Day of Action Against Street Harassment, VHS
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, documentary, VHS music videos
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Young Women's Action Team, DVD
- Dates
- undated
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.
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.
Series 8 is organized into 2 subseries:
Subseries A: Documents and Artifacts, 2013-2016
Subseries B: Photographs, 2014-2016
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by topic or name.
- Title
- #ChiCopWatch, flyers and sign
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- #ChiCopWatch, flyers and sign
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- #ChiStops and STOP Act, campaign materials
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- #ChiStops and STOP Act, t-shirt
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Chicago Police Department, research
- Dates
- circa 2014
- Title
- Crossroads Fund, Donald F. Erickson Synapses Award
- Dates
- 2015 March 13
- Title
- Disrupt CAPS, flyer
- Dates
- circa 2015
- Title
- Do I Fit The Description, Youth Hearings on Police Violence, event materials and poster
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Events, marketing materials
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel budget proposal action, hand-painted banner, [See Subseries B: Photographs, Folder 13]
- Dates
- 2015 September 22
- Title
- Meeting agendas, notes and rosters
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- News clipping
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- Notes from one year anniversary
- Dates
- 2015
- Title
- "Police Violence Against Chicago Youth of Color"
- Dates
- 2014
- Title
- Reparations for the Chicago Police Torture Survivors, coloring book, fact sheets, and postcard
- Dates
- 2013-2015
- Title
- We Charge Genocide, button
- Dates
- undated
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.
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by event.
- Title
- #ChiStops: A Speakout Against Stop & Frisk and Police Violence, 117 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 August 9
- Title
- #Damo Day, Day of Remembrance for Dominique "Damo" Franklin, 146 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 May 20
- Title
- Do I Fit The Description, photo booth at the We Charge Genocide Hearing on Police Violence, 40 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 August 2
- Title
- Fundraising dinner, 12 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 October 5
- Title
- Geneva Delegation Send-Off Potluck, 33 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 November 7
- Title
- Geneva Delegation Report Back, 69 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 December 11
- Title
- #Justice4Pierre Vigil for Pierre L. Loury, 58 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2016 April 12
- Title
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel budget proposal action, 34 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 September 22
- Title
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel budget, train takeover, 41 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 October 6
- Title
- #O22 Break Down the Wall of Silence: Protesting Police Brutality, 57 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 October 22
- Title
- One Year Anniversary Celebration, 44 photographs by Sarah-Ji,
- Dates
- 2015 June 6
- Title
- Shadow Report Release: CPD Violence Against Youth of Color, 10 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 October 22
- Title
- #StopTheCops #FundBlackFutures action, 115 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 October 24
- Title
- Vigil for Our Fallen, 40 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 December 17
- Title
- Women and Femme to Celebrate, event, 85 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 March 11
- Title
- Youth Hearing on Police Violence, 38 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 August 2
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.
Series 9 is organized into 2 subseries:
Subseries A: Documents and Artifacts, 2014-2016
Subseries B: Photographs, 2012-2016
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by subject or name, and then chronologically within subject or name.
- Title
- Fight for Funding, Shut It Down, Shut Down Police Violence
- Dates
- 2016 April 1
- Title
- I'm Young, Black and I Want $15! t-shirt
- Dates
- circa 2014
- Title
- Louder Than a Bomb, poster
- Dates
- 2016
- Title
- No Justice, No Peace, Don't Shoot, R.I.P. Michael Brown, Jr. t-shirt
- Dates
- circa 2014
- Title
- Social justice actions, campaign materials, events, flyers, and news clipping
- Dates
- 2015-2016
- Title
- Social justice actions, campaign materials, events, flyers, and news clipping
- Dates
- 2015-2016
Subseries B contains electronic files. The bulk of the photographs were taken by Sarah-Ji.
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by action or event.
- Title
- Anita Alvarez is Gone party [Cook County State Attorney, Anita Alvarez], 4 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 March 15
- Title
- Assata Shakur teach-in, 65 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013 June 5
- Title
- #ByeAnita light action [Cook County State Attorney, Anita Alvarez], 40 photographs and 2 mp4 files by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2016 March 10
- Title
- #ByeAnita video by Sarah-Ji, video of the campaign to defeat Cook County State Attorney, Anita Alvarez
- Dates
- 2016
- Title
- #Chi2Baltimore Emergency Action in Solidarity with Baltimore, 113 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 April 28
- Title
- #Chi2Ferguson and #FreeMarissa action, 92 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 November 24
- Title
- Chicago Women and Femmes to Celebrate Awards Ceremony, 138 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2016 April 28
- Title
- Free Black Women's Library event, 46 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2012 February 20
- Title
- From Oakland to Chicago: Responses to Police Violence Panel, 44 photographs
- Dates
- 2015 April 22
- Title
- #Justice for Stephon vigil, 33 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 February 1
- Title
- #JusticeforStephon: A Freedom Ride and Rally, 173 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 April 4
- Title
- #LaquanMcDonald vigil and action, 39 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 November 24
- Title
- Locked Up & Locked Out: Action and March Against Incarcerating Youth, 97 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 May 19
- Title
- #March4BlackGirls in honor of Rekia Boyd, 136 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 October 17
- Title
- Mariame [Kaba] Taught Me submissions, 109 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2016 May 12
- Title
- Messages for Trayvon Martin, community members hold signs of support for Trayvon, 14 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 February 26
- Title
- Mother's Day vigil at Cook Country Jail, 50 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 May 9
- Title
- No-Knock: An Artistic Speak-Out Against "The American Police State," 17 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 June 7
- Title
- Northside Solidarity with Ferguson gathering and vigil, 29 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 August 11
- Title
- Reclaim MLK Day, 83 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 January 15
- Title
- Roshad McKintosh rally and march, 37 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2014 September 1
- Title
- #SayHerName / #BlackWomenMatter / #JusticeForRekia rally [Rekia Boyd], 62 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 May 21
- Title
- #SayHerName: A Light Action for Sandra Bland, 36 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 July 28
- Title
- Silent Witness Against Sexual Victimization of Incarcerated Youth protest, 55 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2013 July 30
- Title
- Watching the Watchers Conference: Strategies to End Police Violence, 59 photographs by Sarah-Ji
- Dates
- 2015 January 24