Join Black Bottom Archives February 25th from 6:00pm - 8pm at Someday Gallery (2857 E Grand Blvd Ste 202, Detroit, MI 48202) for our 1st Kinfolk Memory Workers Meetup, a dedicated space for Black memory workers and archivists in Detroit to connect, share ideas, and learn from others who are passionate about preserving our culture and history. Whether you’re just starting or have years of experience, this event is all about helping each other protect our Black history. Free archival supplies will be available for attendees.  Registration is required. Click here to register.

Thursday, February 20, 2025 1p-4p at Detroit Food Commons (8324 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202 ) Mama Imani Humphrey Banquet Hall join Black Bottom Archives in collaboration with the MSU Museum team for an afternoon of skill-building as we cover the basics of collecting oral histories and community archiving.  We will be developing a collective exhibit to display at the end of our time together! This is an intergenerational space that centers youth, but all ages are welcome and lunch is provided.

Bring a photo you’d like to work with and an empty cereal box (if you can). All other supplies and materials will be provided.

The NLC Detroit Chapter will be co-hosting this special event with the NLC National Leadership Team to focus the conversation on Detroit and around the Midwest about issues of inequality, but highlighting how private investment from individuals, foundation and corporations have had an impact on revitalizing communities that mirror similar conditions that exist in the city of Detroit. 
 

Kimbilio is about extending, Nurturing, and Sustaining a Community of Writers from the African Diaspora. Projects include readings, presentations at professional conferences, social media networking, and an annual summer retreat for fiction writers who are members of the Kimbilio community. 

Join Detroit Narrative Agency on May 10th for a public info session about the launch of their grant application! 

Through an open application process, seed grants of $5,000 - $10,000 will be available to artists and community members who aim to shift the narratives of Detroit through moving image projects (film, video installation, emerging multimedia forms, curatorial projects, film screenings, etc.). 

At the info session we will present our takeaways from three months of surveying community members and share how this feedback has informed our application process for seed grants. We will also provide details about the grant application process and allow time for a Q & A. 

BOLD is an art and sound exhibit that wanders through modes of expression to explore a radical understanding of Blackness and overall self-love. Taking in our present day reality of the United States being governed by a Black President, Barack Obama, which was once only dreamed of. Using this historical time to observe race relations assisted in sparking my curiosity into black visibility on a global diaspora; creating questions like: What is Blackness? What is acting black? How do I own my Blackness? 

3rd Annual Acts of Fashion Charity Fashion Show will take place on May 7, 2016 at 7 p.m.at the beautiful Cherry Hill Village Theater in Canton, Michigan. 

BOLD is an art and sound exhibit that wanders through modes of expression to explore a radical understanding of Blackness and overall self-love. Taking in our present day reality of the United States being governed by a Black President, Barack Obama, which was once only dreamed of. Using this historical time to observe race relations assisted in sparking my curiosity into black visibility on a global diaspora; creating questions like: What is Blackness? What is acting black? How do I own my Blackness?

Come be a part of history as New Era Detroit forges forward with our historic fundraising movement to revolutionize the way our people live in the city of Detroit! 

The purpose of this event is to first and foremost, celebrate the various mothers in our lives who are beautiful, brilliant, and blessed beyond measure. Secondly, we would like to present Where My Girls At, a Non-profit organization, to the community. 

This debut Where My Girls At? event doubles as a fundraiser to help us raise funds to support our mission: to invest in young women