an up//root project

HOME

An Exploration of Being

& Belonging in Resistance

Letter from the Editors

Part I

A Love

Letter to

Community

Resistance and Belonging in an Academic Library: Finding Home in the Praxis
by Margie Montañez

a nesting place: belonging
and critical creativity
by Jewel Davis

The Power of Community Building: Reflections from a First-Time JCLC Attendee
by Ramón García

Part II

Diasporic

Reflection

Cartomythography
by Rosario Santiago

Home Becomes Myth
by Nisha Mody

pinto, or an open-doored question: On Research, Reluctance, and Returning to the Homeland
by Arianna Alcaraz

Part III

In Search

of Safety

A Reclamation of Spaces
by CKZ Shareef

A Spectre in My Home
by Nicole Murph

Baltimore
by Marlyn Terrell Thomas

Part IV

A Call to

Action

Kuʻu ʻĀina Kulāiwi
by Shavonn Matsuda
and Kawena Komeiji

Empathy to Empower Libraries: Embracing Haitian Heritage and the Lakou Model for Social Justice and Equity
by Sabine Jean Dantus

WELCOME HOME

HOME: an exploration of being & belonging in resistance is a multi-genre collection of essays, personal narratives, and multimedia from 12 library and archive workers across the world.

up//root is a publishing collective that exists to center the works, knowledge, and experiences of people who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color within the context of the library and archives community.

Edited by
Megdi Abebe & Kristina Santiago