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Community Needs and Assets Assessment

Read about our latest initiative to survey Black Chicagoans and how you can enter an Archival Toolkits Raffle!

Newsletter Archive

Browse our BMRC Newsletters!

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Event for BMRC members: Collection Diversification and Community Engagement Series

For member institutions: Learn more about our event series discussing how to build trust between archives and local communities!

DPLA Community + Open Board Meeting - Jan. 15th

BMRC Executive Director to speak on a panel, "Reckoning With Our Pasts + Building Our Futures"

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Event: Collection Diversification and Community Engagement Panel

November 19th, 2020 @ 2:00-3:00pm via Zoom, featuring member institutions who have successfully engaged their communities, built long-lasting relationships with them, and seen the benefits of doing so. Click here to learn more and register!

BMRC 2020 Annual Meeting

Recording of the 2020 Annual Meeting now available!

New Directions for Chicago Collections Event

New Directions for Chicago Collections - July 9, 2020

A Virtual Conversation with Gregory Eow, Marcia Walker-McWilliams, Daniel Greene, and Ellen Keith

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Collections Emergency Relief Fund

A regional collections emergency relief fund in response to Covid-19

Event: Sasha Phyars-Burgess UNTITLED: A Photographic Exploration of Race, Class & Space in Austin

February 24, 2020 @ 7:00-9:00 pm at Oak Park Public Library Main Branch join us as we experience Sasha Phyars-Burgess' "UNTITLED AND YET TO BE DETERMINED, 41.8949° N, 87.7654° W (AUSTIN): A Photographic Exploration of Race, Class & Space in Austin".