Edition #1
JULY 2023
A PROGRAM CONCEIVED BY PROJECT NIA
THE YOUTH PUBLIC HISTORY INSTITUTE
SHRINKING THE GAP BETWEEN VALUES AND ACTIONS The Youth Public History Institute, conceived by Project NIA, brings young people together from all over New York City in hopes of sharing valuable information and experiences. We will learn about conducting research through archival materials and public libraries, storytelling, surveillance, and history. In doing so, we are deepening our "appre-
ciation of, and commitment to, history and social justice" all while building "kinship and solidarity" (Zahra). We will seek out erased histories, learn from abolitionists and revolutionaries who came before us, and visualize the future ahead of us.
THE START We began at City College, entering a classroom filled with strangers. And yet, they felt familiar. We came together from all parts of New York City, from Queens, to Brooklyn, to the northern-most point of Manhattan, to learn from and work with each other, to participate in a program with people who are also interested in abolitionist thinking and activism. 1