About the Collaborative
The Southern Memory Workers Collaborative is a network of activists, organizers, and cultural workers who are dedicated to documenting, preserving and stewarding stories, traditions, and
liberatory practices in the U.S. South.
2025 SMWC Documentary
Principles
Research
Conduct regional landscape analysis and skills assessment of southern memory work practices.
Identify and foster relationships among
partnering organizations, community groups, and individuals to further the implementation of the southern memory worker collaborative.
Relationships
Rooted In Place
Connect southern memory workers to folk school traditions and practices across the southeast U.S.