LxC Guides*

  • Jessica Marie Johnson, Director

    some call me a digital humanist; historian, black feminist, scholar of slavery and the African diaspora and associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University

  • Nadejda I. Webb, Assistant Director

    director of We Live Language Lab, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Center for the Digital Humanities

  • Brooke Lansing, Project Manager

    Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History

  • Kim Gallon, Co-PI, Black Beyond Data

    Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University

  • Alexandre White, Co-PI, Black Beyond Data

    Associate Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University

  • Alex Gil, Co-PI (BBD)

    Faculty, Yale University

  • Yomaira Figueroa, PI, Diaspora Solidarities Lab

    Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at CUNY

  • Skyy Moorer, Community Data Hub Coordinator

    St. Francis Neighborhood Center

  • Sarah Bruno, Co-Director, Taller Entre Aguas (DSL)

    Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

  • Guadalupe Garcia, Managing Editor, Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL)

    Associate Professor, UC-San Diego

  • Laura Rosanne Adderley, Community, Ethics, and Accountability Lead, Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL)

    Associate Professor, Tulane University

Digital Mentors

  • Jon Baynes, Research Software Engineer

    Principal at Eindevr, https://www.eindevr.com/

  • Emily McGinn, DH Librarian, Sheridan Libraries

    digital humanist, librarian, scholar

  • Alex Gil, Digital Strategist

    author, scholar, information sciences guru, and lecturer in Spanish/Portuguese Languages at Yale University

  • Jes Neal, Archivist (DSL)

    oral histories, archives, libraries and the digital. Principal at Vanguard Archives Consulting, https://www.vanguardarchivesconsulting.com/

  • Margaret Burri, Research Librarian, Keywords for Black Louisiana

    Research Librarian, Sheridan Libraries

  • John Abrahams, Software Engineer, Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL)

    Engineer, Sheridan Libraries

LxC Weavers*

  • Denise Ignatowski, Project Manager, BBD

    IT Project Administrator, Sheridan Libraries

  • Tatiana Esh, Project Manager, DSL

    artist, scholar

  • Afua Quarshie, Community Knowledge Lab Manager

    Doctoral Candidate, Johns Hopkins University

  • Melanie Rodríguez Vázquez, Open Boats Lab Manager

    Doctoral Candidate, Michigan State University

  • Zaria El-Fil, K4BL Digital Curation Fellow and Co-Project Manager

    Doctoral Candidate, Johns Hopkins University

  • Cyntoya McCall, Community Engagement Fellow and Co-Project Manager, Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL)

    Masters Student, Tulane University

  • Essah Diaz, Senior Research Lead, Taller Entre Aguas

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Puerto Rican Studies/CUNY

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“The social change ecosystem framework, developed by Deepa Iyer in 2017, is a tool to clarify values, identify roles, and support organizations, campaigns, and networks committed to solidarity, justice, and equity. It identifies ten roles that people and organizations often show up in (such as weaver, builder, and storyteller) when they are responding to crises, participating in social change movements, or organizing collectively to advance a campaign or a cause related to equity, justice, and solidarity. The framework has become a tool used by people and organizations, particularly during a time of unprecedented challenges, to find ways to engage in social change efforts more effectively, collaboratively, and sustainably...” - The Social Change Map, Understanding the Framework

LifexCode is learning from the Building Movement Project and Deepa Iyer how to structure non-hierarchical collectivity. Learn more: https://buildingmovement.org/. Gratitude to Adaku Utah and Uyenthi Tran Myhres for facilitating and orientating us to this framework through the Diaspora Solidarities Lab (2024 May 8). We commit to continuing to learn more and to not erasing the WOC creator of the framework as we do so.