History Exchange
The Mellon “Commons for Justice” (FIU-CfJ) ‘History Exchange’ focuses on addressing the deep racial and ethnic inequities in pre-event disaster exposures and vulnerabilities and in post-event resilience resources and capacities. Moreover, this aspect of FIU-CfJ Collaboratory Project delves into strengthening, valuing, and preserving historical experiences from minority and vulnerable communities through transferring and preserving risk and resilience knowledge.
2024 History Exchange: Overtown
As a component of Florida International University’s Mellon-funded ‘Commons for Justice’ 2024 History Exchange, Overtown Stories: Race, Risk, Resilience features a collection of oral histories about Miami’s Overtown community. Held at the Historic Ward Rooming House, the History Exchange celebrated Overtown’s cultural legacy, fostered intergenerational knowledge sharing, and underscored the importance of preserving community history. Recorded live at the event, these oral histories delve into personal narratives and themes of resilience, cultural preservation, and systemic challenges, offering a thoughtful exploration of this historic neighborhood’s identity. The interviews were conducted by FIU-CfJ Graduate Research Fellow Patraillia Davis Bryant and filmed by Undergraduate Research Fellow Sebastian Rocha Alvarez to preserve Overtown’s enduring stories for future generations.
Episodes
- Overtown Stories: Race, Risk, Resilience – Prologue
- Berdine Smith
- Reginald Munning
- Dr. Valerie Patterson
- Fabian Martinez
Credits:
Interviewer: Patraillia Davis Bryant
Videographer: Sebastian Rocha Alvarez
Editor & Producer: Genai Witter
2022 History Exchange: Coconut Grove
In collaboration with Hope through Art Miami the 2022 ‘History Exchange’ aimed to support the capacity of community elders and FIU students in making positive steps towards closing the gap, transferring, and preserving knowledge regarding pre and post disaster exposures, resilience, and vulnerabilities to aid in negating racial and ethnic inequities in the Coconut Grove/Little Bahamas community. This ‘History Exchange’ occurred during the period of the historical Goombay festival and produced a podcast series of in-depth interviews with Coconut Grove/Little Bahamas elders and FIU students and showcased Jeffrey Poitier’s “Voices”.
The Mellon “Commons for Justice” (FIU-CfJ) ‘History Exchange’ focuses on addressing the deep racial and ethnic inequities in pre-event disaster exposures and vulnerabilities and in post-event resilience resources and capacities. Moreover, this aspect of FIU-CfJ Collaboratory Project delves into strengthening, valuing, and preserving historical experiences from minority and vulnerable communities through transferring and preserving risk and resilience knowledge.
Overview of 2022 History Exchange
In collaboration with Hope through Art Miami the 2022 ‘History Exchange’ aimed to support the capacity of community elders and FIU students in making positive steps towards closing the gap, transferring, and preserving knowledge regarding pre and post disaster exposures, resilience, and vulnerabilities to aid in negating racial and ethnic inequities in the Coconut Grove/Little Bahamas community. This ‘History Exchange’ occurred during the period of the historical Goombay festival and produced a podcast series of in-depth interviews with Coconut Grove/Little Bahamas elders and FIU students and showcased Jeffrey Poitier’s “Voices”.
Episodes
- “Goombay Festival Roundtable”
- “Clarice Cooper & Reynold Martin”
- “Dr. George A. Simpson & Gregory Simpson”
- “Thelma Gibson & Fredericka Brown”