Maekdo Productions

09/12/2021

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This FALL! Visit blackle***anarchives.wix.com/info/upcoming for more info

September 12th @ 3PM EST: Art of Storytellin. Join Kru Maekdo for a storytelling discussion. How do you build and share a story? What are some methods you can use to document a story? You can find more info and register for this event at the link down below

October 10th @ 3PM EST: Digital Archiving. Creating Prezi Time Capsules. Join Kru Maekdo for a workshop on creating a Prezi Digital Archvial Time Capsule. You can find more info and register for this event at the link down below

November 14th @ 3PM EST: Death Records. Join Kru Maekdo November 14th @ 3 PM EST for a discussion about Death Records and Cemetary Research. You can find more info and register for this event at the link below.

December 12th @ 3PM EST: Silk Printing. Join Kru Maekdo December 12th @ 3PM EST for a discussion about the Silk Printing process You can find more info and register for this event at the link below.

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06/15/2021

06/14/2021

Le***ans are Miracles (***ansaremiracles) No 6: 🔥 The Black Le***an Rises 🔥, guest edited by , founder of ***anarchives, is HERE!

Huge thank you to Lisa Cannistraci and Ms. Alyce Emory and Wen Peguero of for lending us your time, knowledge, wisdom, and grace. As always, enormous gratitude to all of our contributors and collaborators who made this issue possible!

Krü writes,

The Black Le***an Rises speaks to the embodiment of the Black woman, the Black le***an rising from the ashes like the phoenix! Throughout LGBTQ+ history, there has been an intentional erasure of le***ans, specifically Black le***ans, and of our revolutionary contributions around the globe! 

I’ve seen the Legacy of our Elders (Owl and Wise alike), the shoulders that we stand on be disrespected within and often suppressed from the community. Young and even elder le***ans shy away from claiming and being le***an because of stigmas, societal expectations, and the lack of understanding of our true herstory. 

But if you only knew how rich we are! How rich our stories are! It’s time to get back to our roots. We come from lineages of godmothers, elders, and ancestors that had a vision, not for just le***ans but for the entire world. Archivists, builders, artists, holistic health practitioners, astrologers, warriors, activists. Everything we are. 

We Rise because there’s a transformative power in the Black le***an. 

We Rise for the women that have paved the way for us. 

We Rise because we’ve always been here! 
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Subscribe to the free digital version at www.le***ansaremiracles.com! The print version will be available for sale later in the month.

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06/09/2021

Touchdown for the ***ansaremiracles x ***anarchives takeover! Shout to and Lisa over at !

Will be back for the Gemini New Moon this Thursday at Henriettas! ⚡️

The submissions that came through yall is straight heat 🔥🔥can’t wait till y’all see the ***ansaremiracles June Issue drop this Friday!! ⚡️⚡️

Keep following belong behind the scenes ***ansaremiracles! ***ans ***ans

06/01/2021

June 7th 🔥 ***ansaremiracles
we’ve extended the submissions deadline for our ***anarchives takeover issue to june 7th! check out submissions guidelines on our website at www.le***ansaremiracles.com and DM or email us with any questions! plz share/hype up/spread the word! ***anrises

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04/13/2021

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The Black Le***an Archives Presents: The BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Southwest Tour 2022 🔥🔥

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The BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Kickstarter is on the way! [SWIPE] 14 Days left!! Thanks for all y’all’s support!

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Kickstarter Campaign!
March 28th - April 27th 2021

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With the BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Project we will undergo the conversion of a school bus that will allow us to reimagine our communities. (More info available at the link below)

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04/12/2021

Happy Aries Season y’all and New Year! Hope all the seasons treated you good up until this point.

This new year season is a time for cardinal change! Trying something new and doing something different! Using this Aries fire to pioneer into this new journey!

Speaking of a new journey! The BLA just finished up The ACHÈ Project Virtual Exhibit and is now kicking off The Mobile Herstory Bus Project 🎉

We are in the between stages of where we have been and where do we go from here? With the BLA Mobile Herstory Project we will undergo the conversion of a school bus that will allow us to reimagine the way we see and build our communities and archives. Through the arts, community, and culture. Touring across the U.S to connect through storytelling, media and grassroots organizing.

I understand that some are not interested in registering to donate to the Kickstarter and it’s all good! There are many other ways to support.

You can visit:
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And share with your tribe when you can! Thanks for your support and we will see y’all soon! 😝

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04/12/2021

The Black Le***an Archives Presents: The BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Southwest Tour 2022 🔥🔥

⚡️⚡️⚡️What are some places you would like the bus to stop in??

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The BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Kickstarter is on the way! [SWIPE] 15 Days left!! Thanks for all y’all’s support!

🎉 blackle***anarchives.wix.com/info/support

Kickstarter Campaign!
March 28th - April 27th 2021

🎉🎉🎉

With the BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Project we will undergo the conversion of a school bus that will allow us to reimagine our communities. (More info available at the link below)

🎉🎉🎉

(blackle***anarchives.wixsite.com/info/herstorybus)

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04/12/2021

The Black Le***an Archives Presents: The BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Southwest Tour 2022 🔥🔥

⚡️⚡️⚡️What are some places you would like the bus to stop in??

Subscribe to the website to stay updated!

🎉blackle***anarchives.wix.com/info/herstorybus

The BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Kickstarter is on the way! [SWIPE] 18 Days left!! Thanks for all y’all’s support!

🎉 blackle***anarchives.wix.com/info/support

Kickstarter Campaign!
March 28th - April 27th 2021

🎉🎉🎉

With the BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Project we will undergo the conversion of a school bus that will allow us to reimagine our communities. (More info available at the link below)

🎉🎉🎉

(blackle***anarchives.wixsite.com/info/herstorybus)

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04/12/2021

The Black Le***an Archives Presents: The BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Southwest Tour 2022 🔥🔥

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The BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Kickstarter is on the way! [SWIPE] 20 Days left!! Thanks for all y’all’s support!

Kickstarter Campaign
March 28th - April 27th 2021

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With the BLA Mobile Herstory Bus Project we will undergo the conversion of a school bus that will allow us to reimagine our communities. (More info available at the link below)
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04/12/2021

Thank y’all for everybody that came thru!!!

Join us in a talk back/discussion with Dagmar Schultz and Briona Simone Jones about the Berlin Years 1984 - 1992 Film. March 14th , 2021 @ 4PM EST!

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“Audre Lorde - the Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 documents Audre Lorde's influence on the German political and cultural scene during a decade of profound social change, a decade that brought about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the re-unification of East and West Germany. This chronicles an untold chapter of Lorde’s life: her empowerment of Afro-German women, as she challenged white women to acknowledge the significance of their white privilege and to deal with difference in constructive ways.
Ika Hügel-MarshallSupported by Lorde’s example Afro-German women began to write their history and their stories and to form political networks on behalf of Black people in Germany. As a result authors such as May Ayim, Katharina Oguntoye and Ika Hügel-Marshall published their works. Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 outlines Lorde’s contributions to the German discourse on racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, classism, and homophobia within the Black movement and the Black and white women’s movement, a discourse alive and growing today. Present-day interviews explore the lasting influence of Lorde’s ideas and the impact of her work and personality.
Litany for SurvivalThe relationship between Audre Lorde and Germany was mutually beneficial. During these years, Audre’s diagnosis of terminal cancer left her American doctors without hope for her survival. Berlin became her third home where she received naturopathic treatment in part responsible for the next eight years of her life.
The film represents an important addition to the documentary “A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde” by Ada Gray Griffin and Michelle Parkerson which was screened at the 45th Berlin Film Festival in 1995.”