On Radio Survivor we are interested in not only audio, but also its history as well as preservation efforts. Along those lines, we have done numerous episodes about archives. We additionally have a strong passion for student-produced media, like high school and college radio. On this episode, we discuss an interesting intersection of the two, as we focus on archives and student activism. Our guest, Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, is the founder of Project STAND (Student Activism Now Documented) and is also University Archivist at University of Maryland. She explains to us the importance of archiving student activism, past and present, as well as the complexities and ethical considerations when doing this work.

• Project STAND website
• Project STAND podcast: A Blueprint
• WMUC Radio
• Saving College Radio: WMUC Past, Present and Future online exhibit
• Spinning Indie Field Trip 66: College Radio Station WMUC at University of Maryland
• Fay M. Jackson and the Color Line: The First African-American Foreign Correspondent for the Associated Negro Press

Photo of Foothill College Archives by Jennifer Waits

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