PRESS

﻿Launching "The Body As An Archive" Oral History Project

﻿Pandemics are Chronic! A Statement of Commitment to Long COVID Justice﻿﻿
﻿CAM’s Day With(out) Art programming puts community care in the spotlight﻿
Thoughts on How to Include Spirituality in Exhibitions about HIV and AIDS﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿METANOIA IS A POWERFUL EXAMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED RESPONSES TO THE AIDS CRISIS﻿﻿﻿﻿
‘Metanoia’ archival exhibit connects past AIDS activism to present actions﻿﻿﻿
﻿Exhibit in New York Unearths 1990s Activism by HIV-Positive Women in Prison
﻿﻿﻿“I am committed to reclaiming God”: An interview with curators of the HIV archival exhibit ‘Metanoia’﻿﻿

PUBLICATIONS

﻿An Oral History Project Excerpt with Reverend Joyce McDonald by Katherine Cheairs﻿﻿
﻿You May Be Strong, But I’m Brave﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿The Power of the Letter: HIV Activism Behind the Walls﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Queer Black Voices & The Body﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿What Does a COVID-19 Doula Do? zine﻿﻿
﻿LET MY PRESENCE BE THE REFUSAL﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Inside Out: The Power of Art in Prison﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS

﻿Member Night: Biennial Extravaganza﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Aesthetics of Double Consciousness: Identity Through the Lens of Black Artists﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿PANEL DISCUSSION
'MINISTRY: REVEREND JOYCE MCDONALD'﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Viral Intimacies: On Poetry, Memories and Loss﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Art + You: Gallery Conversations For Younger Adults﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿DESIRE LINES﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Fighting for Our Lives: Women and AIDS﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Day With(out) Art: Being and Belonging - Screening and Discussion﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Sensuous Discoveries: Exploring the Archival Potential of Blackness & Queerness﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿DAY WITH(OUT) ART 2021: ENDURING CARE
Screening Event﻿﻿
﻿﻿﻿Day With(out) Art 2021: ENDURING CARE﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Caretaking in the Archive﻿﻿
﻿AIDS Video Activism: Women and Incarceration
A video program for Metanoia﻿﻿
﻿Black Narratives & AIDS Histories. Rhode Island School of Design﻿﻿
﻿Inside Rikers Island﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿400 Years of Inequality: 13th Film Screening and Talkback﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Past Present Future: The Ongoing Aids Epidemic in Four Documents﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Storytelling Saturdays: Metanoia. The Studio Museum in Harlem﻿﻿﻿﻿
﻿Covering Communities: Insider/Outsider Perspectives. Tufts University﻿﻿﻿﻿
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CONFERENCES

Panelist. Public Histories of HIV/AIDS. Organization of American Historians. Philadelphia, PA. April 2026
Presenter. Plantation Epistemologies of d/Dispossession/d/Divinity: A Multimodal Audiovisual Research Study of Three Plantation Sites in Spring Hill, TN. Ancestral Memory, Inherited Futures Panel. Screening Scholarship Media Festival. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. March 2026
Presenter. Queering the Video Workshop. National Art Education Association (NAEA). Chicago, IL. March 2026
Panelist. “Collective Learning at the Interstice: A Critical Autoethnographic Case Study on the Founding of the Makeda School for Art, Media, and Humanities. Women’s Perspectives in Art Administration Conference. University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. February 2025