Grit and Resilience: Developing a Community-Centered Approach to Documenting Climate Change in "Grit City"

FAIN: PN-295832-24

Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma, WA 98402-2006)
Anna Trammell (Project Director: May 2023 to July 2024)
Amita K. Lonial (Project Director: July 2024 to present)

The development of a digital primary source set and the digitization of select collections at Tacoma Public Library, as well as intergenerational interviews from the Tacoma, Washington community focused on climate change.

This project will engage the Tacoma community in the process of exploring, documenting, interpreting, and discussing the local impact of climate change through four key initiatives. These initiatives include: an intergenerational interview program with Tacoma Public Schools, a digitization and description effort focused on surfacing primary sources related to climate change, an oral history project that will document the stories of those most impacted by climate change, and a training and support program for community organizations with onsite records and collections that may be at risk as a result of climate change.