id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-diglib-org-3813 DLF Forum Community Journalist Reflection: Arabeth Balasko - DLF .html text/html 1909 138 61 DLF Forum Community Journalist Reflection: Arabeth Balasko This post was written by Arabeth Balasko, who was selected to be one of this year's virtual DLF Forum Community Journalists. She believes that an archive should be a welcoming place for all people and should be an inclusive environment which advocates to collect, preserve, and make accessible the stories and histories of diverse voices. By uplifting the stories and voices of BIPOC folks, which have traditionally been omitted from the collected narrative for centuries, and reinterpreting and reclaiming the stories of those lost, overwritten, and marginalized throughout history, archival repositories can truly become beacons of change throughout the GLAM sectors. By getting community members and groups invested in telling their story, identifying themselves in their own way and own language/words, and by not leaving it up to the archivist to make assumptions, collections that are taken in become more authentic and personal. ./cache/www-diglib-org-3813.html ./txt/www-diglib-org-3813.txt