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Detaching from my mythological self. It's been a joyous ride to learn and grow alongside and through THE ARCHIVE, but it's the end of an era! ARTWORK: XANDRA: https://www.instagram.com/afro.emotion/

We were fortunate to have been supported by our Assistant Producer, Wengel Kifle, over the past year. For their culminating project, Wengel decided to chat with Clinical Social Worker/Therapist, Tawanna Woolfolk, about the human behind the therapist and the stories that inform their work. FOLLOW US: TAWANNA WOOLFOLK: https://therapyct.net/#team WENGEL KIFLE: https://www.instagram.com/wengel_abera/ DIG3x: https://www.instagram.com/dig3x/ MUSIC: MARS BLAQUE: https://www.instagram.com/marsblaqueman/ ART: XANDRA: https://www.instagram.com/afro.emotion/

We grapple with defining home and its relationship to our body-mind for CONVERGE, a 2-day virtual screening of emerging BIPOC filmmakers + directors. Hosted by DIG3x on 4/9 + 4/10 at 3p CST and 5p CST on https://www.hellodig3x.com/. Featuring: Wengel Kifle Healing Bowls By: Charisma Rani CONVERGE celebrates 2 years of DIG3x. Producer: Sierra Jay + DIG3x Assistant Producer: Wengel Kifle

This is an exploration of the role of the image maker for CONVERGE, a 2-day virtual screening of emerging BIPOC filmmakers + directors. Hosted by DIG3x on 4/9 + 4/10 at 3p CST and 5p CST on https://www.hellodig3x.com/. Featuring: Joshua Jackson Jenn Ortega Mallory Cheng Wengel Kifle CONVERGE celebrates 2 years of DIG3x. Producer: Sierra Jay + DIG3x Assistant Producer: Wengel Kifle

We got to chop it up with Malikia Johnson this week. Malikia is the Co-Creator of the Take Care of Each Other World Tour, where she collected the stories of people and their cooperative principles + practices in the summer of 2019. We explore her introductions to cooperative values, lessons learned on tour, and engaging with co-op orgs in Europe and Ghana. For more info on Co-Ops: Grassroots Economic Organizing: https://geo.coop/ FOLLOW US: MALIKIA JOHNSON: https://www.instagram.com/malikiajohnson/ https://www.designforthecommons.org/ https://www.malikiajohnson.com/ DIG3x: https://www.instagram.com/dig3x/ MUSIC: MARS BLAQUE: https://www.instagram.com/marsblaqueman/ ART: XANDRA: https://www.instagram.com/afro.emotion/

HOW TO BUILD YOUR GARDEN is a month long IG Live series for Dig3x. We bring our friends on to discuss how they're building their spiritual, personal, and creative gardens. For our final episode, we spoke with Nia Robinson. Nia is a writer, interviewer, and strategist based in New York City. She's currently working on honing how her interests, talents, and abilities intersect. When she's not working at a literary agency, you can find her cooking, watching movies, or listening to music. FOLLOW US: NIA ROBINSON: https://www.instagram.com/nia3robinson/ WENGEL KIFLE: https://www.instagram.com/wengel_abera/ DIG3x: https://www.instagram.com/dig3x/ Check out the other orgs Nia mentioned: BITTER BLUSH: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.blush/ THE LOWER EASTSIDE GIRLS CLUB: https://www.instagram.com/girlsclubny/

HOW TO BUILD YOUR GARDEN is a month long IG Live series for Dig3x. We bring our friends on to discuss how they're building their spiritual, personal, and creative gardens. On this week's episode, we have Kahari Blue. Kahari is a producer, writer and singer from New Haven, CT. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre with minors in Education Studies and Black Studies from Middlebury College in VT. He has worked with NY theater companies such as Theater for a New Audience and PTP/NYC, and co-hosts a theater and culture podcast called Talkback. FOLLOW US: KAHARI BLUE: https://www.instagram.com/kahari_blue/ WENGEL KIFLE: https://www.instagram.com/wengel_abera/ DIG3x: https://www.instagram.com/dig3x/

HOW TO BUILD YOUR GARDEN is a month long IG Live series for Dig3x. We bring our friends on to discuss how they're building their spiritual, personal, and creative gardens. For our first episode, we're joined by Wengel Kifle who's been working with us as our Assistant Producer. Wengel is a 23-year-old Ethiopian-American who recently graduated from Middlebury College having studied Sociology and Politics. Her other interests include the arts, spirituality, travel, and connecting to the natural world while attempting to navigate life through compassion and joy. FOLLOW US: WENGEL KIFLE: https://www.instagram.com/wengel_abera/ DIG3x: https://www.instagram.com/dig3x/

From Yesterday, For Today and Always is a book giveaway by @DIG3x. This podcast series features conversations with just a few of the amazing creators/writers highlighted in this giveaway. Nick Lovett is a writer and visual artist from Oakland. We spoke with them about their book, "Twenty - One: A Story of Survival and Heartbreak told in Essays and Poems" which was featured in our recent giveaway. In addition to Nick's work, we also discuss their evolution in protecting + preserving themselves, Black people deserving abundance, and skills to keep one's self grounded. Our giveaway has closed, but we hope you check out our Instagram (@dig3x) for updates + future activations! FOLLOW US: NICK LOVETT: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlsaregod/ DIG3x: https://www.instagram.com/dig3x/ MUSIC: MARS BLAQUE: https://www.instagram.com/marsblaqueman/ ART: XANDRA: https://www.instagram.com/afro.emotion/

From Yesterday, Today and Always is a book giveaway by @DIG3x. This podcast series features conversations with just a few of the amazing creators/writers highlighted in this giveaway. Tanya Calvin is a writer, researcher, and archivist from Chicago. Their work explores their Black + Mexican identity, spiritual/ritual practices, living with a disability, queerness and so much more! We spoke with them about their chapbook, "Liminal. and Other Poems" and zines "Juntos" + "Forgive Yourself," which are each available in our giveaway. You can win a copy of Tanya's work by checking out our Instagram (@dig3x) for how to enter. Giveaway: December 3 - 11, 2020. FOLLOW US: TANYA CALVIN: https://www.instagram.com/nottiredbutsleepy/ DIG3x: https://www.instagram.com/dig3x/ MUSIC: MARS BLAQUE: https://www.instagram.com/marsblaqueman/ ART: XANDRA: https://www.instagram.com/afro.emotion/

From Yesterday, Today and Always is a book giveaway by @DIG3x. This podcast series features conversations with just a few of the amazing creators/writers highlighted in this giveaway. Yvette Mushimiyimana is a Chicago-based writer/musician and author of "Am I Enough?" a collection of short stories and poems exploring worth under a capitalist + productive-obsessed society. You can win a copy of her book by checking out our Instagram (@dig3x) for how to enter. Giveaway: December 3 - 11, 2020. Music from episode: GOLD SCATTER x IBABA FOLLOW US: YVETTE MUSHIMIYIMANA: https://www.instagram.com/yvettemushim/ DIG3x: https://www.instagram.com/dig3x/ MUSIC: MARS BLAQUE: https://www.instagram.com/marsblaqueman/ IBABA: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MGfMhKnSKSpEn9OakcH5f?si=9e_GqXIUSseHRecuYsBZ4w ART: XANDRA: https://www.instagram.com/AFRO.EMOTION/

Spoke with my Chingonx Chameleon team (and some past favs) about our FEMMEHOOD + coming of age stories. FOLLOW US: KIANA: https://www.instagram.com/healingisimperfect/ DARBY: https://www.instagram.com/hungry_art/ MALLORY: https://twitter.com/mallorycheng_ / https://www.instagram.com/mallorycheng/ CHINGONX CHAMELEON: https://www.instagram.com/chingonxchameleon/ DIG3X: https://www.instagram.com/DIG3X/ MUSIC: MARS BLAQUE: https://www.instagram.com/marsblaqueman/ ART: XANDRA: https://www.instagram.com/AFRO.EMOTION/

It's been a long two weeks! On this episode, we spoke with documentary filmmaker, Ebony Bailey. From Central California, now residing in Mexico, Ebony, who's of Black and Mexican descent (she self-identifies as Blaxican) chatted with us about HOME + the role it plays in her work, identity, and her newest film "Jamaica y Tamarindo." FOLLOW US: EBONY BAILEY: @ebonymarieb THE ARCHIVE / DIG3X: @dig3x MUSIC: MARS BLAQUE: @marsblaqueman ART: XANDRA: @afro.emotion

Should Black ephemera exist? FOLLOW US: Mars Silver: @marsblaqueman DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x

This week we sat down with an OG fav! Rapper M.E.R.C speaks on his debut project Only Child, life's shifts + the naysayers who pushed him to write, and the lessons he's taking into his next projects. FOLLOW US: M.E.R.C: @merc3dots / left.jones DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x  

This week we spoke with educator, veteran, nonprofit founder + director, and Illinois 7th District congressional candidate, Anthony Clark. His titles are long but he one message is simple: All Power to the People. FOLLOW US: ANTHONY CLARK: @anothonyvclark20 / voteanthonyclark.com DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x

We sat down with thee connect! When we say tapped in - Lavon Pettis is that! Lavon works in many areas of the arts and non-profit sector as consultant, manager and more. She spoke with us about a recent unfortunate event in which MANIPULATION forced her to rethink and restructure her life, work, and psychology. FOLLOW US: LAVON PETTIS: @solcyranphotog DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x

We're back! On our first episode of the new year, we've got sisters, Aliya Allen-Valley + Kyra Stephenson-Valley, who are the Programming Manager and Managing Director of the Kenneth Cyril Valley Foundation (KCV Foundation). Along with their older sister, Clariss Martos Moonsammy, they've worked to improve on the legacy built by their late grandfather, Kenneth Cyril Valley. Aliya + Kyra spoke with us about their familial legacy, the work of the KCV Foundation, and what legacy they hope to leave behind. FOLLOW US: KCV FOUNDATION: @kcvfoundation / https://thekcvfoundation.org/ DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x

We've made it to our final episode of 2019 + our first season! On this episode, we spoke with the phenomenal Yuliana López and her journey in success. She bravely and unapologetically shares a poignant story about her father's experience with immigration and a brief detention that, in many ways, colored her collegiate experience. We also touched on the importance of community and imagined our worlds as fully realized! FOLLOW US: YULIANA LÓPEZ: @ylnlpz DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x

How do you get back up? This week we sat down with filmmaker, Elijah Wilborn and talked the constant that is change.  FOLLOW US: ELIJAH WILBORN: "Loved Ones" on Soundcloud + Youtube DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x

Our absolute fav joined us this week - our mom! We talk about the ultimate sacrifice that is a mother's love and share the most heartwarming compliments to each other. FOLLOW US: DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x

Bravery is can be as simple as making it through the day - how ever that day looked. We chat with our fav friend Kiana Lewis about her journey in choosing to be brave...and nope, it's not always easy. FOLLOW US: KIANA LEWIS: @kickitwitki / @writerswoe DIG! DIG! DIG!: @dig3x

What's more horrifying than white supremacy? We're still trying to figure that out, too. We chat with our fav friend Jenn Ortega about balancing her love of horror films and her Catholic faith + analyze some of her fav films! We also imagine the stories we might tell FUBU. FOLLOW US: JENN ORTEGA @thebarricadeblog DIG! DIG! DIG! @dig3x

We're talking FRIENDSHIP! How did you learn how to be a friend? Definitely took us a few trys and then some! FOLLOW US: MALLORY CHENG @mallorycheng / @malpaltravels DIG! DIG! DIG! @dig3x

On this episode, we sit with our fav friend Chelsea and dig into the COVETING of Black art and what that means for us as Black media makers! FOLLOW US: CHELSEA WILLIAMS @chelseaw.art DIG! DIG! DIG! @dig3x

WE'RE BACK! Summer did us well and now we're back (every other week!!) with our fav friend, Tee Peters. Peters is a rapper/poet, photographer -- the creative with a "sexy" voice from South London. It's WORKING Season and we chat about all the cool work he's been up to! FOLLOW US: TEE PETERS @byteepeters DIG! DIG! DIG! @dig3x

For our first month we spoke with one of our favs, writer Maya Doig-Acuña, on the topic of quietness. We later realized GENTRIFICATION IS THAT NOISE! FOLLOW US: Maya Doig-Acuña @mayaisai DIG! DIG! DIG! @dig3x 

On this episode of DIG! DIG! DIG! we spoke with our fav friend, Daryl Brown, to discuss REVOLUTION. As a filmmaker, South Side Chicago Native, and fiercely insightful person, Brown shares his definition of REVOLUTION, redefines economic and social success for himself, speaks on his film "Eyes of a Survivor" and more! FOLLOW US: DARYL BROWN @nappyxbohemian / @eyesofasurvivor DIG! DIG! DIG! @dig3x