People's Media Record

Push Back Push Forward — People’s Media Camp, October 3–4, 2026

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Updated because of rain. Sunday is now indoors at FACTS (1023 Callowhill St.), and session times and rooms have changed.

Saturday, October 3, 2026

FACTS (1023 Callowhill St.)

8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration and Assistance

Welcome Area

8:30 am – 8:00 pm

Memory Work Exhibits

  1. 1.“The Germantown Juneteenth Festival Memory Pop-Up” — Tieshka SmithRoom 405
  2. 2.“INNUMERABLE FUTURES AT THE END OF THE WORLD” — muthi reed4th Floor Lobby
  3. 3.“Collective Memory Mapping” — Duwenavue S. Johnson and People’s Media Record3rd Floor Common Room

8:30 am – 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Childcare & Youth Space

3rd Floor Art Room

8:30 am – 8:00 pm

Rest & Reflect Space

2nd Floor Music Room

9:00 am – 10:30 am

Plenary Session

3rd Floor Common Room

“Nosotros no queremos olvidarnos / We do not want to forget” — Claudia Bernardi

10:30 am – 9:00 pm

Collective Mapping

3rd Floor Common Room

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Memory Work Sessions

4th Floor

  1. 1.“No Arena in Chinatown: Archiving a Movement” — Dominique Chua, Mia Kang, Debora Kodish, Dave Kyu, Peri Law, Ellen Somekawa, Ran Wang, Lily Xie, Riley XuRoom 400
  2. 2.“Church of the Advocate: A Case Study at the Crossroads of Historic Preservation, Archives, and Community Memory” — Tyler Ray, Alex PalmaRoom 402

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch

3rd Floor Common Room

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Memory Work Sessions

4th Floor

  1. 1.“Public Access TV: PhillyCAM Collection” — Maya Winneg, Debbie Rudman, Antoine HaywoodRoom 400
  2. 2.“Learning Intifadas in the Americas and the Caribbean” — Conor “Coco” Tomás ReedRoom 402

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Break and Exhibit Engagement

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Memory Work Sessions

  1. 1.“Reclaiming the Record: Criminalized Survivors Documenting Our Stories” — zara raven, Tracy McCarterRoom 400
  2. 2.“GQ: It’s a Philly Thing” — Rennie Harris, Rachel Hungry Ray3rd Floor Common Room

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Break and Exhibit Engagement

5:15 pm – 6:45 pm

Movement Media Shorts

1st Floor Multipurpose Room

  1. 1.“Expanding Sanctuary” — Kristal Sotomayor
  2. 2.“Barrio Television” — Christina diPasquale
  3. 3.“Portraits of Philly Rumba” — Melissa Beatriz
  4. 4.“Gather(in) Memory: Archiving Hyperlocal History in Germantown” — Hosaena Tilahun

6:45 pm – 7:15 pm

Reflection Breakouts

1st Floor Multipurpose Room

7:15 pm – 8:00 pm

Reception

3rd Floor Common Room

Sunday, October 4, 2026

FACTS (1023 Callowhill St.)

9:00 am – 5:15 pm

Registration and Assistance

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Memory Work Exhibits

3rd Floor Common Room

  1. 1.“Migrant Memory Making Video Booth” — Termite TV
  2. 2.“Collective Memory Mapping” — Duwenavue S. Johnson and People’s Media Record

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Childcare and Youth Space

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Rest & Reflect Space

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Memory Work Sessions

  1. 1.“A Personal Memory Will” — Patricia FelderRoom 400
  2. 2.“Documenting Stories from the Kitchen and the Garden” — Bitter Kalli, Thao TranRoom 402

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Push Back! Push Forward!: Activating Memory in Washington Square

3rd Floor Common Room

  1. 1.“Bearing Witness: An Invocation” — Tieshka Smith
  2. 2.“Historical Grounding” — Heather Schumacher
  3. 3.“[Free] SOUND” — Sweet Corey-Bey
  4. 4.“ME • WE • US • Y’ALL: Activating Family Archives” — Noah-Harmony Harley
  5. 5.“Clean Air is a Human Right: A Sing-Along” — Airsick Collective

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Plenary Session

3rd Floor Common Room

“Unearthing Roots; Unburying Voices” — Finding Ceremony: Alex Wilson, Jazmin Benton, Sacharja Cunningham

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Break and Exhibit Engagement

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

“The Bombing of Osage Avenue”: Grounding Session and Community Conversation

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

“The Bombing of Osage Avenue”: Film Screening

Dates

Saturday October 3rd, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, and Sunday October 4th, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.

This is a two-day convening.

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Saturday’s program will take place at the Folk Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) at 1023 Callowhill Street, an ADA accessible facility.

Meals, Care, and Access

  • Meals and refreshments are provided both days
  • Childcare is offered to Camp participants — add names and ages on the registration form
  • Tell us about accessibility needs and dietary preferences when you register
  • Camp is free. Materials are provided

Who is Camp for?

People’s Media Camp is for anyone who is part of, or wants to learn more about, Greater Philadelphia’s community media and grassroots memory ecosystem, including:

  • Community media makers
  • Archivists and preservationists
  • Artists, filmmakers, photographers, storytellers
  • Community organizers and leaders
  • Journalists
  • Students and educators
  • Cultural workers
  • Community members whose stories and histories are being preserved or represented
  • Anyone interested in how communities document, preserve and tell their own stories

Now in its second year, People’s Media Camp is a space where people across Greater Philadelphia gather, learn, and connect around grassroots and community media, archiving, preservation, storytelling, and memory work.

Camp participants learn from one another, share resources and skills, build relationships, and uplift each other’s work by engaging in roundtables, workshops, art, screenings, and conversations.

This year’s theme, Push Back! Push Forward!, invites everyone to collectively think about how we can push back against the forces that erase, distort, or silence our histories, and how we can push forward toward a future where today’s marginalized communities have the freedom to tell, preserve, and experience their own stories in their own terms.

FAQ // signal check

Quick answers before you register. Still unsure? Reach out after you submit — staff will follow up.

  • People’s Media Camp is for anyone who is part of, or wants to learn more about, Greater Philadelphia’s community media and grassroots memory ecosystem, including:

    • Community media makers
    • Archivists and preservationists
    • Artists, filmmakers, photographers, storytellers
    • Community organizers and leaders
    • Journalists
    • Students and educators
    • Cultural workers
    • Community members whose stories and histories are being preserved or represented
    • Anyone interested in how communities document, preserve and tell their own stories

Ready to join?

First name, last name, email, and which days you plan to attend are required. Everything else helps us plan sessions, meals, and childcare.

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