The archive contains many kinds of objects that are created as part of social movements by the participants themselves: posters, flyers, publications, zines, books, T-shirts and buttons, moving images, audio recordings, subject files, and other materials.
Through our programming, we use this cultural ephemera to animate histories of people mobilizing for social transformation. We consider the use of our collection to be a way of preserving and honoring histories and material culture that is often marginalized in mainstream institutions.
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Walkout: A Brief History of Student Organizing
Online Only
June 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020
May 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the Kent State and Jackson State massacres, which set off a historically large-scale student strike across the nation. With the anniversary as an entry point and frame of reference, this exhibition uses archival material from the Interference Archive collection to examine the broader scope of student movements that both led up to and followed in the wake of May 1970.
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Collections Working Group Meeting
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Join Collections Management working group for our May monthly meeting, hybrid at the archive and on Zoom. We will be discussing new donation requests, ongoing cataloging projects, and issues in the archive’s collections. New and seasoned volunteers welcome, no prior experience in archives or libraries necessary. Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84556756017?pwd=AxmnArDLYM85qrF0Yt10osClt1NQF2.1
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Zine Club
Monday, May 19, 2025 @ 6:30 PM
Please join us to make zines at Zine Club on the third Monday of every month! It is a casual, creative and welcoming space where you can make your own mini zine or work on an ongoing larger project. We have some limited supplies so please bring your own if you are able to.
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Intro to Self-Defense Workshop
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 @ 6:00 PM
Led by Grey from Pop Gym, we’ll be covering the basics: stretching, conditioning, technique, and theory, with the hope that participants will leave with some super useful foundations that they can add to their self-defense toolkits. Mix that in with movement and pad-hitting and you’ll have an accessible and confidence-boosting good time for all. This […]
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Audio Interference 88 – Archiving Stop Cop City: This Is Not A Local Struggle
Hear from one of the organizers behind the Stop Cop City exhibition currently on view at Interference Archive (Sep 2024 – Jan 2025). We learn about the goals of the show, how it came together, and the important role that archiving has in the movement. This episode was written, narrated and co-produced by Rob Smith. […]
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Exhibition Catalog: Walkout: A Brief History of Student Organizing
May 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the Kent State and Jackson State massacres, which set off a historically large-scale student strike across the nation. With the anniversary as an entry point and frame of reference, this 96-page full color publication uses posters, buttons, pamphlets, flyers, zines, and more—to examine the broader scope of student movements that both led up to and followed those of May 1970.