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Transcribe Harper [Pizza] Party
Free and open to the public, RSVP required.
Looking for an accessible way to address the assaults on history taking place all around the country? Join us for a transcription party, where we’ll take on small tasks to preserve and amplify an essential voice from our past.
In 2025, the Center for Black Digital Research/#DigBlk facilitated cross-country commemorations of the 200th birthday of legendary author and activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911): #Harper200. As part of the series, organizers launched Transcribe Harper, a project aimed at connecting Harper’s work to a wide audience.
Transcribe Harper invites anyone to contribute to the larger project of preserving Frances E.W. Harper’s remarkable legacy. Participants transcribe individual documents (poems, essays, letters, fiction, commentary) one-by-one, eventually creating a collection of writing by and about Harper that is fully searchable and freely accessible online.
Bring curiosity and your own laptop for typing; we’ll bring some background on Harper and the work she’s inspired, tech guidance, and the pizza (gluten-free and gluten-full). Together, we’ll share a common purpose and camaraderie.
Co-hosted by Aku Ammah-Tagoe (The Ruby), Christie George (Togethering Lab, The Ruby), and Jessi Haley (Cita Press). Learn more about Harper and the larger project in the Cita Press Bulletin. Contact [email protected] for questions.
“Life is made for earnest action!” –Frances E.W. Harper, “Something To Do”
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Health & Safety: To be inclusive of our immunocompromised and caregiver community members, all who join us are expected to have had the most recent COVID vaccine series and/or wear a mask throughout their time in our space.
Accessibility: Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs we can be aware of to help you feel comfortable and welcome in our space. We are holding this event in our ground floor space without elevation to the entrance and have a gender-neutral ADA bathroom.
Getting Here & Parking: We're a few short blocks from 16th Street BART. Public transportation is encouraged.