Membership is Free

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Community of Practice Membership
Free

Are you a BIPOC craftsperson, artist, arts educators? Membership in the African American Craft Alliance Community of Practice is for you. In a community of practice, members come together around learning needs for a shared concern or passion. Please note, if multiple people from an organization wish to join, no problem. Each person will need to join individually. Send them to this page.

✓ Access to online meetings and discussions (CoP)
✓ Membership directory listing and map (optional)
✓ Behind the scenes content in the member portal
✓ Digital Badge identifying you as an AACA Member

Monthly Online CoP Meetings

Member Portal

Collected Resources

Community and Connection

Monthly Online CoP Meetings Member Portal Collected Resources Community and Connection

Meet Your Community Weaver

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Ashby Combahee

Community Weaver

Ashby is a memory worker based in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to being an interviewer and advisor for the Georgia State Transgender Oral History Project, Ashby holds a full-time position as a librarian/archivist at the Highlander Research and Education Center. Ashby is also the co-founder of Georgia Dusk, a southern liberation oral history project connecting the intersections of the Black Arts movement and cultural work in Atlanta across generations. Ashby holds a bachelor’s degree from Bennington College and a master’s degree in education from Goddard College.