FOCAS faculty believe that curricular transformation in tandem with practical experience at community archives can transform archival theory and practice. Positioned at the forefront of archival education, our collaborative work will provide a model for cultivating the next generation of information workers as community archives partners and stewards; support community archives of historically underrepresented groups across North America in preserving and making accessible their important histories; and reinvent archives curriculum resources for Library and Information Science (LIS) educators across North America to better respond to the needs of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and other minoritized communities.
