Please join us in congratulating Dr. fabian romero, who along with their colleagues of the Black, Indigenous, & Trans of Color Histories Lab was recently awarded a Mellon Foundation grant. And read on for the formal press release:

Mellon Foundation Awards $460,000 to the Black, Indigenous, & Trans of Color Histories Lab
New York, NY – October 28, 2024 – The Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of $460,000 to Allied Media Projects, Inc. to support the Black, Indigenous, & Trans of Color Histories Lab, a collaborative of scholars, artists, and community organizers across the United States funded through 2027. The Lab is led by Delan Ellington, Nathalie Nia Faulk, Alejandrina M. Medina, Joshua K. Reason, fabian romero, and GVGK Tang.

Since its formation in 2021, the Lab has centered grassroots art and storytelling that engages trans of color histories and cultures. Its initiatives showcase trans of color knowledge production across divergent disciplines including anthropology, sociology, archival work, curation, oral history, digital humanities, film studies, sound studies, performance, and poetry. The Lab aims to cultivate a sense of power and place for trans of color historyworkers by inciting meaningful dialogues, amplifying underrepresented perspectives, and fostering interdisciplinary engagement with the humanities.

Thanks to the grant awarded through the trans studies limited call run by the Mellon Foundation’s Higher Learning program, the Lab will increase its scope and engagement through three principal initiatives emphasizing community-led research and interpretation. Starting in Fall 2024, the Lab will call for publications, events, and collaboratives. We are excited to announce our first zine will be available later this year. We will also be seeking applications for four Humanists-in-Residence who will develop experimental projects and workshops on trans of color histories. Our first symposium “Trans Histories of Pleasure, Intimacy and Joy” will be held virtually in 2025.

To learn about the Black, Indigenous, & Trans of Color Histories Lab, its initiatives, and how to get involved, follow @bitpochistories on Instagram and X, and sign up to receive updates here: http://eepurl.com/i01kVQ

About The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Learn more at mellon.org.