Our flagship programs, Mochileiros Arquivistas (Backpack Archivists) and the Lelia Gonzalez Fellowship, recruit, train, and mentor Afro-Brazilians from marginalized communities in an extensive set of technical and organizational competencies to create and operate archival institutions. After creating their institutions, they are connected with a diverse transnational network of memory workers.

Atlantic Archives partners with grassroots and cultural organizations to locate, digitize, and safeguard photographs, documents, and oral histories that might otherwise be lost. By transforming these community holdings into accessible exhibits, learning resources, and revenue‑generating assets, we turn collective memory into a catalyst for local empowerment and sustainable growth.

Alongside immersive study‑abroad tours, virtual forums, and co‑created curricula, Atlantic Archives produces Kora Journal and other publications that extend classroom learning into a living, peer‑reviewed dialogue on Afro‑diasporic futures. A companion residency program invites first gen students and artists to embed in our partner communities, generating fresh research, creative works, and teaching materials that circulate back into our global education pipeline.