Why We Exist

We are living in a moment of historical urgency.

Policies like Agenda 47, Project 2025, and the 1776 Commission are not abstract threats—they are deliberate efforts to erase, revise, and control cultural memory, particularly Black history and other marginalized narratives. If we don’t act now, we risk losing vital archives, personal stories, historical records, educational materials, and hard-won truths.

Action4Heritage is a people-powered initiative created to resist this erasure. We preserve not just data—but dignity, legacy, and collective memory. Because we know: archiving is an act of resistance, and storytelling is a form of survival.

What We Believe

• History is not neutral. It is often shaped by power, omission, and suppression. We exist to rebalance that.

• Black history is American history. It must be preserved, protected, and amplified—not edited or erased.

• Cultural heritage is a human right. Everyone has the right to know where they come from and how their people lived, resisted, loved, and survived.

• Digital spaces are battlegrounds. Preserving cultural memory in the digital age means defending data, stories, and the platforms that host them.

• Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. Our work is urgent, but it doesn’t require perfection—just participation.

Our Commitments

We commit to:

• Preserve the stories and data that matter most, especially those at risk of being deleted, censored, or revised.

• Center marginalized communities, especially Black descendants, historians, genealogists, and archivists whose voices are often sidelined.

• Act with care and urgency, knowing we may not get a second chance to save some of this history.

• Work transparently and collaboratively, welcoming beginners and experts alike in the fight to protect memory.

• Build liberatory, intergenerational digital infrastructure, not just for now, but for future resistance.

How We Show Up

In this space, we:

• Lead with grace—we value people over productivity.

• Lift as we climb—we mentor, share, and teach.

• Respect lived experience—formal credentials are welcome but not required.

• Embrace imperfection—progress over perfection, always.

• Practice radical inclusion—across race, gender, ability, class, sexuality, and location.

What We're Fighting For

This movement is not just about saving files.

It’s about saving lives—the stories, knowledge, and truths that allow us to heal, mobilize, and imagine a just future.

To delete history is to deny people their humanity.

We can’t let that happen.

“Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”

— African Proverb

We are the lions now.