Cheryse Terry
Cheryse Terry is a self taught archivist by way of passion from having loss her family’s memorabilia to a house fire. She’s a mother of 3 girls and a cafe owner in Charlotte NC with preservation of Black culture as its main focus. Born and raised in Charlotte NC, Cheryse has dedicated her life to assuring the physical memories of Black families are protected.
Digitizing the Community
Digitizing the Community will consist of documenting physical and oral history. This will be done by offering community scanning sessions where families will come, scan and digitize their photo albums, relics and any item of memorabilia that is at risk of being destroyed or misplaced. These images will be sent out to contributors via email to be stored or shared with the rest of their family members. Oral history relevant to Charlotte will be recorded and archived as well.