Building A Black Archive | The Safe Room w/ Special Guest: Jonsaba Jabbi

Send us Fan MailWE'RE BACK! I missed you all and making episodes for all my listeners but after a much-needed break and some planning, we're back with the first episode of 2023. This is also the first episode of the final stretch to episode 100! So, you know we had to start things off on a good note with a wonderful woman I met at the end of last year. This week on The Safe Room, we have Jonsaba Jabbi from SKETCH and Building A Black Archive. Jonsaba Jabbi is a writer, community archivist & historian, and co-founder of Building A Black Archive, a grassroots community archive dedicated to building Black archives in Canada. She is a communications professional who has worked in the nonprofit sector for the last decade with organizations specializing in environmental justice, community arts, youth homelessness, and the heritage sector. She is of Grenadian and Gambian descent and was born and raised in Toronto, growing up in the Bloor & Dovercourt and Dufferin/St. Clair communities. If that's not enough to tune into this episode, I don't know what is. Anyways, we go into extensive detail on Building A Black Archive, the journey they went through during the pandemic, and thriving off it while getting to know some personal things about Jonsaba in our "Hot Seat" segment. It's the first of many bangers to come for 2023 leading up to the 100th episode, and I hope you're ready for it because I am!Go check out Building A Black Archive and support their social media and collections on their website:Instagram: @buildingablackarchiveTwitter:@thebabaprojectFacebook: Building A Black ArchiveWebsite: https://buildingablackarchive.com/ Email: [email protected] Follow The Safe Room on Instagram (@thesaferoomofficial), Twitter (@thesaferoompod), TikTok (@tsrpodcast), and YouTube (The Safe Room Podcast)Check out my website: www.thesaferoompodcast.com | Subscribe to our newsletter on our website and join The Safe Room family!Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7Iu0Xw8O4HnfPjJ0eR96xL?si=X1jKRq0WTN2789NooJt6KQApple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-safe-room/id1527292317Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZTRlZjg0NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CBUQ27cFahcKEwjA7f6on_DvAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCQAmazon Music - https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/03c1d0f0-40b1-4406-90b5-6f42bf3015a9/the-safe-room Intro & Outro Song: Shon Williams - First Lady