{"id":1874,"date":"2026-08-02T18:56:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=1874"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:56:56","slug":"melissa-j-nelson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/melissa-j-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa J. Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melissa J. Nelson<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">She\/Her<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Archivist, Memory Worker, Educator, and Community Connector<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melissa J. Nelson is an award-winning archivist, memory worker, educator, and community connector based in Toronto, Canada. Melissa works simultaneously at the community and institutional levels to transform how we understand, preserve, and activate collective memory. She has a consulting practice spanning across notable clients such as Harvard University, ARMA International, Library and Archives Canada, Association of Canadian Archivists, among others. Melissa is the founder and executive director of the Black Memory Collective. 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