This project is the result of a partnership between the Center for Public History at Temple University and the Temple University Libraries. Many folks contributed their thoughts, time, research, and energy to creating different parts of this digital project. The primary source of our evidence comes from the Templana Collection at the Temple Libraries Special Collections Research Center. 

The writers are Lauren Griffin (Temple University Center for Public History, MA), Jacob Wolff (Temple University History Department, PhD), and Clare McCabe (Temple University History Department, PhD). The faculty advisor for this project is Dr. Seth Bruggeman (Temple University Center for Public History). Some of the content you find on this website, including some of the modules and the oral history interviews, were produced by students in Dr. Bruggeman’s Fall 2022 Managing Public History Course. A special thanks goes out to the students of that course that conducted and transcribed the interviews.

This project would also not be possible without the participation of food workers and activists in and around Temple University. They took the time out of their days to share their stories with us, and they are the ones that have been advocating for themselves and their businesses over the decade. They have been feeding us and providing means of community across campus for students, faculty, staff, and residents.

The land on which Temple University sits is Lenapehoking, the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, and we pay respect and honor to the caretakers of this land, from time immemorial until now, and into the future. This land acknowledgment does not exist in the past tense or historic context. Colonialism is a current and ongoing process, and we need to be mindful of our present participation. We urge you to visit www.lenape-nation.org to see how you can grow this relationship.