Nora Almeida is an urban swimmer, writer, performance artist, librarian, and environmental activist. She’s an Associate Professor at the New York City College of Technology and a long-time volunteer at Interference Archive. She has curated exhibitions and organized media-making workshops, public events, and street performances across NYC. She spent the past two years working on the exhibition “Our Streets! Our City! Self-determination and Public Space in NYC” which is on view at Interference Archive through August 21, 2022. Her book, The Social Movement Archive, co-authored with the archivist and educator Jen Hoyer, was published in July 2021 by Litwin Books. She lives in Gowanus, Brooklyn.