Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network is an organization “I founded in 2011 during my doctoral research on Octavia Butler. We maintain a digital presence as a community to gather, share information, and talk about Octavia Butler, her legacy, and the things that we’re doing that reflect some of the principles in her writing. We’re journalists, writers, musicians, physicians, humanitarians, scholars, K-12 teachers, people with regular jobs.” Won’t you join us? ~Ayana Jamieson

Dr. Ayana Jamieson founded the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network to preserve and promote research and scholarship on one of the preeminent science fiction and fantasy writers of the 20th century. Jamieson was soon joined by Dr. Moya Bailey, Digital Alchemist for OEBLegacy:

“Butler’s worlds hold so much possibility. Her work is super queer, and gender fluid, and there are Black and brown people at the center. That type of diversity is rare and it speaks to readers. Her attention to her craft is something that can’t be denied. Digital Alchemy is a concept I came up with to think about the transformative way women of color and Black women in particular are using online tools to do revolutionary work those tools were never imagined to do. For the Network, that looks like managing our Tumblr and Twitter accounts and staying informed about how Octavia Butler’s legacy moves through digital spaces which helps to nurture all kinds of Black Girl Magic online and off.” ~Moya Bailey