Monument Removal and Restorative Justice (PastForward 2022)
Channel: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Date: 2023-05-02

From PastForward 2022 (https://savingplaces.org/conference):
Conversations that never took place around the controversial monuments that have come to symbolize systemic injustices are now being considered. How can addressing these monuments in the public process lead to meaningful change regarding health disparities, economic justice, and climate justice? This panel will discuss various approaches to oppressive monuments including, removal, reinterpretation, and recontextualization. Sponsored by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.

Hear from community leaders, artists, and organizations that have worked with efforts to address monuments such as the Confederate Monuments in Richmond Virginia; The Liberty Redemption Monument in New Orleans, Louisiana; J. Marion Simms Monument in New York City; Father Junipero Serra statue in Sacramento, California; the Christopher Columbus statues in Genoa. Italy and Minneapolis. Minnesota; and the Ceil Rhodes statues in Cape Town, South Africa and Oxford, England.