Atlanta, GA Home ATL311 Go GOVERNMENT RESIDENTS VISITORS BUSINESS I WANT TO... Site Map Mayor's Office - Meet the Mayor Make an Appointment to Meet the Mayor Executive Offices + Confederate Monuments Advisory Committee WorkSource Atlanta + End Human Trafficking ATL City of Atlanta Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Response Atlanta City Council + Departments + Channel 26 + Judicial Agencies + Economic Development + Boards and Commissions + Board of Ethics + Government » Mayor's Office Confederate Monuments Advisory Committee Print Feedback Share & Bookmark Press Enter to show all options, press Tab go to next option Font Size: + - The Confederate Monuments Advisory Committee was created by legislation in the wake of the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia in August of 2017. The City of Atlanta charged the Committee with developing recommendations for moving forward with city-owned Confederate-related monuments and street names. The committee’s recommendations encompassed a range of ideas, including specific actions with respect to particular streets or monuments, opportunities for expanding the historical conversation by adding new monuments to communities or populations that have not previously been commemorated, and general principles for evaluating and addressing related street names or monuments in the future. Members of the committee include: Sheffield Hale, President and CEO, Atlanta History Center; Derreck Kayongo, CEO, Center for Civil and Human Rights; Sonji Jacobs, Senior Director of Corporate Affairs, Cox Enterprises; Dan Moore, Founder, APEX Museum; Shelley Rose, Senior Associate Director, Southeast Region, Anti-Defamation League; Larry Gallerstedt, CEO, Cousins Properties; Trustee, Robert Woodruff Foundation; Douglas Blackmon, Senior Fellow and Director of Public Programs, University of Virginia’s Miller Center; Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Nina Gentry, Owner, Gentry Planning Services; Regina Brewer, preservation consultant; Martha Porter Hall, community advocate; Brenda Muhammad, Executive Director, Atlanta Victim Assistance. Press Release : Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Signs Legislation to Rename Confederate Avenue Resolution that created the Advisory Committee Public Meeting Materials Meeting #1 - Agenda Meeting #2 - Agenda Meeting #2 - PowerPoint presentation Meeting #2 - Street Renaming Code Section Meeting #2 - AUDC Code Section Public Comments The committee welcomes input from the public as it continues to advise on this important issue. Written input may be submitted at streetsandmonuments@atlantaga.gov. Written comments received: Comment #1 Comment #2a Comment #2b Comment #3 Additional Resources/Conversations: City of Dallas http://dallascityhall.com/government/Council%20Meeting%20Documents/qolac_2_recommendations-from-mayors-task-force-on-confederate-monuments_combined_102317.pdf http://dallascityhall.com/government/citycouncil/district4/Documents/Confederate%20monuments%20memo.pdf Baltimore https://www.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/Confederate%20Monuments%20report.pdf New Orleans http://cityofno.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=2246&meta_id=311990 Richmond https://www.monumentavenuecommission.org/ Yale University http://president.yale.edu/decision-name-calhoun-college University of Michigan http://president.umich.edu/committees/presidents-advisory-committee-on-university-history/ Atlanta City Hall Annex Atlanta City Hall Tower Mon-Fri - 8:15 am to 5:00 pm City Directory Government Residents Visitors Business I Want To... Contact Us Site Map Created by GRANICUS - Connecting People and Government Translate