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We often hear the refrain that “preservation has an image problem.” But what does historic preservation look like in the popular imagination? In this Roundtable, we’ll talk about some recent pop culture moments when preservation took center stage (from Lizzo playing James Madison’s crystal flute to murderous palazzo owners on The White Lotus). How can preservationists be part of the conversation when the general public takes notice? And how can we shift the conversation to make the field at large more widely understood and more welcoming?

Featured Speakers:

• Jacqueline P. Hudson, PhD, Content Developer & Historic Preservationist in Activism and Advocacy

• Sarah Marsom, Independent Heritage Resource Consultant

Our series of Preservation Roundtables is designed to provide a more interactive experience for anyone looking to find inspiration from people who have tackled similar preservation projects. Each roundtable will feature several speakers who will share their stories and expertise as part of a larger conversation with all participants. Part technical assistance and real-world case studies, part support group. Come with your questions and leave with new connections!

Thank you to our program sponsor, the Peggy N. & Roger G. Gerry Charitable Trust.

 Join the National Council on Public History's New Professional & Student Committee and the Nominating Committee on August 23 at 7:00 pm Eastern time, to learn how you can be involved with NCPH! We will be talking about the new board position reserved for students, what our committees do, and more! 

Getting involved with NCPH is a great way to build your peer network, develop skills for future employment opportunities, as well as shape the organization. We are excited to help you explore the different ways you can be involved and to answer your questions. Registered attendees will receive a session recording. 

Click this link to register.

Join the National Council on Public History’s Nominating Committee on August 16 @ 3pm ET, to learn about the organization’s elected positions. 

NCPH adopted a new long range plan this summer and the organization is excited to elect board members and nominating committee members who have skills to support this plan. This informational session will feature past and current board members/nominating committee members discussing their experiences and answering your questions. 

We are excited to help you better understand what these commitments look like, how to self nominate, and more! Registered attendees will receive a session recording.

Sign up now at https://community.ncph.org/event/NCPHNomCom to receive the Zoom link the day before, and the session recording link after.

Let's ask Valerie Grussing, the Executive Director of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, anything on January 10 @3pm ET.

"NATHPO is the only national organization devoted to supporting Tribal historic preservation programs. Founded in 1998, NATHPO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership association of Tribal government officials who implement federal and Tribal preservation laws. NATHPO empowers Tribal preservation leaders protecting culturally important places that perpetuate Native identity, resilience, and cultural endurance."

Hosted on our Discord, this text based AMA will allow you to ask questions to learn more about NATHPO and tribal preservation efforts more broadly. Take a moment to learn about NATHPO today:

• Use their directory to find a tribal historic preservation office near you!

• The fight for Oak Flat continues today and NATHPO has been advocating for years!

• It may be advantageous for you to attend their upcoming conference!

P.S. The pattern behind Valerie in the graphic is a digital reimagining of a rug created byDarlene Furcap. Her rug (and others) is currently for sale throughAdopt-A-Native Elder, an organization that works to help elders age in place.

BIO: As Executive Director of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, Valerie is committed to protecting Native places through support, guidance, advocacy, and strengthening partnerships among Tribal Historic Preservation Officers. She enjoys group projects and creating collaborative solutions-focused programming. She is passionate about advocating for and elevating Native interests and voices in revitalizing Native cultures and reclaiming places. Valerie is honored to be part of an ongoing paradigm shift of decolonization grounded in sovereignty, self-determination, reconciliation, and healing.

Valerie holds a BA in History from North Carolina State University, an MA in Anthropology from the University of Iowa, and a PhD in Coastal Resources Management from East Carolina University.

Dismantle Preservation is pleased to make space for a “Cultural Heritage's Role in Health Sovereignty” panel discussion on August 23 @ 3pm EST. Conversation to be hosted for free on YouTube.

Panel Discussion Description: Cultural Heritage workers from different sectors will discuss the history of medical institutions, legislation created to remove power from specific populations in America, and efforts (past and present) to establish health sovereignty for all. We will be delving into preserving and telling stories tied to places/objects as well as how we connect these difficult histories to present day issues.

Panelists:

• Tegan Kehoe is a public historian specializing in healthcare and science. She is the Exhibit and Education Specialist at the museum at Mass General Hospital in Boston, and the author of Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures (AASLH Press, 2022). Her research interests include material culture and the history of scientific research methodologies. She received her M.A. in History and Museum Studies from Tufts University. Tegan can be reached at www.tegankehoe.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/tegankehoewriter, and on Twitter @tegankehoe. Her book is available through many major retailers and at https://bookshop.org/shop/tegankehoe.

• Khamal Patterson was admitted to the Maryland Bar in December 2018. Patterson currently serves as a cultural heritage law analyst for ARTIVE. ARTIVE is a cultural heritage database and startup concerned with promoting due diligence in the art market and antiquities trade. He examines controversies and challenges facing vulnerable cultural heritage sites and objects. Patterson’s heritage career began in 2016, interning with Marc Masurovsky and analyzing a bill to preserve claims of Holocaust heirs. During that same year as an intern at Saving Antiquities for Everyone, Patterson engaged experts and senior officials in thoughtful discussions on issues in the antiquities trade. A year later, he was a Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation Fellow. Patterson published interviews with members of LCCHP’s Executive Board of Directors who had litigated major art restitution cases and call for stronger laws and ethical protocols.

• Gillian Frank received his PhD in American Studies from Brown University. He received his undergraduate training at York University in Toronto Canada. Gillian specializes in the overlapping histories of sexuality, gender, race and religion.

  Want to explore the history of sexuality with Gillian? Tune in to his podcast Sexing History, which explores how the history of sexuality has shaped our present.
  

• Moderated by Sarah Marsom

Moderator: Sarah Marsom! You may know her as your friendly Dismantle Preservation organizer, but Sarah is pursuing a research project that connects letters from letters from the Planned Parenthood Archives at Smith College to physical locations. She’s starting with the letters written by her great great grandmother Bess Prather; Sarah is working to find the medical clinics references in letters and is comparing the historical facilities to the facilities that exist (or don’t) today in those same communities.

In Sehila Mota Casper’s first Ask Me Anything on August 16 @ 3pm EST, Dismantle Preservation attendees will have the opportunity to do just that on the new Discord channel. Visit the Latinos in Heritage Conservation website and social media channels - Facebook, Instagram to learn more about her work as Latino in Heritage Conservation’s inaugural Executive Director and to brainstorm questions for her.

Let’s learn more about the work Latinos in Heritage Conservation does, strategies to preserve Latino/a history, and more!

A social media challenge?!?!?
We want to challenge you to share a picture of a picture of a site connected to LatinX history and/or heritage on your social media account. It's as simple as: 

• Pick a site that you think everyone should know about! Could a place you visited on a trip, a neighborhood in your city, or a great meal from a legacy business. The site can be active or vacant or long gone - your choice!

• Post picture of a site connected to LatinX history and/or heritage to social media (Twitter or Instagram). Feel free to throw some fun facts in your caption or reminisce about making tamales with your mom.

• Use #LatinoHeritage and #DismantlePreservation to be entered into a raffle to win a Chavez Ravine inspired banner! 

• You need to post a picture of a site connected to LatinX history and/or heritage a using those hashtags by August 31 to be eligible for the raffle drawing; if you post on August 16, your post counts as two entries aka doubles your chance to win. The winner will be notified on September 1. 

+ This is more than an AMA! We want you to make a post about Latino/a history in your community or that you’ve seen on travels on August 16, via your social media channels. Use the hashtags #DismantlePreservation and #LatinoHeritage.

In Alexandra Lange’s first Ask Me Anything on August 9 @ 3pm EST, Dismantle Preservation attendees will have the opportunity to do just that on the new Discord channel. Visit Alexandra’s website and her social media channels - Twitter, Instagram to learn more about her work and to brainstorm questions for her.

Let’s learn more about the significance of malls, the impact of architectural criticisms in the design world, and what she thinks cultural resource workers should be considering.

Bio: “Alexandra Lange is a design critic. Her essays, reviews and profiles have appeared in numerous design publications including Architect, Harvard Design Magazine, Metropolis, and T Magazine, as well as in The Atlantic, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, and the New York Times. She is a columnist for Bloomberg CityLab, and has been a featured writer at Design Observer, an opinion columnist at Dezeen, and the architecture critic for Curbed.

Her new book, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall, will be published by Bloomsbury USA in June 2022.

Her previous book, The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids was published by Bloomsbury USA in 2018. Research for the book was supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Design of Childhood was named one of Planetizen’s Top 10 Urban Planning Books of 2018 and has been an assigned text in art and architecture studios at ASU, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, UPenn, VCU and Yale.

Alexandra is also the author of Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012), a primer on how to read and write architecture criticism, as well as the e-book The Dot-Com City: Silicon Valley Urbanism (Strelka, 2012), which considers the message of the physical spaces of Facebook, Google, and Apple.”

A social media challenge?!?!?!?! 
We want to challenge you to share a picture of a mall on your social media account. It's as simple as: 

• Pick a mall that gets you excited! Could be your childhood mall, a mall in your city, or a mall you aspire to visit one day. The mall can be active or vacant or long gone - your choice!

• Post picture of "your" mall to social media (Twitter or Instagram). Feel free to throw some fun facts in your caption or reminisce about your mall rat days. 🐀

• Use #MeetMeByTheFountain and #DismantlePreservation to be entered into a raffle to win Alexandra Lange's newest book, which is... you guessed it - all about malls! 

• You need to post a mall using those hashtags by August 31 to be eligible for the raffle drawing; if you post on August 9, your post counts as two entries aka doubles your chance to win. The winner will be notified on September 1. 

Dismantle Preservation is excited to kick off August virtual programming with Empowering Change Through Salary Advocacy and Negotiation  - a presentation and Q&A; this presentation will be live streamed for free on YouTube at 3pm EST on August 2, 2022.

Session Description: Salary negotiation is a point of leverage and opportunity, don't waste it! The goal of this session is to give participants the confidence to negotiate their next job, as well as  negotiating within the same institution. We'll demystify the gender pay gap and discuss the importance of salary transparency in the field. Then we'll go through the nuts and bolts of salary negotiation, including resources to determine your pay range, what to negotiate outside of salary, and how to respond to the initial offer. 

Bio: Anisha Gupta (she/her) is a cultural heritage conservator in museums and libraries, currently pursuing doctoral studies to focus on making her own work more equitable and inclusive. As a PhD student at the University of Delaware, her research confronts the legacies of colonialism in collections care and works to expand our practice to include global caretaking traditions that center people, communities and sustainability. Anisha also served as co-chair of the American Institute of Conservation’s Equity & Inclusion Committee where she spearheaded equity initiatives focused on systemic and cultural change.

Reality Sites Zine Launch / Panel Discussion

Meet us on Discord @ 3pm EST

Bios:

• Anna Marcum is an independent architectural historian and preservationist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has worked with the Vieux Carré Commission, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Historic New England, Boston, Massachusetts. Marcum has also worked on historic preservation projects in Los Angeles, California, the Texas Gulf Coast, Hammond, Louisiana, and Foley, Alabama. Anna presented her research about innovative site interpretation methods for New Orleans’ Canal Street in the “Projects in Progress” poster session at the Society of Architectural Historians 72nd Annual International Conference in Providence, Rhode Island. She is a regular contributor to Atomic Ranch and The Architect’s Newspaper and has appeared on the Preservation Destination Podcast. Anna is currently the Director of Research and Preservation at Village Preservation.

• Sarah Marsom is a nationally recognized and academically cited heritage resource consultant. She believes that if historic preservation is not accessible, it is neither relevant nor revolutionary. You also may know her as the host of Dismantle Preservation.

• + A Very Special Guest

Learn more about Dismantle Preservation - the call to action, the educational offerings, etc.

All virtual offerings are free, but participants are encouraged to donate to one of the nonprofits listed below in lieu of a registration fee.

• Asian and Pacific Islanders in Historic Preservation: They “protect historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans through historic preservation and heritage conservation”

• History UnErased: The “first and only organization entirely dedicated to providing K-12 schools with the curriculum and training they need to teach LGBTQ-inclusive, intersectional history, and our curriculum is aligned with every K-12 state framework for a more complete, complex, and empowering story of America.”

• Latinos in Heritage Conservation: “The leading organization for the preservation of Latina/o places, stories, and cultural heritage in the United States.”

• National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers: “The only national organization devoted to supporting Tribal historic preservation programs.”

Suggested donation is $10/per activity you participate in. Unable to donate? Sign up for a newsletter! Follow the organizations on social media! Share the initiative with your friends! Support these organizations in whatever way you can.

Moderated by Elizabeth Blasius, the "Ethical Quandaries" Discord discussion will provide an online space to discuss - the Historic Preservation Fund, pipelines, and other work practices that are incongruent to cultural resource work ethos. Food for thought (articles, tweets, etc.) will be shared in advance of the discussion.

Bio “Elizabeth Blasius is an architectural historian and writer. She advocates for the preservation and understanding of the narratives of the built environment through vernacular architecture and cultural and social landmarks. In her role as writer, Blasius has served as the Midwest editor of The Architect’s Newspaper, and has had her work featured in Curbed Chicago, Block Club Chicago, The Chicago Tribune, The Daily Line and CityLab. In her role as advocate, Blasius has served on the board of Logan Square Preservation since 2015 and the DOCOMOMO Chicago board since 2019. She is a leading voice not only on preservation of postmodern and vernacular architecture in Chicago, but the history and future of historic preservation.

Blasius is Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She has worked extensively in the public and private sector, consulting clients in following the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Her specialization within this work is how preservation policies come into play in the recovery and mitigation of the historic built environment following an event of climate violence or other act of destruction. This work is supported by both ethics and empathy.”

Advance registration is not required, you just have to join the Dismantle Preservation Discord

Learn more about Dismantle Preservation - the call to action, the educational offerings, etc.

All virtual offerings are free, but participants are encouraged to donate to one of the nonprofits listed below in lieu of a registration fee.

• Asian and Pacific Islanders in Historic Preservation: They “protect historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans through historic preservation and heritage conservation”

• History UnErased: The “first and only organization entirely dedicated to providing K-12 schools with the curriculum and training they need to teach LGBTQ-inclusive, intersectional history, and our curriculum is aligned with every K-12 state framework for a more complete, complex, and empowering story of America.”

• Latinos in Heritage Conservation: “The leading organization for the preservation of Latina/o places, stories, and cultural heritage in the United States.”

• National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers: “The only national organization devoted to supporting Tribal historic preservation programs.”

Suggested donation is $10/per activity you participate in. Unable to donate? Sign up for a newsletter! Follow the organizations on social media! Share the initiative with your friends! Support these organizations in whatever way you can.

Labor Equity Day! We are asking you to block out time on your calendar, 3-4pm EST, to 1. email the American Cultural Resource Association and American Alliance of Museums to ask them to require compensation information for their job boards and to take a firm stance against unpaid internships. Not sure what to write? This link will help you. 2. Hop on the Dismantle Preservation Discord and talk to about both organizations that are making positive shifts in the workplace and to discuss workplace shortcomings in the cultural resource field. 3. Sign the National Emerging Museum Professionals Network petition!

Cultural Resource Resume Review! Are you looking for a new job or maybe your first job in the cultural resource field? Dismantle Preservation is excited to offer free resume review as a part of the 2022 educational offerings! Leaders in historic preservation, archaeology, museums, and nonprofits will provide feedback on your resume based on their expertise.

Advance registration is required for the Resume Review, but not for the Labor Advocacy Day initiatives.

Learn more about Dismantle Preservation - the call to action, the educational offerings, etc.

All virtual offerings are free, but participants are encouraged to donate to one of the nonprofits listed below in lieu of a registration fee.

• Asian and Pacific Islanders in Historic Preservation: They “protect historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans through historic preservation and heritage conservation”

• History UnErased: The “first and only organization entirely dedicated to providing K-12 schools with the curriculum and training they need to teach LGBTQ-inclusive, intersectional history, and our curriculum is aligned with every K-12 state framework for a more complete, complex, and empowering story of America.”

• Latinos in Heritage Conservation: “The leading organization for the preservation of Latina/o places, stories, and cultural heritage in the United States.”

• National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers: “The only national organization devoted to supporting Tribal historic preservation programs.”

Suggested donation is $10/per activity you participate in. Unable to donate? Sign up for a newsletter! Follow the organizations on social media! Share the initiative with your friends! Support these organizations in whatever way you can.

In Vu Le’s first Ask Me Anything, Dismantle Preservation attendees will have the opportunity to do just that on the new Discord channel. Visit Vu’s website NonprofitAF and his social media channels - Twitter, Instagram to learn more about his work and to brainstorm questions for him. Let’s learn more about making institutional change, how to advocate for shifts to our funding structures, and other strategies to think through systematic shortcomings in the cultural resource field.

Bio: “Vu Le (“voo lay”) is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the former Executive Director of RVC, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities.

Vu’s passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. There’s tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. He is going to do that, with the hope that one day, a TV producer will see how cool and interesting our field is and make a show about nonprofit work, featuring attractive actors attending strategic planning meetings and filing 990 tax forms.

Known for his no-BS approach, irreverent sense of humor, and love of unicorns, Vu has been featured in dozens, if not hundreds, of his own blog posts at NonprofitAF.com. “

Advance registration is not required, you just have to join the Dismantle Preservation Discord

Learn more about Dismantle Preservation - the call to action, the educational offerings, etc.

All virtual offerings are free, but participants are encouraged to donate to one of the nonprofits listed below in lieu of a registration fee.

• Asian and Pacific Islanders in Historic Preservation: They “protect historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans through historic preservation and heritage conservation”

• History UnErased: The “first and only organization entirely dedicated to providing K-12 schools with the curriculum and training they need to teach LGBTQ-inclusive, intersectional history, and our curriculum is aligned with every K-12 state framework for a more complete, complex, and empowering story of America.”

• Latinos in Heritage Conservation: “The leading organization for the preservation of Latina/o places, stories, and cultural heritage in the United States.”

• National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers: “The only national organization devoted to supporting Tribal historic preservation programs.”

Suggested donation is $10/per activity you participate in. Unable to donate? Sign up for a newsletter! Follow the organizations on social media! Share the initiative with your friends! Support these organizations in whatever way you can.

Join me at the Small Museum Association Conference in College Park, Maryland. It is a privilege to be their 2022 plenary speaker.

Patiently Pushing

The world has changed greatly since America's first museums were established and the cultural resource field became a formalized profession. Today many of us are working to establish ourselves and our institutions as a community resource, not just as caretakers of resources. The cultural resource field is at a pivotal point of needing to reevaluate not only the work we do, but our organizational structures. How do we make these radical shifts? "Patiently Pushing" will showcase institutions making big and small shifts, subversive strategies, and every day habit modifications. We will use this 45-minutes to expand our toolkit, empower each other, and begin the process of creating a personal action plan. Change comes from intentional actions, let's make sure we are walking away from the Small Museum Association Conference with a plan.

Link to learn more about the Small Museum Association Conference

The Trustees of the Fitch Foundation are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2021 James Marston Fitch Mid-Career Fellowship and the Robert Silman Award. Additionally, we are excited to celebrate our 2020 Fellows and Robert L. Blinder Awardees. Join us for a reception to congratulate our six newest Fellows and to learn more about their intriguing areas of study. With special guest and keynote speaker Sarah Marsom of #DismantlePreservation. Free and open to all.

Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtdOyhrTksEtSjMhlnvlRb-kzV93MAkNsO

Expanding the preservation movement requires more than a reevaluation of our tools, it requires a level of whimsy and out of the box thinking! On Wednesday, June 16th, Sarah Marsom will showcase forward thinking preservation projects across the country alongside her own projects – zines, sewing, art, youth boards, and more! Let’s expand our toolkit, our understanding of who is a preservationist, and empower each other for the future of our communities. Click here to register: https://preservationct.z2systems.com/np/clients/preservationct/eventRegistration.jsp?event=2780&fbclid=IwAR16dRp1sEaKd-Rp8kTSUKpaYdmgbdZORDUvCbAnebZKAUCszcvDGhWJKFY

Hosted by the Utah State Historic Preservation Office

Part history lesson, part showcase in next/best practices, this lecture will have something for everyone.

The world has changed greatly since the American preservation movement formally began with Ann Pamela Cunningham saving George Washington’s Mt.Vernon in 1853. As preservationists we are taught to learn from the past, but in our effort to preserve it have we forgotten to also look forward? Reflecting on how the preservation movement began Sarah Marsom will showcase examples of where it is going and help us conceptualize how preservation can be reconstructed to become a movement of, by, and for all. Let’s expand our toolkit, our understanding of who is a preservationist, and empower each other for the future of our communities!

While Sarah delves into preservation – past, present, and future, visual artist Carlos Carmonamedina will be sketching presentation reflections. Carlos’ creation will be revealed prior to the live Q&A with the audience and digitally distributed to all registered attendees.

Link to learn more and to register!

Join Sarah Marsom and Dumbarton House for a hands-on workshop about the Tiny Activist Project, which highlights the lesser known stories of activists who fought to save cultural resources. This workshop features the Tiny Jane Doll, inspired by Jane Jacobs, an urbanist and activist who sought to make strong communities and economies in modern cities.

The program will include a short presentation from Sarah on the history of the historic preservation movement as well as a craft workshop. Participants who purchase a doll kit can follow along as Sarah puts together her Tiny Jane doll. Doll kits will be available for shipping and local pickup for attendees in the DC area. Pickup will take place at Dumbarton House between April 30th and May 3rd. Due to current shipping delays, Dumbarton House cannot guarantee the on-time arrival of delivery craft kits. Workshop attendees have the exclusive opportunity to stitch their own limited edition Tiny Jane dolls, which will not be available for sale. Stay tuned for the grand reveal of her dress color!

Please note this is a virtual program. There is no in person component at Dumbarton House. Attendees will receive a Zoom link with their ticket confirmation email from Ticketleap. Join on a computer or tablet for the best viewing experience.

Click here to learn more and to register!

Fabric sponsored by Spoonflower.

“The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America and the Smithsonian Institution present a three-day celebration of women and their pivotal role in American preservation.

Registration is free but is required”

You will find me on the “The Next Generation” panel discussion alongside Zulmilena Then, Milan Jordan, Dr. Christine Henry, and Eileen Graham on April 6, 10:30-12pmEST.

Visit this link to learn more.

The National Council in Public History recognizes a range of work being done in the field by students, academics, nonprofit workers, etc. every year during their annual Public History Awards. My projects - Crafting Herstory (aka Craft Her Story) and Dismantle Preservation were recognized with an honorable mention in the Excellence in Consulting category.

“Please join us in congratulating this year’s award winners for outstanding achievement in a variety of public history formats. We hope you will help us celebrate at the NCPH Awards Ceremony on Saturday, March 27 during the 2021 Virtual NCPH Annual Meeting. “ The Virtual Award Ceremony will be hosted on NCPH’s Twitter.

Panelist at the upcoming Promised Land, Hallowed Ground: Commemorative Justice and Making Change in Community Heritage Preservation in Southern California, Pt 1 syposium.

The Belmar History + Art, project is a Santa Monica, California civic commemorative justice initiative, featuring emotionally resonating multifaceted education, inspirational and remembrance programming. This project reconstructs, reclaims and reinserts a more complex American story about the erased historical Black life in the South Santa Monica Beach neighborhoods which contributed to making the bay city’s development and cultural life from the 1900s to the mid-twentieth century.  

Underpinning the content of Belmar History + Art programming are the stories of people, places and events that are an outgrowth of Dr. Jefferson’s research from her recent book, Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era and new research done for the project.

Click here to register for this event