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Check out the Monuments Toolkit blog below for updates on our work across the nation. You can also visit our Podcast and Webinar series to learn more about the work of other activist groups.

People gather around the Blank Slate Monument at Rice University’s campus in March 2023. The monument’s slate reads: “SAY SOMETHING HERE. Connect Your Phone to the BlankSlateMonument WiFi Network.” Image Credit: Rice University News, Photograph by Gustavo Raskosky.

Living Monuments and Memorials

By Madeline Bonner, Monuments Toolkit Living monuments and memorials are designed to engage contemporary society in different ways. For example, living monuments may grow and evolve, travel to reach different…
Monuments Toolkit 2025 Summer Webinar Series

Monuments Toolkit 2025 Summer Webinar Series

Join us for the Monuments Toolkit 2025 Summer Webinar Series! This three-part series will discuss digital monuments, reinterpretation of historic places, and international approaches to oppressive monuments. Digitally Mapping the…
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APIAHIP Events

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This summer, Huy Pham, Executive Direction of Asian & Pacific Islanders in Historic Preservation (APIAHIP) will be joinind the Monuments Toolkit on a webinar about digital monuments. Before then, APIAHIP…
Photograph of the Roundabout to the Woman Who Fight

Roundabout to the Women Who Fight!

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By Gilbert C. Correa, Community Engagement Associate Over the course of the past three years, the Monuments Toolkit Team has been analyzing and documenting monuments, as well as proactive approaches…
Grant announcement

Monuments Toolkit Receives NEA Grant

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ICOMOS-USA to Receive $20,000 Award from the National Endowment for the Arts for World Heritage USA Monuments Toolkit Project 13 January 2025, Washington DC ICOMOS-USA is pleased…