Partnerships with the Monuments Toolkit Team

The following organizations are those we have worked in close collaborations with in the past year. It is our goal to build-up and sustain a network in the conversation of removal, relocation, reinterpretation of monuments in not only the U.S., but internationally.

We implore the opportunity to work with more organizations in the heritage sector to address controversial monuments and sites of contested consciousness. Please reach out to us @socialmedia.monumentstoolkit@usicomos.org to discuss potential future collaborations.

Guest of The Monumental Project (Wells Todd), who is an outspoken local force in the field of monuments of oppression. Click here to listen. Learn more about the Take Em Down, Jacksonville here.

Guest speaker for “Boots on the Ground” episode for The Monumental Project (Tami Sawyer), outspoken local force in the field of monuments of oppression. Click here to listen.

The ALC participated in an Interview for Stone Mountain case study. Learn more about this organization here.

Guest speaker Hamza Walker and Hannah Burstein participated in our July Webinar  “Oppressive Monuments in the Museum Space”. Hamza Walker is the director of the Los Angeles nonprofit art space LAXART and an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Prior to joining LAXART in 2016, he was director of education and associate curator at the Renaissance Society, a non-collecting contemporary art museum in Chicago. Hannah Burstein is an arts researcher, educator, and public programmer based in Los Angeles. She is currently the Project Manager at LAXART, a contemporary nonprofit exhibition space. Learn more about LAXART Gallery here

The Stone Mountain Action Coalition (SMAC) is a movement dedicated to a more inclusive Stone Mountain Park focused on healing, transformation and progress. The SMAC advocacy network includes a diverse coalition of concerned citizens, political leaders, community organizations, faith-based groups and businesses who are dedicated to supporting constructive solutions and ideas that reflect a new, shared vision for the Park. They were a guest speaker for The Monumental Project podcast, and is an outspoken local force in the field of monuments of oppression.Learn more about the organization here.

Guest speaker Christina Keyser Vida participated in our July Webinar “Oppressive Monuments in the Museum Space”. As the Elise H. Wright Curator of General Collections at the Valentine Museum, she has served as the Project Manager for the Valentine Studio Project and is collaborating with colleagues to reinterpret the history and legacy of the Lost Cause mythology and the impact of public monuments on private thought and public policy. Learn more about the organization here.

The SPLC is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with us to address controversial and oppressive monuments. Learn more about the organization here.