Podcast: The Monumental Project
By Monuments Toolkit
As the official companion podcast of the Monuments Toolkit program, we will be deep diving into the pieces of American history found across the nation and how the stories they carry impact the modern day American citizen. The goal of this podcast – and the program at large – is to address the question: how do we address monuments of oppression? What are our options for dealing with painful pieces of our past? How can we learn, heal, and move forward? The aim of the season is to answer these questions while providing listeners with a thought-provoking and engaging experience.
The Monumental Project
Welcome to The Monumental Project: How Historic Sites and Monuments of Yesterday Affect Us Today. As the official companion podcast of the Monuments Toolkit program, we will be diving deep into the pieces of American history found across the nation, and how the stories they carry impact the modern day American citizen. The goal of this podcast and the program at large, is to address the question “how do we address monuments of oppression?” What are our options for dealing with painful pieces of our past? How can we learn, heal, and move forward? By the end of this season we’ll have a better understanding.
Reclaiming Place Through Ceremony and Pilgrimage
On September 29, 1526, 498 years ago, the first recorded shipment of captive Africans arrived with Spanish colonizers on the North American mainland in the Sapelo Bay region of Georgia. This is not well-known African America history specifically related to trans-Atlantic human trade. It is the start of a continuous pattern of exploitation, oppression, survival and resistance spanning more than three hundred years with a legacy that exists today.
This podcast is a conversation with members of the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project and Crossing the Waters Institute, two organizations that raise awareness and commemorate the more than half million Africans who were transported to the United States, and under force contributed with their knowledge, skills,labor and culture to the creation of the United States.
Observing the 25th anniversary of the Middle Passage Pilgrimage Project are Ingrid Askew and Sister Clare, founders of Crossing the Waters Institute and Ann Chinn from the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project.
Show Notes
The following links to what was mentioned in the show:
Crossing the Waters Institute for Cultural Exchange
Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project
Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project Memorial Day 2020 Slideshow
PBS Documentary: This far by faith (Segment: Rise up and call their names)
Bomba Dance Tutorial with Afro-Puerto Rican Dancer Mar Cruz | If Cities Could Dance
Credits
Song Credits:
Melancholly Lull by Vital
Royalty Free Music: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music
License code: GHSG4LYAWYBKBEES
September 27, 2024
August 31, 2023
July 28, 2023
March 31, 2023
February 24, 2023
January 27, 2023
December 23, 2022
Search Results placeholder