This webinar highlights the work and methods of artists and designers who utilize public space as a canvas or installation site. Although identity and representation have grown in importance, we will ask “How well do our public spaces reflect the demographics and culture of our towns, cities, and lands? And what role does public art play in the reassessment of public spaces?” Often, interpreters or affiliated organizations are in a position to speak for the work of artists. This webinar pushes the activism of creators into the forefront, featuring guest speakers from the United States of America and Afghanistan.

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The Monuments Toolkit team will be hosting this month's theme on Recontextualizing Monuments of Oppression. Our program incorporates monument case studies where there is a significant gap in power that prevents the public and organizations from redefining their public spaces. Contemporary solutions like Co-location and Reinterpretation offer unique approaches to oppressive monuments. However, are they impactful in the erasure of the horrific and offensive legacies of problematic figures and iconography?

Our panelists will each tackle this challenge from their own perspectives. Erin Thompson will explore the intricacies of the Freedmen's Memorial as a product of slave labor, and the implications of the figures above. Ella Békési will analyze Memento Park in Budapest Hungary, as the monuments were relocated to spaces away from the public eye and out of their original context. In light of the current situation in Ukraine, has public opinion changed about the relocation of Soviet monuments to Memento Park?

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This is an informal luncheon or "coffee break" atmosphere that allows for discussions of community representation, key moments in the webinars/podcasts, and other oppressive monuments to flow and become more interactive between the Monuments Toolkit Team and our live audience. During this program, the Monuments Toolkit Team will be highlighted, as they reflect on new discoveries, unique perspectives, and their own personal taste on whom should be immortalized? As always, viewers will be able to participate and ask questions about the project, or any other aspects of what we have covered so far with a flexible Q&A option throughout the entire program. We hope to see you there and to close out the year with impactful discussions.

Additionally there are several moments when we refer to the "October Webinar" as the Comfort women theme. However, that was actually the webinar for August.

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As stated in our last episode, Controversial monuments and North Carolina unfortunately go hand in hand. The first Confederate memorial in North Carolina, an unnamed Confederate Soldiers Monument in Fayetteville, was built in 1868, only a few years after the south lost the war. Since then, Confederate memorials have been prominently displayed in the Tar Heel State.

Many of these monuments, as is the case with most around the country, are legally protected by a few laws that have gotten in the way of reconciliation. Although perceived as a cut and dry roadblock towards progress, there are still plans of action to make things better for North Carolina citizens who want these monuments taken down.

To speak to this, we sat down with James E Williams Jr. from the N.C. Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System.

The N.C. Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC CRED) is an incredible nonpartisan organization that works across professional, political and ideological lines to develop strategies to reduce racial disparities in North Carolina’s juvenile and criminal justice systems.

The Monumental Project sat down with Mr Williams to speak on the legal landscape of Confederate monuments, recent cases that have caused controversy and what we can do to make a change on a local level. Enjoy!

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In honor of Native American Heritage Month, The Monumental Project sat down with Laura Harris, Executive Director of Americans for Indian Opportunity. AIO is a non-profit organization which serves as a catalyst for Native American initiatives all across the country. We spoke on how they started, the current state of Native American issues such as the Carson monument, and what are the best routes to make a change for how we view Native American culture.

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Rodney Freeman has worked in academic, public, and government libraries for over ten years and has worked in multiple positions, from a library page to a library administrator. In addition, he has led several digital library projects and has been a strong advocate of diverse digital collections. Driven with passion, Rodney Freeman started Preservation LLC to help people preserve and convert their photos and documents into a digital format. Along with starting his company in 2018, Rodney developed a platform called The Black Male Archives, where the objective is to capture, curate, and promote positive stories about Black men to combat the negative images portrayed in the media.

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Deliasofia Zacarias is an artist, writer, and arts administrator whose work is rooted in accessibility, equity, community, and inclusivity. Based in Los Angeles, CA by way of Texas, she currently works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where she serves as Executive Administrator and Fellow in the Director's Office. She first joined LACMA as the Emerging Art Professional (LEAP) Fellow —part of the Diversifying Museum Leadership Initiative funded by the Walton Foundation and Ford Foundation. As a fellow, Deliasofia worked closely with museum leadership to better understand the role of an encyclopedic art and cultural institution and its relationship with local and global audiences. Promoted to Snap Research Fellow in 2019, she was instrumental in developing and implementing the LACMA x Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives multi-year initiative. Deliasofia is currently the Executive Administrator and Fellow in the Director's Office and serves on the board of the Arts Administrators of Color Network.

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World Heritage USA prides itself on connecting with outstanding leaders in the field of historic preservation and racial justice. Collaboration is a central value to the Monuments Toolkit, and we believe that the more we learn, the better we can serve the American people and our listeners around the world! A prime example of this comes this month, as we spoke with Bonnie McDonald from Landmarks Illinois.

As President and CEO of Landmarks Illinois, Bonnie advances the vision, mission and programs of the organization. Bonnie was also instrumental to the Chicago Monuments Project, one of the best city-wide campaigns focused on monuments of oppression.

We spoke on the groundbreaking values of Landmark Illinois’, incomplete views of history, and how other cities can tackle this issue with success.

Be sure to check the Chicago Monuments Project’s latest report at chicagomonuments.org.

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US/ICOMOS prides itself on connecting with outstanding leaders in the field of historic preservation and racial justice. Collaboration is a central value to the Monuments Toolkit, and we believe that the more we learn, the better we can serve the American people and our listeners around the world! A prime example of this comes this month, as we spoke with Bonnie McDonald from Landmarks Illinois.

As President and CEO of Landmarks Illinois, Bonnie advances the vision, mission and programs of the organization. Bonnie was also instrumental to the Chicago Monuments Project, one of the best city-wide campaigns focused on monuments of oppression.

We spoke on the groundbreaking values of Landmark Illinois’, incomplete views of history, and how other cities can tackle this issue with success.

Be sure to check the Chicago Monuments Project’s latest report at @.

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