Monday, August 24, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – A Virtual Community Conversation: The Power of Public Monuments in a Time of Racial Reckoning
Black Lives Matter has ignited public conversation about racial equity and justice. Public monuments have become lightning rods as people take issue with the messages some convey about who we are as a nation and a people.
As calls for the removal of public monuments intensify, what questions should we be asking of ourselves? What impact will today’s decisions have on our national memory, identity, and drive to shape a more just and equitable way forward?
Join The Friends of the Public Garden on August 24 at 6 pm online for this timely, virtual conversation featuring:
Renée Ater
Associate Professor Emerita of American Art at the University of Maryland and Visiting Professor, Brown University.
David W. Blight
Sterling Professor of History and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.
Moderator
Karen Holmes Ward
WCVB Director of Public Affairs and Host of “CityLine.”
Introduction
Michael Creasey
Superintendent to General Superintendent
National Parks of Boston
Maximum capacity in the Shaw 54th Zoom Room is 500 attendees. Additional guests will be welcome to join us on Facebook Live or via livestream on WCVB/Channel 5’s social media channels.
Everyone in the Shaw 54th Zoom Room will be entered in a drawing to win a Swag gift from the Partners to Renew the Shaw 54th.
For more information, and to register, visit www.shaw54thmemorialrestoration.org.
Sponsored by the Partnership to Renew the Shaw 54th Memorial.
