2021 Annual Meeting of Members: Building A True National Identity
March 25, 2021 |
There are nearly 100,000 entries in the National Register of Historic Places. Yet, only 2% represent BIPOC stories and histories. What our country deems historic mirrors how we perceive ourselves and our fellow Americans, but we have long based our history on an incomplete narrative of stories. The places we preserve are containers of our stories. They erase time and space as tangible teaching opportunities and emotional touchstones.
All Americans should feel empowered by the places that surround them, where they can see people like them who influenced our lives today. We must tell a fuller history.
Brent Leggs, Executive Director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will share his presentation “Building A True National Identity” followed by a Q&A. His presentation will be preceded by a short business meeting including voting in a new slate of Board Members for the Boston Preservation Alliance.
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Website:
www.bostonpreservation.org/annual-meeting/2021?utm_source=all+correspondence&utm_campaign=bfcedcdf75-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9dd4d58e37-bfcedcdf75-125979845 |
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Virtual Event |
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| Contact Information |
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Boston Preservation Alliance |
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admin@bostonpreservation.org |
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