Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Resistance and Remembrance
Civic Spaces are Neccessary Spaces
Addressing the Silences Participating Members
In 2024, each of the ten sites worked hand in hand with community partners to correct absences they had identified. This collaborative process has resulted in profound change among both the sites’ practices and programming. For instance, the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society and Museum of the Ironworker , a Site of Conscience in Maryland, partnered with the Catoctin Furnace African American Skilled Ironworker Descendants Group to connect with descendants of enslaved and free African Americans buried at the historic site. The site recently installed new acrylic panels that help visitors better imagine slave quarters on the landscape, and is working towards co-stewardship of the site with identified descendants. In another instance, the Michigan History Center and the Michigan State University Chicano Latino Studies Department created a new paid internship program to increase Latino student professional development opportunities and expand stories and research of Latino history. Additionally they created a staff book club and other staff learning opportunities to expand their knowledge of Latino history and culture.
Catoctin Furnace Historical Society , Maryland
Illinois State Museum , Illinois John Dickenson Plantation , Delaware Michigan History Center , Michigan Oakwood Cemetery Chapel , Texas Old Bakery & Emporium , Texas Sheldon Jackson Museum , Alaska
Chinese Historical Society of America , California Elizabet Ney Museum , Texas Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic House , Louisiana Historic Stagville , North Carolina Historical Museum at Fort Missoula , Montana
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