Join the continued collaboration with the American Planning Association’s Urban Design and Historic Preservation Division to explore the intersection of planning preservation and change through two upcoming webinars.

To register, click "Urban Design and Preservation Division" on the dropdown menu on the registration form

Join Landmarks Illinois CEO Bonnie McDonald to discuss the preservation field's current challenges based on her interviews with preservation professionals and advocates. Key findings from the Relevancy project include creating a just preservation movement, dismantling preservation's "culture of preciousness," focusing on affordable housing, addressing climate change, and creating preservation job opportunities. [CM: 1.5]

Last year, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund gathered with donors, activists, experts, and partners for the 2023 Cultural Preservation Leadership Summit held at the Ford Foundation's Center for Social Justice in New York City. Throughout 2024 we will be rebroadcasting those conversations for the public.

Legacy & Design

The role of artists as stewards and caretakers of Black history has never been more critical. Join Brent Leggs for a conversation with artist and Action Fund partner Adam Pendleton alongside acclaimed landscape architect Thomas Woltz and preservation leader Melissa Jest for a discussion about the Nina Simone Childhood Home project, the art auction & gala, and the process of designing and stewarding a new historic site.

Join the continued collaboration with the American Planning Association’s Urban Design and Historic Preservation Division to explore the intersection of planning preservation and change through two upcoming webinars.

To register, click "Urban Design and Preservation Division" on the dropdown menu on the registration form

Sara C. Bronin, the Senate-confirmed Chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, underscores the importance of historic and cultural resources within the federal development portfolio and offers a refreshing approach to historic preservation and its role in addressing some of today’s most pressing issues. Chair Bronin recently issued a report on federal historic preservation standards that guide federal, state, and local regulatory processes, and she is encouraging new interpretations and additions to them that respond to the need for economic growth and housing, environmental sustainability, and climate change. She is also guiding the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation through a process that could update the way these standards are interpreted in upwards of 120,000 federal agency actions reviewed under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act annually. [CM: 1.5]

Last year, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund gathered with donors, activists, experts, and partners for the 2023 Cultural Preservation Leadership Summit held at the Ford Foundation's Center for Social Justice in New York City. Throughout 2024 we will be rebroadcasting those conversations for the public.

Monuments & Justice

The work to permanently protect, preserve, manage, and interpret Chicago’s Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ and Mississippi’s Graball Landing and Tallahatchie Courthouse as part of the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument has profound meaning. Each heritage asset tells stories of racial violence, human worth, dignity, fairness under the law, grief, tragedy, and women-led activism. In a conversation led by renowned poet, scholar, and President of the Mellon Foundation, Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, we will explore the architecture of monument-making, the need for ethnic and cultural representation, and the role of historic preservation in fostering healing from racial trauma.

Join your colleagues in Washington, D.C. or online for an in-depth look into preservation law, highlighting the most recent and influential developments while providing you with the knowledge and skills to effectively advocate and champion key preservation issues. Registration will open in June.