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Dismantle Preservation Virtual Unconference: Expanding the Preservation Narrative - From Research to Action

Preservationists need a different set of resources to be able to advocate for themselves, stories of the past, and the built environment.

In response to conversations with many of you, #DismantlePreservation Virtual Unconference will be a one day free event that will delve into mental health, unions/salary negotiations, public service loan forgiveness, implicit bias in preservation, preserving the full story, and how to expand who is investing in old buildings. Let’s dismantle historic preservation and rebuild it for the benefit of our communities today and tomorrow.

Expanding the Preservation Narrative: From Research to Action

This panel discussion highlights Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) preservationists and their academic research and preservation work. Panelists will briefly introduce how they utilized their academic work into preservation action (e.g., nominations for local, state, and/or national registers, creating toolkits related to preservation, advocacy work, capacity building). Then panel discussion will then examine the importance of BIPOC preservation scholars and practitioners in centering traditionally marginalized voices in historic preservation. 

Speakers: Angelo Baca (Doctoral Student, Sociocultural Anthropology, New York University; Cultural Resources Coordinator, Utah Diné Bikéyah); Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal (Doctoral Candidate, Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside; Board member, Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation); Sarah Zenaida Gould, PhD (Director, Museo del Westside; Co-Chair, Latinos in Heritage Conservation); Jeffrey Harris (Independent historian and historic preservation consultant); Kristen Hayashi, PhD (Director of Collections Management & Access and Curator, Japanese American National Museum; Board member, Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation); Alison Rose Jefferson MHC, PhD (Historian and Heritage Conservation Consultant, Historian and More); Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor, PhD (Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of Center for Oral History, University of Hawai'i, Manoa)

Moderator: Michelle G. Magalong, PhD (Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland; President, Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation)

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