Announcing Our “Black HerStory Initiative” with Monument Lab

The Griot Museum of Black History earns one of Monument Lab’s $100k Re:Generation project grants to support the launch of its “Black HerStory Initiative,” which seeks to honor Black women whose contributions span political, social, and cultural spheres of the city through oral histories and public mark-making.

Monument Lab is excited to announce Re:Generation – a nationwide participatory public art and history project launching in Spring 2022. The goal: to elevate the next generation of monuments that reckons with and reimagines public memory. The project subgrants a total of $1 Million across ten local field offices led by collaborative teams of artists, educators, storytellers, and organizers. Each team will pursue a commemorative campaign rooted in the living history of a neighborhood, city, or region.

The Monument Lab Re:Generation locations and teams:

Montgomery, Alabama – More Up Campus

Tucson, Arizona – La Doce

Los Angeles, California – Land Under the Plinth

St. Louis, Missouri – Black Herstory Initiative

Queens, New York – Bayanihan

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – ConsenSIS

Cayey, Puerto Rico – Archivos del Caribe

Rapid City, South Dakota – Rapid City Indian Boarding School Lands Project

Matewan, West Virginia – Courage in the Hollers

Dinétah, Four Corners Region – Walking with Dinétah

The Re:Generation field office teams hail from across the varied geographies of the United States, including major cities, rural regions, tribal communities, borderlands and U.S. territories. The participants were selected through a far-reaching open call conducted earlier in 2021, which brought in hundreds of applications from every state, most territories, and numerous tribal communities. The announcement of the ten selected teams and projects offers a roadmap for a project focused on the future of public memory in this country.