Summit - Focus on Black History & Preservation in Washington State

Tacoma Mayor Victoria R. Woodards and Rep. Jamila Taylor will be gracing the event with their presence. The program of the event is as follows:

10:00-11:00 a.m. : CULTURE SETS THE TONE

• Welcome by Ramona Bennett
• Introduction: Dean Tate Arunga & Charles Carson
• Blessing: Mary Gubatayao-Hagen
• Libation: Dean Tate Arunga & Akuyea Karen Vargas
• Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards
• Keynote: Representative Jamila Taylor

11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. : DE JURE SEGREGATION & ITS EFFECTS

• "Washington's History of Racially Restrictive Covenants and Efforts to Locate those Covenants Statewide" with Logan Camporeale of Spokane's Historic Preservation Office
• Case study in Albina, Portland, OR. presented by Bobby Fouther

12:00-1:00 p.m. : LUNCH BREAK [HISTORY WALK W/ EXHIBITS ]

1:00-1:30 p.m. : THE REMNANT PROJECT IN KITSAP COUNTY WITH AKULYE KAREN VARGAS

1:30-3:40 p.m. : RE-IMAGINING PRESERVATION PROCESSES

• 1:30-1:50 p.m. : Identifying Systemic Barriers for preservation of underrepresented communities- Washington State's Black Historic Sites Survey with Monette Hearn and Ellen Mirro
• 10 MINUTE BREAK
• 2:00- 2:20 p.m. : Special Topics in Archiving Black History with Roger Evans of the Seattle Griot Project and archivist Ryan Donaldson
• 2:20-3:20 p.m. : Public Art is part of the historic record with Dionne Bonner & Whitney Brady
• 3:20-3:40 p.m. : What does an inclusive model for Preservation look like in the future?- communal discussion

GIVE BACK

• Dr. Dexter Gordon Exec. VP The Evergreen State College