Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening Highlights and Replay
On August 25, 2023, the leaders of Beyond Granite: Pulling Together hosted a dynamic day of conversation with leaders in arts, history, academia and policymaking to explore the rich history and transformative power of memory-making on the National Mall.
Thank you to everyone who joined us in-person and virtually for the Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Convening, entitled “Legacies and Futures of the National Mall.”
Please enjoy the livestream replay and scroll below for information and timestamps to watch individual panels and enjoy photo highlights from the event.
Welcome Remarks
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Catherine Townsend, President and CEO of the Trust for the National Mall
Michael Yaffe, Chief Civic Engagement Officer, United States Institute of Peace, event hosts
Paul Farber and Salamisha Tillet, Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Curators
Panel 1 - The National Mall: Local, National Transnational
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Natalie Hopkinson, Scholar, Author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City
Lauret Savoy, Scholar, Author of Trace
Kirk Savage, Scholar, Author of Monument Wars
Moderated by Amber Wiley
Panel 2 - Envisioning Democracy: Artist Roundtable
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Holly Bass, Artist, American Woman
Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, Artist, In America: Remember
Tiffany Chung, Pulling Together Artist, For the Living
Paul Ramírez Jonas, Pulling Together Artist, Let Freedom Ring
Moderated by Maria del Carmen Montoya
Panel 3 - Artist Program: Wendy Red Star, Indigenous Archives
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Wendy Red Star, Pulling Together Artist, The Soil You See…
Elizabeth Rule, Author of Indigenous DC
Keynote Conversation
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Michael Sherman, Director, Policy & Research Division, The Naiotnal Capital Planning Commission
Teresa Durkin, Executive Vice President, Trust for the National Mall
Paul Farber, Director, Monument Lab, Co-Curator of Pulling Together
Jeff Reinbold, Superintendent, National Park Service, National Mall and Memorial Parks
Salamishah Tillet, Professor, Rutgers University-Newark, Co-Curator of Pulling Together
Curated by Laura Huerta Migus
Photos courtesy of AJ Mitchell Photography