Community Discussion | The George Floyd Protests and Historic Preservation

On behalf of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, we are organizing some informal online discussions about preservation and its relevance to current social crises. We invite you to read some of the very recent articles (links below) and join a Zoom call Thursday June 4, 5:30-6:30pm, for informal discussion among current students, incoming students and faculty. We’ll kick off the discussion with brief remarks by Starr Herr-Cardillo (journalist, researcher, MSHP ’17), then break into smaller discussion groups.

Please email micahdor@design.upenn.edu for the Zoom link. 

Articles: 
Why do we save white monuments and let Black history rot?
-PlanPhilly by Starr Herr-Cardillo (PDF here) 

Black Lives Matter. Do buildings?
-Inquirer by Inga Saffron (PDF here) 

Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests
-New Yorker by Isaac Chotiner (PDF here) 

Robert E. Lee statue and Daughters of Confederacy building attacked by Richmond protesters
-Washington Post by Lynda Robinson (PDF here) 

Mayor Kenney, Tear Down the Rizzo Statue Right Now
-Philly Magazine by Queen Muse (PDF here) 

I’m a West Philadelphian. The looting is not our biggest problem. | Opinion
Inquirer by Abdul-Aliy Muhammad (PDF here)