Does Preserving History Help Build Community?

The 2013 DC Community Heritage Project Symposium

Washington, DC is a changing city with a rapidly growing population. A high cost of living and residential displacement, have caused an impersonalization of day-to-day life and a growing rift between longtime residents, and recent arrivals. This year’s DC Community Heritage Project symposium will ask community historians, local government officials and real estate development professionals how history and historic preservation can build a sense of community between these and other groups in the city.

Joining us will be Michael Marshall, Principal, Marshall Moya Designs; Rosalynn Hughey, Deputy Director, Citywide and Neighborhood Planning for the DC Office of Planning; Kent Boese, ANC Commissioner and Project Director, Park View Walking Tour; Bernadine Okoro, Film Producer, Preserving Trinidad Documentary; Graylin Presbury, Fairlawn Civic Association President and Project Director, Fairlawn Community History Brochure. This panel will be moderated by Jane Freundel Levey, Director of Heritage and Community Programs, Cultural Tourism DC.

Don’t miss this chance to network with fellow DC history lovers, and discuss the past’s role in raising the quality of life for all Washingtonians, no matter how long they have called the city home!

This event is FREE and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.