History as Healing: Reclaiming Stories of Black Resistance and Resilience in Public Space.
Join us online for an engaging discussion as we delve into the rich history of the Flatbush African Burial Ground with our speaker, public historian Shanna Sabio.
Located at the intersection of Bedford and Church Avenues in the heart of Flatbush, this sacred space served as the final resting place for enslaved and free Black individuals in Brooklyn from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s.
Together, we'll explore trauma-informed strategies to preserve Black history by placing it within the broader context of national and global narratives using the Flatbush African Burial Ground as an example.
Black Historic Sites in Conversation is a series of virtual talks in collaboration with different Black heritage sites & cultural centers in the greater NYC area, about the ongoing work of preserving, interpreting, and celebrating Black history and historical figures.
This program is supported by the Mellon Foundation.
About the Speaker:
Shanna Sabio is a proud mother of 3, born in Brownsville, and raised in Bushwick and Bedford Stuyvesant. She’s an anti-disciplinary artist, curator, cultural strategist, and public historian whose practice uses the intersections of art and technology, travel and urban planning to create healing, anti-racist, equitable, and inclusive spaces.
She’s co-founder and co-director of GrowHouse NYC, a community development cooperative that empowers Black people and their allies to collectively own and develop their communities resources, including property, cultural institutions and sites of memory, and artistic production.
GrowHouse was a founding organization of the Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition, and has used Walking Tours, Art Installations, Technology partnerships, Events and Teach-ins, Partnerships with colleges and universities to raise awareness of the Flatbush African Burial Ground.
About the Facilitator:
Daphne Lundi is an urban planner, policymaker, writer, and artist. She is currently a Public Scholar at The Moynihan Center at City College where her writing and teaching explores the intersections between science fiction and city planning. She is also the co-creator of Laudi CoLab and an inaugural Bandung Resident. She is a founding member and board member of BlackSpace, a collective of Black urbanists who work to bridge the gaps between policy, people, and place to address inequality and injustice in the built environment. She also serves as an Advisory Board Member and visiting teacher for the Octavia Project, a science-fiction summer program for teen girls and non-binary youth that uses the lens of science fiction to explore computer science, writing, and city-making.
Audience:
Adults