How to heal the wounds of history?
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This site presents resources to learn about national and worldwide efforts to reckon with and develop alternatives to monuments and memorials that stand as relics of a racist, colonialist, misogynist, homophobic past. You will find links to relevant videos of panel discussions, news articles, upcoming events.Racial & Social Equity Tillamook (RSET) is lobbying the Garibaldi Maritime Museum to remove the fraught statue of Captain Robert Gray from its prominent place on Hwy 101 where it stands as a provocative relic of a racist past. By moving the statue inside or next to the museum, curators can more effectively provide historically accurate information to contextualize Captain Gray’s colonialist role in the northwest coastal region. Viewers could then consider their own relationship to the statue's history and meaning.
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"The popular lore about why the symbol is displayed may not reflect the true history."
The Southern Poverty Law Center published a useful guide for how activists can take important steps toward building the kind of community where the values of equal justice and equal opportunity are shared by all.
