A Conversation with Donna Graves, Public Historian

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Meyerson Hall, Upper Gallery
210 S. 34th Street

This location is ADA accessible

This event is only open to the Penn Community. Lunch will be served.

Advance reservation required. If you can attend, please RSVP by September 13.

Donna Graves is an independent historian/urban planner based in Berkeley, CA. She develops interdisciplinary public history projects that emphasize social equity and sense of place. Her involvement in projects that weave together local histories, preservation, art and community participation began with her tenure as executive director of The Power of Place, which received national acclaim for its ground-breaking work in interpreting the history of downtown Los Angeles through urban design, historic preservation and public art. Graves been instrumental in establishing and developing California’s Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park and recently co-authored an award-winning study of LGBTQ historic sites in San Francisco.  She is an Advisor to the National Park Service’s Asian American/Pacific Islander Theme Study and serves on the Board of Advisors for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Board of the Rainbow Heritage Network. Graves lectures widely and writes about inter-disciplinary approaches to developing public history projects and new ways of thinking about cultural heritage conservation.

The Upper Gallery is accessible by entering Meyerson Hall via the street-facing entrance on 34th and Walnut Streets and taking the elevator up to the first floor.

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PennDesign Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
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