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Place as a path to justice.
The Action Fund works with communities, sites and organizations to preserve African American culture, and to show how place can drive social and racial justice and equity.
The next generation of preservationists.
The Action Fund works closely with the National Trust's Hands-On Preservation Experience (HOPE) Crew. Corpsmembers learn preservation skills on site at places like Nina Simone's Childhood Home and the John and Alice Coltrane Home.
Photo: Nancy Pierce · Raleigh, North Carolina
Preserving African American Places: Growing Preservation's Potential as a Path for Equity
Funded by the Ford Foundation and The JPB Foundation, the report brings forward new ideas, research and questions on equitable development, social justice and the practice of preservation.