Commemorate Toolkit

The Monuments Across Appalachian Places (MAAP) team hosted workshops across Central Appalachia, where we invited community organizations, artists, researchers, educators, government officials, advocates, activists, memory keepers, and others to refine and develop ideas for new Appalachian monuments.

The tool kit was crafted through collaboration with a goal of building the capacity of Appalachian community leaders and organizations as they employ participatory arts as tools for storytelling, organizing, and social change.

The kit is a free guide for anyone interested in rethinking monuments and public memory in Appalachia, and beyond. Developed through our guiding mission, the toolkit brings together lessons, questions, reflections, and resources from our work with community-based projects.