Join Monuments Across Appalachian Places and the University of Kentucky's Monuments Workshop, at the Beyond Statues: 2026 Conference on September 12, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm ET. MAAP will host a two-hour workshop designed to support groups from across Central Appalachia interested in submitting proposals for MAAP grant funding, due October 13, 2026. Pre-registration is required, and eligible applicants will receive stipends for their participation.

The workshop will offer training and support in grant writing for monuments: developing community-based and trauma-informed approaches to commemoration, preparing budgets, re-imagining physical installations, troubleshooting the feasibility of projects, and planning digital archive work and oral history collection and preservation. Successful MAAP proposals will receive grants for between $50,000 and $350,000 to create new monuments in Appalachian Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, or West Virginia during 2027-2028. Workshop participants are not guaranteed MAAP project funding, and applicants for monument project grants are not required to attend a Workshop to be eligible for funding.

Registration is open until Aug. 30th. Visit the conference website for more information and registration. Beyond Statues: 2026 Conference | The Monuments Workshop.