MAAP News
Initiative Seeking to Tell Appalachia’s Untold Stories
Sharing and rediscovering overlooked Appalachian stories is at the center of a multimillion-dollar grant initiative to fund community-led projects that bring undertold regional stories into public view, according to a statement from Monuments Across Appalachian Places.
Read at Appalachian News-Express >
Millions Available to Tell Undertold Stories of Appalachia
Sharing and rediscovering overlooked Appalachian stories is at the center of a multimillion-dollar grant initiative to fund community-led projects that bring undertold regional stories into public view. Monuments Across Appalachian Places (MAAP) is a Mellon Foundation-funded grant initiative housed at Virginia Tech and is searching for community organizations, artists, educators, advocates, and other memory-keepers across Central Appalachia to propose projects for new and reimagined ways to commemorate the region, its people, and our shared histories.
Read at The Laurel of Asheville >
Millions available to tell undertold stories of Appalachia
Sharing and rediscovering overlooked Appalachian stories is at the center of a multimillion-dollar grant initiative to fund community-led projects that bring undertold regional stories into public view.
Full Press Release at Mountain XPress >
$5 million to memorialize undertold Appalachian stories
What undertold WNC stories deserve a monument? The ask comes from Monuments Across Appalachian Places (MAAP), a Mellon Foundation-funded initiative run by Virginia Tech researchers to bring overlooked histories into public view — especially those of communities that have been historically excluded.
Article at AVL Today >
Monuments Across Appalachian Places to hold workshop for the local memorial creation process
OAK HILL, WV (WVNS) — Monuments Across Appalachian Places (MAAP) is partnering with West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service and is seeking participants in a free workshop.
Grant to fuel Appalachian history initiative
Virginia Tech has been awarded a $5 million Mellon Foundation grant to support Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia, an initiative to document, reinterpret, display, and amplify histories and experiences that highlight collective struggles in Appalachian communities, especially those stories that have been hidden, silenced, denied, or excluded.
Arcade-style kiosk showcases digital humanities research with a touch of nostalgia
On the first floor of Newman Library stands a brightly colored arcade-game structure made of painted wood and technology. Unlike the simple entertainment of Pac-Man or Donkey Kong of old, the purple, pink, and teal structure holds the door to an adventure in digital humanities research.
MAAV is Hiring!
Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia (MAAV), housed in the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, invites applications for a Project & Communications Associate who will provide support for a multi-year project titled Monuments Across Appalachian Places (MAAP).
Statue honoring Black Union soldiers unveiled in Rocky Mount
Franklin County residents and the local branch NAACP unveiled a monument Sunday to 70 Black men from the county who fought for the United States Colored Troops.
Read and listen at Radio IQ >
Monument honoring Black Civil War soldiers unveiled in Rocky Mount
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A long-overlooked chapter of Franklin County’s history is now etched in bronze.
Article & Video at WDBJ7 >
Monument for Black Civil War soldiers to be unveiled Sunday in Rocky Mount
Read the article at the Roanoke Times >
Creating New Appalachian Monuments
Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia Is ‘Expanding the Idea of What a Monument Can Be’
Read the article at appvoices.org >
Restoration underway at historic Black church in Rocky Mount
ROCKY MOUNT — Work is underway to renovate the original First Baptist Church in downtown Rocky Mount and restore it to a place of prominence in the community.
“Paint-In” offers opportunity to preserve and honor Bluefield history
An upcoming community paint session will give residents the opportunity to work with a well-known artist to create a piece honoring local history.
Student Jamie Raczynski lifts community stories and propels social change
Senior history major Jamie Raczynski has been named a 2025 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a national coalition of higher learning institutions committed to building democracy through civic engagement.
Foundation laid for monument honoring forgotten Black troops in Franklin County
ROCKY MOUNT — The foundation is now in place for a historic monument set to be erected in Rocky Mount’s downtown.
Local artists install new public sculpture
Earlier this summer, two Western North Carolina artists completed and installed a new public sculpture at a park in Virginia.
