Our community group has been talking about creating a memorial project for the neighborhood, but half of us want to focus on celebrating the longtime residents who built this place and half want to acknowledge the displacement and gentrification that's happened. We all care about honoring the past but we can't agree on which past deserves the spotlight.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group is discovering that the desire to honor shared history requires confronting whose stories have been centered and whose have been erased.
“Where Are You with The biography impulse — being remembered?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.