DESIGN FOR PUBLIC HISTORY

Design for Public History uses design techniques and methods to bring attention to underrepresented histories & to address legacies of injustice and inequality in the built environment and landscape today. Design for Public History is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations (above the merchandise price) are tax-deductible.

Our Land, Our Stories Book Fundraiser

Book Format | 178 pages | 1.5 pounds | 8.5” x 11” | Color illustrations on most pages | Interactive pages | Timelines | Maps |

PROFITS GO TOWARDS SUPPORTING FOOD SOVEREIGNTY FOR THE RAMAPOUGH LUNAAPE TURTLE CLAN.

All profits (above the print cost of the book) will be given to the Ramapough to support their food sovereignty initiative through the Munsee Three Sisters Medicinal Farm and other community initiatives through the Church of the Good Shepherd in Ringwood, NJ & The Ramapough Land and Culture Foundation

The production cost of the book will be applied to printing more copies of the book to advance our educational mission.

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Our Land, Our Stories Wins the Inaugural Stanley Katz Prize for Public Humanities from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities !!

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Learn more about the history of how national parks & recreation areas were established
Spotted in the wild on the Living Land Acknowledgment shelf at Princeton University Library!
Join us at the Princeton public library next Wednesday to hear Chief Vincent Mann and project partners from the our land our stories team, and to see excerpts from our documentary film. The Seed Farm will host a seed swap table, and copies of our boo
Our next post digs into how the potential redesignation of the Delaware Water Gap could affect funding & infrastructure
What will the impact of national park designation be on hunting in the DWGRNA ?
Learn how the proposal for creating a new national park in the Delaware water. Gap area might potentially affect local Native American communities.
Amazing & respectful welcome from the NAIS Program at Montclair State University at todays screening of Meaning of the Seed with Chief Mann & Wayne Mann
We’re doing another screening & talk tomorrow at Montclair State University. Join us if you’re in the area!
Todays post examines what the impact of visitation might be on the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area if it is redesignated as a National park
We’ll be posting over the next few weeks about a proposal to redesignate the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as a National Park. We’ll be explaining who is for and who is against the proposal, and sharing some of the argument
A few more photos of some of the exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian
Join us at the Metuchen Public Library this weekend for a screening of Meaning of the Seed! Saturday Feb.25 at 2:00pm at 480 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen, NJ
We’re excited to present some work we created with the incredible Tim Blunk at Rutgers CCA next week. Join us for a close look at a few video & art projects we collaborated on. Big thanks to @ru_indigenous for co-sponsoring this event !!