Episode 2-Restorative Justice: Community Remembrance Project of Missouri

This program is presented by the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center in collaboration with the Restore KC initiative.

The Community Remembrance Project of Missouri (CRP-MO) is a community coalition that partners with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to memorialize victims of racial terror lynchings throughout history and foster meaningful dialogue about race and justice today. This Restore KC program will provide an opportunity to learn about the CRP-MO including its 2018 origins with the collection of soil at the location of the lynching of Levi Harrington, installation of the Levi Harrington memorial marker, and its vision to challenge racial injustice while advocating for equal treatment in the criminal justice system. The program will be led by CRP Co-Liaisons Glenn North and Staci Pratt.

Since spring 2019, the Kansas City Museum has been working with an education team on developing programs and experiences using a restorative practices methodology. The Kansas City Museum education team includes museum staff members Paul Gutierrez and Anna Marie Tutera; Damron Armstrong, Founder and Artistic Director of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City; Deb Campbell, Founder and Executive Director of Arts & AGEing KC; Dr. Gene Chávez, Historian and Curator; Anita Dixon, Director of UNESCO Creative Cities-Kansas City; Oralee McKinzy, Founder and Executive Director of Life 360; Dina Newman, Director UMKC’s Center for Neighborhoods and Dr. Jacob Wagner, Co-Founder of UMKC’s Center for Neighborhoods and Associate Professor in Architecture, Urban Planning + Design at UMKC; Glenn North, Executive Director of Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center; Blanca Anchondo-Polite, Owner/Principal of Engage and Connect, LLC and Lisa Middlebrook, Collaborator and Catalyst; and Dr. Carmaletta Williams, Executive Director of Black Archives of Mid-America.