About This Website:
Welcome to the Commemorate DC Nomination and Voting Hub! This platform is dedicated to empowering you to actively participate in selecting our next two commemorative works subjects. Here, you'll find everything you need to explore, nominate, and vote for individuals, communities, or events that have shaped our history. From research tips to nomination applications and voting opportunities, this site makes it easy for you to contribute your voice and help create meaningful tributes that reflect our community's history and values. Join us in continuing to shape DC's public realm!
For more information on Commemorate DC's mission, past projects, and ucpcoming events, please visit our main website at www.publicinput.com/cwtap. There you will find details on our broader initiatives, community partnerships, and ways to get involved beyond the nomination and voting process. Discover how we're working to celebrate the people and stories that define the DC!
Pathways to Honor: A Guide to Nominating a Commemorative Subject Event
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About the Project:
Commemorate DC will support local partners participating in the program to increase commemoration of Black Washingtonians and other leaders of color in all Wards of the District. After subjects and sites have been identified, a design team and public artists provided by OP and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities will prepare concept designs.
As the Nation’s capital, monuments and commemorative works have typically been focused on or reserved for commemoration to individuals or subjects of national importance within the monumental core, the original L’Enfant City, and mostly in Wards 1, 2, 3, and 6. Many of these subjects participated in slavery, systemic racism, and the mistreatment of, or took actions that suppressed equality for, persons of color, certain groups of people, and women.
DC's Commemorative Works Program reviews proposals submitted by sponsors, but since the program was established in 2001 has received only a handful of applications for local subjects. OP's Commemorate DC work includes technical assistance to community partners in all Wards to identify commemorative subjects and sites before supporting efforts. The Office of Planning's partners are convening meetings with community groups and residents to discuss subjects to commemorate, appropriate sites, and concept designs of commemorative works. Concept designs will be reviewed by the Commemorative Works Committee who will make a recommendation on each proposal to the Mayor and District Council, who have final review and approval.
Contact Us:
Zhetique Gunn, Program Manager, Urban Design Division
Email: CWTAP@dc.gov
Phone: (202) 442-7600
We look forward to hearing from you!