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

Please view below a recoding of our live event!

 

 

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November 13th - Dec 20th: Subject Nomination Period

Community Members will have between November 13th to December 20th to fill out the subject nomination application. Those subjects that meet the qualifications will be posted under the voting tab January 2nd.

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November 23rd - Nomination Workshop

A Nomination Workshop will be held with the Office of Planning (OP) on Saturday November 23, 2024 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Martin Luther King Jr Library. Come join the Office of Planning, DCPL and the Historic Research division on a team up to not only learn the basics of the project and procedure, but become empowered in the best way to do research. Who knows, you may even be inspired by what you find in other potential subjects to choose from and advocate for. 

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Jan 3rd – Feb 3rd: Subject Voting Period

Community members are invited to participate in our public voting period to select the next two commemorative works that will be designed by our artists! Your vote will help recognize a person, community, or event that has siginificantly impacted the District. Make your voice heard and join us in celebrating the people and stories that define our communities! 

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February 5th - Subjects Announced

The results of the voting will be officially announced! Check back on our homepage to see who was selected!

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March 2025 - Concept Development

Join us for the next series of events with Commemorate DC where we work with local artists and our design consultant to get your input on the design concepts for the commemorative works! 

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!