Join us virtually on November 5 for The Rekia Boyd Monument Project Finalist Presentations. After launching an open call this summer, the following artists have been selected as finalists:

• Nina Cooke John
• Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
• Tiff Massey
• Sonja Henderson
• Nekisha Durrett
  
  

The Rekia Boyd Monument Project follows a decade of public art activations in and around Douglass Park by ALWH’s Girl/Friends Leadership Institute. The project poses a central question: How do we build a monument that commemorates Rekia Boyd’s legacy and celebrates Black girlhood?

A Long Walk Home, an arts organization that empowers young people to end violence against girls and women, is building an enduring monument to honor Rekia Boyd and Black Girlhood within Chicago’s Douglass Park in the North Lawndale neighborhood.

The Rekia Boyd Monument Project is led by A Long Walk Home, in partnership with the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Chicago Parks District, and Monument Lab, and is a part of the Chicago Monuments Project.