The event will focus on the life and legacy of Alonzo Tucker, Oregon’s most documented African American lynching victim, and the efforts to seek justice and reconciliation. Stewart will share insights on confronting historical injustices and fostering community healing.
“This story is not just about reconciliation; it’s about finding a way to heal and foster hope in our communities,” Stewart explains. “By confronting these painful narratives, we can begin to foster understanding and pave the way for a more just future.”
Gabi Johnsen, founder of Grants Pass Remembrance Project (GPRP) and Community Engagement Director of ORP, will join the discussion. A Q&A session will follow. The Ashland Sunrise Project invites community members, educators, and advocates to take part in this conversation on historical justice in Oregon.
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Taylor Stewart is the Founder and Executive Director of the Oregon Remembrance Project (ORP). He is a lifelong Portlander and graduated from UP in 2018 with a degree in Communication and a Master’s in Social Work from PSU in 2021. Stewart started ORP in 2018 to help communities unearth stories of injustice and engage in the necessary truth telling and repair required to reconcile instances of historical harm. His work connects historical racism to its present-day legacies in order to inspire contemporary racial justice action. In what started as simply a way to memorialize an African American lynching victim named Alonzo Tucker, Stewart has grown to see the power of reconciliation to rectify further instances of historical injustice.
Gabrielle Johnsen is the Community Engagement Director with Oregon Remembrance Project and a core caretaker of Grants Pass Remembrance (the Sunrise Project in her community of Grants Pass). She has collaborated with Taylor Stewart since 2020 in the development of the Sunrise Project. This work embodies much of what she cares about – racial reconciliation, learning and growing together with neighbors, and supporting opportunities to see and hear the “others” in our lives and communities!
Directions and parking
FROM NORTHBOUND 1-5:
Take exit 14 and turn left onto Ashland Street/Hwy 66.
Continue on Ashland Street to Siskiyou Blvd (where all traffic must turn right).
Take the first left onto Indiana Street.
There are free one hour parking spaces behind the Museum. Additional metered parking is located across from the Museum (the first left after you turn onto Indiana).
FROM SOUTHBOUND 1-5:
Take exit 19 and turn right onto Valley View Road.
Turn left onto Highway 99 (this will become North Main Street).
Keep right onto Siskiyou Blvd.
Turn right onto Indiana Street.
There are free one hour parking spaces behind the Museum. Additional metered parking is located across from the Museum (the first left after you turn onto Indiana).The Museum is wheelchair-accessible. Large-print handouts are available upon request.
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