Virtual Program

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (EST)

Guest: $15 | IHS Member: $10 

Indiana’s history is full of renegade ladies who were bold, gutsy, and fascinating. We’re back again to raise a glass to a new crop of revolutionary ladies whose political prowess changed the Hoosier state. At Women Behaving Badly, you’ll virtually meet these and other audacious advocates from the comfort of your home. Gather some themed snacks (don’t worry, we’ll send you some suggestions) and join us for an evening of Hoosier heroines on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment.

Presented in partnership with Women4Change Indiana.

2020 Lacy Family Distinguished Lecturer

Virtual Program

Thursday, August 27, 2020
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.(EST)

Free Program (Registration is required)

Registration closes 2 hours prior to the start of the program.

For over one hundred years, legalized racial segregation, widely seen through redlining, Jim Crow laws, and economic disparities, decided who got what in America. Over the last century, racial apartheid went through several evolutions and, some argue, especially in light to present-day health disparities around COVID-19, that it never quite disappeared.

This talk explores the subtle and dynamic ways in which segregated communities, institutions, and consumer spaces transformed after World War II, and not always for the better, setting the stage for today's forms of racism. Prof. N. D. B. Connolly will share primary documents and stories that trouble our typical good vs. evil understanding of apartheid.

N. D. B. Connolly is Herbert Baxter Adams Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and author of A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida (University of Chicago Press, 2014). He also the co-host of the BackStory Podcast.

This event is part of Living the Legacy, a series of community conversations exploring how redlining – the discriminatory practice by which banks refuse or limit mortgages to people of color - still defines much of where we live or can live in Indianapolis. These federal government policies reinforced segregation and disinvestment in parts of the community, still felt today in black neighborhoods. 

Join us for a series of interdisciplinary community discussions with advocates, leaders, and scholars to examine the tangled roots of race, class, and housing in Indianapolis and grapple with its consequences. See www.indianahistory.org for dates, descriptions, and speakers for upcoming conversations in the series. 

This program has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities, in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities. the Lacy Family Foundation, and from The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate.

Virtual Program

Tuesday, September 1, 2020
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.(EST)
Guest: $10 | IHS Member: $5

Registration closes 2 hours prior to the start of the program.

“eempaapiikinamankwikinepwaayoneminaani”

Myaamiaataweenki ‘the Miami language’ was once spoken throughout Myaamionki ‘Miami homelands’, which include what are now the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

After 100 years of forced removals, population fragmentation, land loss, and boarding schools, the language fell into a state of dormancy. In the 1990s, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma initiated a national effort to revitalize Myaamiaataweenki and created programs to help breathe new life into the language.

The story of the reclamation and revitalization of Myaamiaataweenki demonstrates the restorative healing effects that language and cultural revitalization continues to have for the Myaamia people. Learn about this journey with George Ironstrack, of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Assistant Director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University.

Virtual Program

Tuesday, September 29, 2020
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.(EST)

Free Program (Registration Required)

Registration closes 2 hours prior to the start of the program.

Redlining - the discriminatory practice by which banks refuse or limit mortgages to people of color, ethnic minorities, and low-income workers within specific geographic areas – still defines much of where we live or can live in Indianapolis. These federal government policies, established by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation in 1933, reinforced segregation and disinvestment in parts of the community, with ramifications felt today, particularly in black neighborhoods.  

What do discriminatory housing practices look like in our city? How can equitable housing policies change that trajectory now? Join us for a series of interdisciplinary community discussions with advocates, leaders, and scholars to examine the tangled roots of race, class and housing in Indianapolis and grapple with its consequences today.

Making It Local with Unai Miguel Andres, Paul Mullins, and Wildstyle Paschall.
Explore what redlining looks like here in Indianapolis considering history, demographics, and memory.

This program has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities, in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, Lacy Family Foundation, and from The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate.

Virtual Program

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.(EST)

Free Program (Registration Required)

Registration closes 2 hours prior to the start of the program.

Redlining - the discriminatory practice by which banks refuse or limit mortgages to people of color, ethnic minorities, and low-income workers within specific geographic areas – still defines much of where we live or can live in Indianapolis. These federal government policies, established by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation in 1933, reinforced segregation and disinvestment in parts of the community, with ramifications felt today, particularly in black neighborhoods.  

What do discriminatory housing practices look like in our city? How can equitable housing policies change that trajectory now? Join us for a series of interdisciplinary community discussions with advocates, leaders, and scholars to examine the tangled roots of race, class and housing in Indianapolis and grapple with its consequences today.

Making It Local Developing the City with Brad Beaubien, Lourenzo Giple, Jerome Horne, and Brittanie Redd. 

Delve into how Redlining has created inequalities in our built environment and influenced how our city is planned for architecture, transit, and urban planning.

This program has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities, in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, Lacy Family Foundation, and from The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate.

Virtual Program

Tuesday, November 10, 2020
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.(EST)

Free Program (Registration Required)

Registration closes 2 hours prior to the start of the program.

Redlining - the discriminatory practice by which banks refuse or limit mortgages to people of color, ethnic minorities, and low-income workers within specific geographic areas – still defines much of where we live or can live in Indianapolis. These federal government policies, established by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation in 1933, reinforced segregation and disinvestment in parts of the community, with ramifications felt today, particularly in black neighborhoods.  

What do discriminatory housing practices look like in our city? How can equitable housing policies change that trajectory now? Join us for a series of interdisciplinary community discussions with advocates, leaders, and scholars to examine the tangled roots of race, class and housing in Indianapolis and grapple with its consequences today.

Creating Equity Today with Janis Bradly, Amy Nelson, and Diana Rice-Wilkerson. 

Decode how we see redlining in today’s housing practices and explore way we can create more equitable housing markets. Delve into how Redlining has created inequalities in our built environment and influenced how our city is planned for architecture, transit and urban planning.

This program is a part of the 2020 Spirit & Place Festival and has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities, in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, Lacy Family Foundation, and from The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate.