Memorials that Embrace Truth (Zoom Program)

A Discussion with Jha D Amazi
Moderated by Hon. Angel Kelley, U.S. District Court

*This is a Zoom program*

From the Publisher: A memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers—who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity.

Attend and learn about the vision and design of memorials that embrace truth. This discussion of architecture and landscapes with Jha D Amazi, Principal at MASS Design Group, will include these notable projects, among others:

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
2018 – Montgomery, AL

“The Embrace” – Hank Willis Thomas
2023 – Boston, MA

Jha D Amazi believes that the narratives upheld in our public realm should be expanded to represent, honor, and celebrate the experiences, histories, and cultures of people who have been historically denied representation in our memorial landscape.

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Registration is required. Questions? Please email us: programs@flaschner.org.

Jha D Amazi

Jha D has said, “Design excellence should be designed by the impact of a project (through all phases: conceptions, construction and occupancy) has on the quality of life of those who experience the space.”

As a Principal at MASS Design Group, Jha D leads the Public Memory and Memorials Lab, engaging communities to design projects such as the Franklin Park Action Plan (Boston, MA), the Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument Project (Tallahatchie County, MS and Chicago, IL), the Gun Violence Memorial Project (Chicago, IL, and Washington D.C.), and the Sugar Land 95 Cemetery Revitalization Project (Sugar Land, TX).

Jha D graduated with honors from Northeastern University and the University of Pennsylvania.