As the project historian, Alison Rose Jefferson joins her team members in being honored with the 2021 Cultural Resource Award from the Santa Monica Conservancy for the work done to produce the Belmar...



Making Change in Community Heritage Preservation in Southern California
Promised Land, Hallowed Ground: Commemorative Justice and Making Change in Community Heritage Preservation in Southern California, Pt 1 — Symposium Join the Institute for the Study of Los Angeles (ISLA)...
Hello 2021 and ARJ News!
Peace Love Joy and Fulfillment Hope Inspirational Dreams and Infinite Possibilities Good Health Safety Prosperity Wishing you and yours these things in 2021 and beyond. Love the Past. Embrace...
Another Step Forward for the Belmar History + Art Civic Commemoration Project
Since July 2019 I have been the project historian on the City of Santa Monica public history and art project to recognize the early African American settlement that was located in the Belmar neighborhood...
ARJ || New Year’s Greetings 2019 and Social Justice News
SHINING A LIGHT ON HISTORY || CONNECTING PAST STRUGGLES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE Good tidings to all. I wish you good health, and infinite possibilities for happiness and success...
Sept. 2018 News: LPV Book Fair…KCET Series…Waves & Curls Beach Fest
I was honored to be a speaker at the Leimert Park Village Book Fair on Saturday, August 25, this year held at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza at Martin Luther King, Jr. and Crenshaw Boulevards in...
