UNCOVERING stories. RECLAIMING history.

Reflections is excited to announce the release of the Still We Rise Podcast, an initiative exploring the recent history of racism and the quest for racial justice at UVA. For more information and to listen to the podcast click here.

Our vision began…

Inspired by Monticello’s “Getting Word” oral history project and UVA President Teresa Sullivan’s remarks about an “intergenerational transfer” of knowledge at the National Symposium for Slavery, Public Memory and the Built Landscape, our project began in Fall 2017. Our goal is to conduct and collect audio recordings from UVA alumni and community members…

InsPiring Projects…

Reflections is only one piece of a wider network of projects pursuing the mission of representative, truthful history. Check out some of the projects that have inspired our work below.

UVA Stories | Black Fire | Latinx History at UVA by Natalia Heguaburo | Institute for Public History | Monticello: Getting Word | Hidden Nurses | “All the While We Grew Stronger”: Queering the University