Understanding and remembering this history is not nearly enough. JCMP believes that our work will not be complete until we begin to reform issues of racial injustice that exist in our community today. To do so, we’re working closely with students at Donaldson Correctional Facility and expanding their access to education. Additionally, we’re creating a working group to understand what reforms JCMP should advocate for.
Though a monument is inherently fixed, we have to understand that this histroy and its connections to the present are not. We’re currently building a volunteer committee to understand what issues that activists in Jefferson County are working on that JCMP could be the most helpful with. Some ideas we’re thinking about: