This webinar is the sixth installment of the nine-part Zoom webinar series, “Growing Our Griots Strengthening North Carolina’s Black Heritage-Keepers,” designed to offer guidance and strategies around numerous topics.
Interested in preserving and protecting African American historic resources? Join us to learn how local governments use local designations to protect properties and how you can be involved in that process.
Presenters
Kristi Brantley is the Local Preservation Commission/Certified Local Government Coordinator for the North Carolina Historic Preservation Office. She graduated from Barton College with a B.S. in American Studies and from East Carolina University with a M.A. in History (concentration in Public History).
Kristi Harpst, AICP, is the Program Manager of the Charlotte Historic District Commission for the City of Charlotte Planning, Design + Development Department. She holds a Master of Urban Planning with a Certificate in Historic Preservation from Texas A&M University and BA in Historic Preservation from Mary Washington College.
Nichelle Bonaparte Hawkins, is an At-Large Commissioner of the Charlotte Historic District Commission for the City of Charlotte. She has spent the last 18 years of her career in the Information Technology space and currently works as a Release Train Engineer within the financial services sector. Nichelle is a community stalwart, serving on various community councils, review committees and advisory teams to advocate for historic west end community interests. She is a graduate of a Historically Black College/University (HBCU), Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, NC where she earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science.
Kim Parati is the Chairperson of Charlotte’s Historic District Commission and a Wesley Heights resident. Kim holds a degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and works as a real estate agent in the area.
"Growing Our Griots: Strengthening North Carolina's Black Heritage-Keepers" is supported in part by North Carolina Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. www.nchumanities.org
