The Council

  • Davarian Baldwin

    Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies, Trinity College

  • Niya Bates

    Public Historian. Board Member JSAAHC

  • C.L . Bohannon

    Assoc. Professor Landscape Architecture, UVA School of Architecture

  • Gene Cash

    Owner/Director at Counseling Alliance of VA, LLC

  • Lisa Draine

    Organizer

  • Andrea Douglas

    Co-founder SIP, Executive Director, JSAAHC

  • Mercer Donahue Edwards

    Board Chair, Owner Justice and Sustainability Associates

  • Carmenita Higginbotham

    Art Historian, Dean, School of the Arts Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Juanika Howard

    Therapist

  • Jalane Schmidt

    Co-founder SIP, Assoc. Professor Religious Studies, UVA

  • Claire Payton

    Historian

  • Hamza Walker

    Director, The Brick

The Advisory Council, comprised of local residents and national figures, was formed in 2024 to guide SIP’s second phase. The council is composed of descendants, historians, art and architecture professionals, mediators and therapists.