INDIANAPOLIS — Conner Prairie has been selected by the Smithsonian Institute to take part in a new pilot initiative to support strategic community engagement initiatives that foster important — and sometimes difficult or ignored — conversations in their communities.
Conner Prairie joins nine other Affiliates in this program, which will run in collaboration with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.
Conner Prairie will commit two staff members to the year-long pilot, which will focus on the development of Promised Land as Proving Ground, a new permanent exhibit opening in June 2022. Promised Land as Proving Ground will provide an exciting expansion of the Prairietown experience, exploring the vital role of religion in the lives of antebellum Black settlers, who often thought of the Northwest Territory as their Promised Land.
To learn more about Promised Land as Proving Ground, and Conner Prairie’s other DEAI initiatives, visit their website.