This presentation will dive into the extensive research conducted to date and mapped by Documenting Exclusion and Resilience, the collaborative web-based project created in part to explore the scope and context of racially restrictive covenant use in Arlington County and other parts of Northern Virginia. Kristin M Neun, a Documenting Exclusion’s team member, will provide a brief overview of national and regional developments that were a backdrop to racial covenant use in Arlington. She will also use the project’s interactive web map to explore the scope and way covenants were used to define Arlington’s suburban growth.
Kristin M. Neun is a retired attorney who now devotes her legal skills and interest in history to contribute to the work of the Documenting Exclusion and Resilience project’s fellow team members: Janine DeWitt, Ph.D. and Matt Baker, Ph.D. (Marymount University) and Krystyn Moon, Ph.D. (University of Mary Washington). For 30 years Ms. Neun worked on legal transactions and public policy issues related to federal and locally financed affordable housing, community development and health care facilities nationwide. A member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars, Kristin received her J.D. from The American University and an M.Ed. from Marymount University. Kristin is a 40-year resident of Arlington County, 17 of which have been in the Glen Carlyn community.
NEW LOCATION: Aurora Hills Library/Community Center
AHS is trying out some new locations. This event will be at the Aurora Hills Library/Community Center at 735 18th Street, South in Arlington, (zip code: 22202). Parking is still free. Pentagon City Metro is your best public transit bet. Additional free parking is plentiful at the Virginia Highlands Park
ZOOM REGISTRATION: Deadline November 12
Please register for Zoom access by Wednesday, November 12. Click here to register: https://forms.gle/VCJ1zoUarP1hDrxU7 or cut and paste the link into your browser to complete your registration. On Thursday morning, November 13, the day of the event, AHS volunteer, Martin Suydam, will send you the Zoom registration information in an email, so be on the lookout for it.
