Mapping Segregation in Washington DC | Mara Cherkasky | TEDxFoggyBottom

How does segregation look like and impact the city of DC? Mara Cherkasky, a DC-based historian and writer, reveals how maps tell stories that words cannot.
In 2014, Mara Cherkasky co-founded, with Sarah Shoenfeld, both the historical research firm Prologue DC, LLC, and the digital public history project Mapping Segregation in Washington DC. This ongoing endeavor, which reveals the profound impact of racially restricted housing and other forms of segregation, has spurred much-needed conversation around race, wealth, and gentrification in the nation’s capital. She is also an experienced oral history interviewer and walking tour guide; the archivist at the nearly 200-year-old All Souls Unitarian Church; and a founding officer of the now 16-year-old Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society. Mara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s degree in American Studies from the George Washington University. She is a long-time resident of Washington, DC.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@sergiopalenciafrener3968]

Very good research, done with humility and engagement. Thank you for your hard work Dr. Cherkasky

[@Pdubroof]

Bravo! So good to see you continuing to do good work for all DC citizens!

[@ydzi7537]

This is a good companion talk to the Ted Talk by Prof. Tanya Golashboza.

[@wnbrown50]

Congratulations to Mara and her associates at Prologue DC on receiving a District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office award.