ELLEN:
ELLEN: YOUR OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH COVERAGE TODAY WE FOCUS ON
THE MENU UP CONTRIBUTE GREATLY
TO OUR SOCIETY PARADISE SPOKE TO
MELANIE ADAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF
THE SMITHSONIAN ANACOSTIA MUSEUM
WHO SHARES INSIGHT ON THEIR
EXHIBITION CALLED MEN OF CHANGE,
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
HERE ON "GREAT DAY WASHINGTON"
TO TALK ALL ABOUT THE NEW
EXHIBIT YOU ARE PUTTING TOGETHER
AND ANACOSTIA.
AND ANACOSTIA. >> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. ELLEN: TELL US ABOUT THIS.
>> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. THIS EXHIBIT IS CALLED MEN OF
CHANGE, TAKING IT TO THE
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. IT IS ACTUALLY AN EXHIBIT WE HAD
ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO HAVE
INDOORS AT THE MUSEUM.
AND ANACOSTIA.
AND ANACOSTIA. AND THEN BECAUSE OF COVID-19, WE
DECIDED TO MOVE IT OUTDOORS.
REALLY BECAUSE THIS CONTENT IS
SO POWERFUL AND JUST SO RELEVANT
TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY, WE
REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
SHARED IT.
SHARED IT. SO WE SELECTED THE THEME OF
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. WE ARE LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF
RON BROWN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE FELT THAT WAS A WONDERFUL
AREA TO REALLY SHARE THIS
CONTENT.
CONTENT.
CONTENT. ELLEN: MEN, CHANGE, TAKING INTO
THE STREETS.
THE STREETS. WHO ARE SOME OF THE MEN FROM OUR
PAST YOU HAVE BEEN FEATURING AND
PRESENT AS WELL?
>> WELL, YES.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IS NICE ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT.
IT IS INTERGENERATIONAL IN THE
SENSE THAT YOU HAVE EVERYONE
FROM WOODSON WHO WAS THE FOUNDER
OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO
SOMEONE LIKE KENDRICK LAMAR.
REALLY THAT DIFFERENT MEN
SOMEONE LIKE KENDRICK LAMAR. REALLY THAT DIFFERENT MEN, THEY
MAY SPAN OVER DIFFERENT TIMES,
BUT WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS
THEIR SENSE OF AGENCY.
AND THEIR SENSE OF NOT WAITING
FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER OR
WAITING FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN BUT
ACTUALLY MAKING THEM HAPPEN.
SO REALLY, THERE IS A STORY IN
THERE FOR EVERYONE.
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] EXCELLENT.
EXCELLENT. I AM SURE IT WILL BE VERY
INSPIRING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
WHAT WOULD BE THE THING YOU HOPE
THE COMMUNITY TAKES AWAY FROM
WALKING THROUGH THIS EXHIBITION
>> THIS SENSE OF PRIDE AND THE
SENSE OF OWNERSHIP IN THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. AND THAT EXHIBITS LIKE THIS CAN
TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS AND
BE OUT AND ABOUT.
AND SECOND, REALLY LOOKING AT
THESE MEN STORIES AND MAYBE
LOOKING AT STORIES YOU DID NOT
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. AS
KNOW. AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE A
VARIETY OF MEN IN THE EXHIBIT
AND A LOT OF THEM PEOPLE DO KNOW
BUT MAYBE LOOK AT SOME STORIES
YOU DON'T KNOW.
THAT WILL BE REALLY EXCITING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO AS THEY
GO OUT IS TO DOWNLOAD THE AUDIO
TOUR THAT WAS JUST RELEASED AS
PART OF THE EXHIBIT.
IT WAS DONE BY SOME OF THE
STUDENTS AT RON BROWN HIGH
SCHOOL AS WELL AS SOME OF THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY,
28 MINUTES AND IT WALKS YOU TO
THE ENTIRE EXHIBIT.
ELLEN: HOW CREATIVE.
YOU ALWAYS THINK OF GOING INTO
THE SMITHSONIAN TO TAKE THAT
AUDIO TOUR BUT IT IS GREAT THAT
YOU HAVE FOUND A WAY.
I AM SURE THIS HAS BEEN
STRESSFUL TO PUT IT TOGETHER
OUTSIDE BUT HOW EXCELLENT FOR
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. AND I THINK THIS WILL SERVE AS A
GREAT MODEL MOVING FORWARD, EVEN
AFTER WE REOPEN, HOW ARE WE
MAKING SURE WE ARE KEEPING THOSE
CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY
AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS
TO SHARE OUR CONTENT OUTSIDE OF
OUR WALLS?
OUR WALLS? ELLEN: MAYBE THE FIRST OF MANY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON TODAY
AND EXPLAINING TO US THIS GREAT
NEW EXHIBITION.
NEW EXHIBITION. WE WILL ALL HAVE TO CHECK IT
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
ELLEN: THE EXHIBITION IS ON
DISPLAY UNTIL MAY 30 ONE.
IT IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY ON THE
CAMPUS OF RON BROWN HIGH SCHOOL.