Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia

About MAAV

Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia works to reclaim, imagine, document, reinterpret, display, and amplify histories and experiences that highlight collective struggles for the vitality of people and our shared environment, especially by, for, and with people whose stories have been silenced, denied, or excluded.

From 2023-2025, MAAV will facilitate the creation of six to ten new monuments through projects led by the community and Virginia Tech faculty, with a focus on: the diversity of Appalachian communities (with regard to race, ethnicity, indigeneity, national origin, sexuality, and more); movement across the landscape via migration and population displacement; resource extraction and environmental change; and collective struggles for social justice including anti-racist, environmental justice, feminist, and labor movements.

MAAV is funded by The Mellon Foundation and housed at Virginia Tech. The project is being led by Katy Powell, director of the Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies, and Emily Satterwhite, the director of the Appalachian Studies program in the Department of Religion and Culture. 

For more information, please email maav@vt.edu.MAAV is funded by The Mellon Foundation and housed at Virginia Tech. The project is being led by Katy Powell, director of the Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies, and Emily Satterwhite, the director of the Appalachian Studies program in the Department of Religion and Culture. 

For more information, please email maav@vt.edu.