Jha D Amazi | Monuments to Possibilities

Jha D Amazi | Monuments to Possibilities

In this powerful keynote at Abundant Futures / Live, artist, designer, and cultural strategist Jha D Amazi explores how public memory, monuments, and civic space shape belonging, collective healing, and social justice.
Drawing from her experience growing up in Boston and her leadership of the Public Memory and Memorials Lab at MASS (Model of Architecture Serving Society), Jha D reflects on how architecture, public art, and memorial design can repair historical harm and expand whose stories are represented in the built environment.

This keynote challenges designers, planners, artists, and civic leaders to reimagine public space as a tool for justice, asking how cities can create places that honor lived experience, support trauma-informed design, and invite collective participation. From racial equity and civil rights memorials to monuments that celebrate migration, peace, and care, Jha D calls for a future where belonging is built, again and again, together.

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