ABG Memorial Foundation Finalized a Philanthropic Partnership Agreement
with the U.S. National Park Service and the U.S. Interior Department
New York City Trailblazers, Historians and Stewards of a Legacy: The African Burial Ground Memorial Foundation (ABGMF), represented here by Architect Rodney Leon (fourth from left), Co-Founder & President, hosted a reception in Lower Manhattan, Thursday evening, December 12, to officially announce the non-profit’s pioneering private-public partnership with the U.S. National Park Service, represented here by NPS Superintendent Shirley McKinney (left of Leon), and the U.S Interior Dept agency (representative, unpictured.
The historic milestone was forged by the diligent work of Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), at the right of Leon, and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), unpictured.
State Assemblywoman Stefani Zinerman, second from left, delivered compassionate remarks on the significance of Brooklyn-born, Haitian-American Leon’s work in designing and supervising the build of the ABG Memorial, now a National Historic landmark on par with the Brooklyn Bridge. He is flanked here by ABGMF co-founders and Board members, from left, Eddie Gajadar, Secretary; Dr. Carolyn Pautz; Rob Fields, Treasurer; and Edward Faustin. p.6
(Photo: Courtesy, ABGMF)