Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

By Gabriela Hizgilov, ACHP Intern

The home of visionary civil rights leader Ida B. Wells is located not far from the western shore of Lake Michigan, on the west side of Martin Luther King Drive, on the south side of Chicago. Wells occupied the sturdy stone townhouse with her husband and four children from 1919 to 1929. She was a tireless and forward-thinking activist who played a key role in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the urban reform of Chicago, the anti-lynching movement, and women’s suffrage.

Do you have an interest in history, working on public lands, historic preservation, or archaeology? Do you enjoy being outside and enjoying nature? If you are a student from an HBCU, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and USDA Forest Service are offering a 4-week paid internship, Cultural Heritage in the Forest, this summer July 10-August 2 with the goal of bringing African American young professionals into cultural resource management, historic preservation, conservation, and related careers.

The U.S. Forest Service is looking for the next generation of professionals to join their ranks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reid Nelson of Hyattsville, MD, has been appointed executive director of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), effective March 12, 2023.

ACHP members met March 1 for their winter business meeting. It was the first meeting led by newly appointed Chair Sara Bronin, and members gathered in-person at the ACHP offices in Washington, D.C. The recording of the proceedings can be found on the ACHP's YouTube page.

WASHINGTON, DC – Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) members today unanimously approved a critical update to its 2007 policy statement on burial sites, human remains, and funerary objects.