LEGACY PROJECT
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Mission Statement
THE WORLD'S ONLY OUTDOOR MUSEUM WALK AND YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM DEDICATED TO COMBATING ANTI-GAY BULLYING BY CELEBRATING LGBT CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORY
About This Cause
The Legacy Project is an award-winning Chicago-based 501(c)3 non-profit committed to researching and celebrating the contributions of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people to world history and culture. The central tool of the organization’s mission is “The Legacy Walk” – a growing half-mile outdoor installation featuring thirty (30) bronze memorial markers affixed to the “Rainbow Pylons” which define the area as the cultural and business center of Chicago’s large, diverse LGBT community. The Legacy Project Education Initiative (LPEI) – which is co-sponsored by Illinois Safe Schools Alliance – generates age-appropriate lesson plans, study guides, and multimedia which are available on-line. These materials are used by LGBT youth whose social isolation and cultural marginalization have left them vulnerable to bullying and loss of self-esteem. The project works closely with Prevent School Violence/Illinois, Teach for America, GLSEN, and others to bring high school students at risk to the installation. They participate in guided tours and educational programming designed to boost awareness of historically significant LGBT role models as a bulwark against the negative social messaging most LGBT youth receive daily. Several college and university education departments send pre-service teachers to the program in order to gain a working knowledge of one of the only education resources on this subject matter that features age-appropriate materials. As an endeavor with an international and multicultural focus, the Legacy Project's work has been presented in academic papers at multiple international conferences; in the prestigious Journal of Museum Education; and in numerous print and electronic media posts worldwide. It is advised by an international panel of over thirty Ph.D., Ed.D., historians, academics, archivists, librarians, and biographers to ensure the integrity of its content; and is a recipient of an American Historical Association award for 2014. Its work is supported by hundreds of private donors, community fundraising, corporate underwriting, and philanthropic giving. No public funds are used.