Undesign the Redline Exhibit
Undesign the Redline is an interactive exhibit that explores the history of structural racism caused by the 1938 redlining maps and how this inequality continues to impact our communities today, focusing on the ways in which we can come together to “undesign” these systems with intentionality.
Systemic challenges today, like inequalities in housing, education, income, criminal justice, and health are far from separate issues. These challenges are rooted in a deep and entangled history of policies, practices, and processes that remain hidden and misunderstood.
Undesign the Redline explores these challenges, reframes them as opportunities, and grounds discussions about race, wealth, opportunity, and power in an honest context that is not about guilt and blame.
This allows everyone to contribute value to the design and development of new projects, partnerships, and decisions that seek to transform communities and move beyond the challenging – and often clouded – situation of our entangled past.
The Undesign the Redline exhibit travels nationally to cities, towns, and communities. It has been localized for Columbus by a committee of local experts and historians, and it will be here for the next several months so that we can learn together, activate, and mobilize into a strong “we” capable of transformation.
| Date | Location | Times |
|---|---|---|
| 9/1/23 - 10/31/23 | Old Worthington Library (820 High St., Worthington, OH 43085) - Hosted by Worthington Community Relations Commission | Mon-Thurs: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Fri-Sat: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday: 1-5 p.m. (Please note: Exhibit will be closed Sept. 3-4 and Oct. 9) |
| 11/1/23 - 12/17/23 | Stichweh Gallery (33 Collegeview Rd., Westerville, OH 43081) - Hosted by Otterbein University & Westerville Public Library | Daily, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. |
Exhibit Sponsors
Thank you to the following community and corporate sponsors for your support in bringing the national interactive exhibit Undesign the Redline to Columbus.
Community Sponsors
Advocate Sponsor
Empowerment Sponsor
Exhibit Host Sponsors
Capital University Columbus Metropolitan Library Columbus State Community College
The Ohio State University The City of Upper Arlington
Undesign the Redline Advisory Committee
Thank you to the following community partners who have joined us to make this exhibit and its content even more powerful.
Kerstin Carr
MORPC
Regina Clemons
YWCA Columbus
Deidre Hamlar
Jefferson Avenue Center's Board of Trustees
Niel Jurist
MORPC
Kari Kauffman
Experience Columbus
Stacia Kuceyeski
Ohio History Connection
Gerika Logan
The Ohio State University
Mark Lomax
The Columbus Foundation
Charity Martin-King
The Ohio State University
Harvey Miller
The Ohio State University
Monica Moran
Franklin County Auditors Office
Nancy Recchie
Columbus Landmarks Association
Kyle Strickland
Kirwan Institute
Nicole Sutton
Columbus Library
Amy Tillinghast
WOSU
Sarah Townes
Experience Columbus
Kevin Wheeler
City of Columbus
Michael Wilkos
United Way of Central Ohio
WANT TO HOST UNDESIGN THE REDLINE? CONTACT YWCA COLUMBUS TO LEARN MORE.
FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES, CONTACT:
Molly Kowaleski
Director of Marketing & Communications
614.627.1229
mkowaleski@ywcacolumbus.org