Founded by preservation architect K. Kennedy Withers in 2021, first as the Black Preservationists Directory, Black in Historic Preservation (BiHP) now offers expanded services, including public programs that educate the public about topics specific to preserving Black heritage sites. BiHP is a program of wrkSHap kiloWatt.

BiHP's Preservation + Belonging Lab's mission is to produce research that interrogates the status quo in the preservation enterprise and supports a sense of belonging in the field. The Lab's research initiatives include (un)Redact the Facts, a narrative change project for a sense of belonging in the built environment; the Preservation + Belonging Survey (2025), an IRB-approved national survey about being Black and belonging in historic preservation; and Beyond Integrity in (X), a narrative change initiative about what belongs on a landmark register and is worthy of historic landmark designation.

BiHP has two resources available for individuals and organizations interested in professional services:

1. The Black in Historic Preservation Job Board: Apply to post your employment opportunities and Requests for Proposals (RFPs) by visiting this link: click here.

2. Search the Black Preservationists Directory: The Directory is available to Black in Historic Preservation members and supporters. To learn more about the Directory, click here.

The Culture Keepers Circle (The Circle) is the national grassroots movement of Indigenous, African-descendant, Latiné, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other cultural communities formed to protect our cultural resources—the people, places, practices, and treasures that document our contributions to the United States of America. The Culture Keepers Circle achieves its mission through three activities: (1) tracking threats to cultural resources, (2) convening experts and communities, and (3) celebrating culture and advocacy. The Circle's cornerstone project is the Cultural Resources Threat Tracker, "the first and only AI-powered tool that monitors federal actions affecting billions of cultural resources in real time.

Urbanist Media's driving mission is to preserve place through story, with the larger goal of promoting equity in the built environment. They do this by ensuring community voices are heard, shared, and valued through the preservation of cultural memory. Using place-based storytelling to engage publics, and oral histories and contextual narratives to document the past — and act against systemic urban issues and top-down development.

Their podcast, Urban Roots, tells little known stories of urban history, highlighting the voices of women, people of color, and other marginalized groups to preserve, remember, and honor their important perspectives, contributions, and lessons.

Katrina Rojas is a Boston-based graphic designer and visual storyteller with a deep passion for branding and web design. With a background in journalism and strategic communication, she brings a storytelling-driven approach to every design project—translating ideas into thoughtful, visually compelling solutions that elevate brands and amplify impact.