Monument Ideas

Monument Idea #1

The Faces of Greatness

Totum Pole of faces from the great Minority Achievers 

Growing in the ground that shows that shows the minority struggle is rooted and grounded in Northern America

Every pioneer against social injustice faces is planted on the top of the totum pole in the area of their respective states/cities of accomplishments

While the other great’s a line the pole from mid bottom to right under the pioneer

The pole will be tall as a water tower

At the bottom a poem or words of wisdom and enlightment will be inscribed on every pole.

The pole is to be erected in the heart of every respective city of each headlining pioneer

This monument will act as not only a reminder but also a tourist attraction by using its size and stylized design to captivate the world

All monuments in their respective cities will face toward Africa signifying the organs of man as one people undivided by race, religion, or culture but as one free mass a people free from all oppression.  

Monument Idea #2

Sculpture Monument for Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The sculpture/monument will be located in front of MADD's headquarters in Houston TX. It will be a fountain comprised of white marble with the sculpture in the center. Its function will be to act as the memorial place for all the victims of drunk driving. The monument will be cut out of a large slab of white marble, and the marble will act as the essence of childhood which is pure and unattained. The sculpture in the center will be given a childlike appeal yet still maintaining the strength of marble. The strength of the marble will not only symbolize the parents strength as mourners culping with a lost, it will also commemorate the hard, stable, and reliable parent lives that have also been lost to drunk driving. The sculpture will be cast with a fountain so that water can poor from structure and fall in a body of water the in the same manner as the tears of the victims families.

BENEFITS

Also as an added function, the victims families can go to one of MADD's 29 local branch, located all over the Untied States, with a picture of their loved ones to be imprinted on a small cooper medallion using a pressed penny souvineer machine. Which can then be mailed to MADD's headquarters or one can visit the headquarters were all the medallions are thrown into the monument forever as a commemoration of a life lost but never forgotten.