Our Initiatives

The Coastal Heritage at Risk Task force (CHART) is dedicated to documenting and preserving the historical sites and stories of Florida that are under threat from the impacts of climate change. Through collaborative efforts and community engagement, we work towards safeguarding our coastal heritage for future generations.

Protecting Black Heritage at American Beach

The American Beach Heritage Project (ABHP) advances a decolonial, community-led approach to climate resilience that merges engineering, ethnography, and GIS-based analysis.

Black Seminoles in The Bahamas

This project is funded by the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) of the British Museum.

CHART Storytelling App

This project is developing an Untold Stories CHART App for use (and free upload) by the public and Florida and The Bahamas public school education that focuses on four sites in south Florida and The Bahamas:

Saltwater Underground Railroad Experience

The Saltwater Underground Railroad Experience (SURE) is a virtual tour powered by Google Earth™ , that retraces the lesser known underground railroad path that enslaved people traveled through Spanish Florida to The Bahamas.

Excavating at Angola

Nearly erased from the pages of history, Angola is now celebrated annually through a Back to Angola Festival as descendants from Red Bay, Andros, The Bahamians return to the land where their ancestors created a haven of freedom, today a small urban park on the south side of the Manatee River.

Chart Curriculum

CHART has developed curriculum for 4th and 8th grade civic, history, and science classes.