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Providence Commemoration Lab

A collaboration of the Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Funded in part by the Mellon Foundation and the American Rescue Plan.

Traci Picard

Traci Picard is a researcher and public historian from Providence. She works as Senior Research Assistant at Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, leads the Snowtown Research Team, and supports community projects with research and writing. Recent projects include Providence Waterways; Church in a Triangle; Memoria: Care Work and Memory in the Free Grounds; and In the Absence of: Bringing People to Life Through the Providence Writs and Warrants. Traci holds a degree from Roger Williams University in Community Development, and a Master’s from Brown in Public Humanities. She is passionate about research, access to archives and bridging academic work and public engagement.

Traci Picard

Traci Picard is a researcher and public historian from Providence. She works as Senior Research Assistant at Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, leads the Snowtown Research Team, and supports community projects with research and writing. Recent projects include Providence Waterways; Church in a Triangle; Memoria: Care Work and Memory in the Free Grounds; and In the Absence of: Bringing People to Life Through the Providence Writs and Warrants. Traci holds a degree from Roger Williams University in Community Development, and a Master’s from Brown in Public Humanities. She is passionate about research, access to archives and bridging academic work and public engagement.

Traci Picard

Traci Picard is a researcher and public historian from Providence. She works as Senior Research Assistant at Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, leads the Snowtown Research Team, and supports community projects with research and writing. Recent projects include Providence Waterways; Church in a Triangle; Memoria: Care Work and Memory in the Free Grounds; and In the Absence of: Bringing People to Life Through the Providence Writs and Warrants. Traci holds a degree from Roger Williams University in Community Development, and a Master’s from Brown in Public Humanities. She is passionate about research, access to archives and bridging academic work and public engagement.