Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces is a committee in Charlottesville, Virginia which the city established in 2016 to address the Charlottesville historic monument controversy.

In August 2016 Sue Lewis accepted an appointment to the commission.

[1] By September 2016 various city projects had aligned with the work and research of the commission.

[2] In November 2016 the commission published a recommendation to keep the monuments in place.

[3][4] Charlottesville mayor Michael Signer said that he supported and sought to follow the commission's "transform in place" recommendation.