Alison Steinbach

Jan 9, 2025 | nationalparks.org | Alison Steinbach

For 56 years, the Blackwell School educated students of Mexican descent in Marfa, Texas as part of a segregated school landscape. Now, thanks to support from the National Park Foundation, the Blackwell School National Historic Site exists as part of the National Park System.

Mar 7, 2024 | nationalparks.org | Alison Steinbach

With support from the National Park Foundation (NPF), Virgin Islands National Park purchased and installed a new rooftop solar array at its Cruz Bay Visitor Center to reduce emissions and increase resiliency for building operations. The 60-panel, 19-kW photovoltaic array, which was installed at the start of 2024, is part of the park’s multifaceted efforts in recent years to invest in a resilient energy future and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Connect with the parks you love.

Jan 22, 2024 | nationalparks.org | Alison Steinbach

The National Park Foundation (NPF) and partners played an integral role in helping to establish Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, the new national park in Mississippi and Illinois that preserves the story and legacy of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and a crucial chapter of American history and the civil rights movement. Since partnering to enable preservation of the site, NPF has continued to support the park’s development and its local partner’s growth in critical ways.

Oct 3, 2023 | nationalparks.org | Alison Steinbach

Frederick Douglass’s home in Washington, D.C. has reopened to the public following closure during the pandemic and subsequent renovations, with the National Park Foundation (NPF) continuing to contribute to the success and future of Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.

Aug 31, 2023 | nationalparks.org | Alison Steinbach

In June 2023, the National Park Service (NPS) held a ceremonial opening at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, marking significant progress in preserving the place where the civil rights leaders lived with their family and the site where Medgar Evers was assassinated in 1963.