The Sam Fox School presented the annual Fumihiko Maki Lecture, centering on the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers (MEL) at the University of Virginia, online on September 27, 2021. The lecture featured the following members of the design team:
- Eric Höweler and J. Meejin Yoon, co-principals of Höweler + Yoon Architecture
- Mabel O. Wilson, cultural historian and designer, Studio &; Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Professor in African American and African Diasporic Studies, and Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS), Columbia University
- Frank Dukes, mediator and facilitator, Institute for Engagement & Negotiation at the University of Virginia
- Gregg Bleam, landscape architect and principal, Gregg Bleam Landscape Architect
- Eto Otitigbe, artist
A discussion immediately followed the lecture, with the following members of the Washington University community serving as respondents:
- James Kolker, associate vice chancellor and university architect
- Geoff Ward, professor of African and African-American studies in Arts & Sciences
