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FRANK Talks: The Impact of Fake News in the Real World – Round Valley

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

“Fake News”: The Impact of Fake News in the Real World Jamie Bowen, Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Although not new, our awareness and use of the term “fake news” has risen in prominence. In general “fake news” is journalism that consists of deliberate misinformation, news whose main purpose […]

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Riders on the Orphan Train: The Arizona Story – Prescott

Prescott Public Library 215 E. Goodwin St., Prescott, AZ, United States

“The Orphan Trains – Arizona’s Hidden History” will be presented at six libraries: Winslow, Prescott, Douglas, Fountain Hills, Wilcox and Prescott Valley. The program is designed to inform, entertain, and engage audiences of all ages and to tell the story of about this little-known chapter of the largest child migration in American and Arizona history […]

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Riders on the Orphan Train: The Arizona Story – Prescott Valley

Prescott Valley Public Library 7401 E Skoog Blvd, Prescott Valley, AZ, United States

“The Orphan Trains – Arizona’s Hidden History” will be presented at six libraries: Winslow, Prescott, Douglas, Fountain Hills, Wilcox and Prescott Valley. The program is designed to inform, entertain, and engage audiences of all ages and to tell the story of about this little-known chapter of the largest child migration in American and Arizona history […]

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FRANK Talks: Talking to Each Other About Controversies Now – Pinetop-Lakeside

Pinetop-Lakeside Public Library 1595 Johnson Dr, Lakeside, AZ, United States

Talking to Each Other About Controversies Now  Matt Kundert, University of Arizona, Department of English Current social controversies reflect our nation’s complex history, politics and values. Our views can differ sharply on whether or not America has changed for the better, or for the worse. We can point to specific cultural and technological developments that […]

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FRANK Talks: Information Warfare as the New Battlespace – Eagar

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

Weaponized Narrative: Information Warfare as the New Battlespace Dr. Braden Allenby, Arizona State University, President’s Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, and Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics Weaponized narrative is the latest term for information warfare, focusing specifically on the role of new media in shaping opinion. Weaponized narratives attack the shared beliefs and […]

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Of Water and Pathways: A Short History of A Resource – Pinetop-Lakeside

Pinetop-Lakeside Public Library 1595 Johnson Dr, Lakeside, AZ, United States

Of Water and Pathways: A Short History of A Resource Water sustains life, and has a significant role our state’s history. The myths and stories of our indigenous tribes are rich with its references. The Chemehuevi Origin tells of Ocean Woman rolling dry skin from her body to make the land.  The Hopi re-enact their […]

FRANK Talks – Where to start: Building Civic Engagement in a Politically Charged World – Round Valley

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

Where to start: Building Civic Engagement in a Politically Charged World  Mónica Pérez, Organizational Development Consultant and Political Strategist Arizona is a global community. We work and live together in schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces that are becoming increasingly diverse. How can we rise to the challenge of this new community landscape? How can we connect […]

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Liz Warren at the Payson Book Festival – Payson

Mazatzal Hotel and Casino Highway 87, Mile Marker 251, Payson, AZ, United States

Liz Warren: Liz Warren, a fourth-generation Arizonan, is the director and one of the founders of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Her textbook, The Oral Tradition Today: An Introduction to the Art of Storytelling is used at colleges around the nation. Her recorded version of The Story of the Grail […]

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Smithsonian Water/Ways Exhibit – Fort Apache

Fort Apache and Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Landmark Building 104 General Crook Street, Fort Apache, AZ, United States

Visit the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Water/Ways at Fort Apache and Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Landmark! Please contact the Fort Apache Heritage Foundation for exhibit hours: 928-338-4625 or visit http://www.fortapachearizona.org/visit/ The Value of Water The Fort Apache water story begins where the East and North forks of the White River meet. The White River is crucial to White Mountain […]

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The Orphan Trains, Foundlings on the Frontier (Camp Verde)

Camp Verde Library 130 Black Bridge Lp Rd, Camp Verde, AZ, United States

“The Orphan Trains-Foundlings to the Frontier” program informs and entertains audiences of all ages about the little-known chapter of the largest child migration in American and Arizona history. Programs incorporate live music, storytelling, historical photos, video interviews with survivors, and a Q&A. More info: http://www.sedona.biz/news-from-camp-verde/camp-verde-community-library/the-orphan-trains-foundlings-on-the-frontier/ This program is supported by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

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