Along the California Trail – Coolidge

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument - Visitor Center Theater 1100 W Ruins Drive, Coolidge, AZ, United States

An ancient set of Indian paths and the natural flow of the Gila River created a major artery for travel through pioneer Arizona. The Gila provided a route for the […]

Free

Hi Jolly and Mystery of the US Army Camel Corps – Parker

Parker Public Library 1001 Navajo Ave, Parker, AZ

This presentation will explore the US Army’s experiment with using camel from the Middle East to make it more mobile in the newly acquired Southwest.  In order to teach the […]

FRANK Talks: Immigrants and the American Dream – Ajo

Salazar-Ajo Library 15 W. Plaza St. #179, Ajo, AZ, United States

Immigrants and the American Dream: We the People Today and Tomorrow Dr. T.J. Davis, Arizona State University, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies The United States of America has […]

Free

FRANK Talks: Information Warfare as the New Battlespace – Anthem

North Valley Regional Library 40410 N Gavilan Peak Parkway, Anthem, 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 […]

You Mean, There’s RACE in My Movie?! – Chandler

Chandler-Gilbert Community College (Pecos Campus) 2626 E Pecos RD, Chandler, AZ, United States

This unique workshop provides a framework that allows everyone to engage in a constructive dialogue without sugarcoating the harsh realities of the disparities seen throughout Hollywood. First, attendees will quickly […]

Free

Celebrating Black History – Lake Havasu City

Mohave Community College: Lake Havasu Campus 1977 Acoma Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

This is an interactive workshop that explores influential and little known African American contributions and the road they paved to make it possible for African American leaders we have today […]

Free

Specters of the Past: Arizona’s Ghost Towns – Lake Havasu City

Mohave County Library Lake Havasu Branch 1770 McCulloch Blvd N., Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

The promise of unimagined riches is what brought many of the earliest colonizers to the Arizona Territory. Following the trail to the discovery of the mother lode, they built, then […]

Free

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

Chandler Basha Library 5990 S. Val Vista Dr., Chandler

“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 […]

Free

African American Art, Fort Huachuca, and World War II – Phoenix

Desert Sage Library 7602 W. Encanto Blvd, Phoenix, United States

Fort Huachuca, in Sierra Vista, is the surprising site of a remarkable story of African American art during World War II. Central to the chronicle is Arizona painter Lew Davis. […]

Free

Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art – Waddell

White Tank Mountain Conservancy 20304 W White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, AZ, United States

Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. However, are such […]

Free

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