Paper Sons and the Road to Citizenship, 1882-1965 with Li Yang

Virtual AZ, United States

A “paper son” is a term used for young Chinese immigrants coming to the United States prior to 1943 who claimed to be a son of a citizen but were, in fact, sons on paper only. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed to curb Chinese immigration to the U.S. The passage of this […]

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Coming Home to a Place You’ve Never Been Before–Immigration, Refugee, Resettlement, Citizenship with Rodo Sofranac

San Tan Library- Bronze Room 31505 N Schnepf Rd, San Tan Valley, AZ, United States

The discussions of immigration, refugee resettlement, and citizenship are louder and more heated than ever. While the politics get noisier and the policies are mired, what about the people? This talk focuses on the personal stories of immigration. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and share their experiences as a new settler and/or native […]

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Saviors and Saints on the Arizona Frontier with Jan Cleere

Cochise College Downtown Center 2600 E Wilcox Dr, Sierra Vista

Health care in early Arizona was hardly reliable and frequently nonexistent. Often, settlers were on their own when tragedy struck with women taking on the responsibility for the well-being of their families. And if women were considered incapable of earning the title “Doctor,” they could certainly save souls. Meet a handful of women who influenced […]

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More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into Visibility with Laura Tohe

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United States

This visual presentation shows how Indigenous American women have contributed service to Arizona and the US, yet were stereotyped in films and remain invisible in the media. Nevertheless, they have been honored in all areas of public service—law, medicine, literature, military and activism with awards such as, the Presidential Freedom, the McArthur (genius award), the […]

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Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Rock Art with Allen Dart

SOCIAL HALL WEST of R.H. Johnson Recreation Center 19803 N. R.H. Johnson Blvd, Sun City West, AZ, United States

Ancient American Indian petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) and pictographs (rock paintings) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or by Native Americans? Archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates how petroglyph and pictograph styles changed through time and over different parts […]

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Era of Artificial Intelligence: What Is Research, and How Is Knowledge Created? with Andrea Christelle, Ph.D.

Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, AZ, United States

In today’s digital world, anyone can publish their writing. Anyone can make a movie. The democratization of knowledge or content creation has given a voice to untold stories. But there is a flipside. Who, or what, gets to create knowledge? Can AI systems create knowledge? When Chat GPT writes a student’s paper, is that original […]

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Arizona’s Vintage Signs: Lighting the Future with Marshall Shore

Velma Teague Library - (VTL Meeting Room) 7010 N 58th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85301 7010 N 58th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, United States

Arizona has become a hotbed of preserving vintage signage and neon. No wonder, with the rise of Arizona and automobile travel in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Thousands of people were traversing the broad expanses of highways and byways across the Southwest. As the cars sped past, restaurants, motels, curio shops and gas stations needed […]

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He/She/They: Why Pronouns Matter with Erick Tanchez

Chandler-Gilbert Community College 2626 E Pecos RD Chandler, AZ 85225 2626 E Pecos RD, Chandler, AZ, United States

There has been a lot of attention on pronouns in the news headlines recently—from state bills aimed at regulating pronouns in the classroom to social media platforms offering pronoun options. So, what is a pronoun? How are pronouns related to gender identity, such as cisgender, transgender, nonbinary? What are gender identities? Is there a difference […]

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Women of the West: Untold Stories from American History with Jana Bommersbach

Red Mountian Library, Program Room 635 N. Power Road, Mesa, AZ, United States

Besides Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley, any Western women come to mind? Probably not—not because they weren’t just as important to settling the West, but because history was so focused on the goons and gunfighters, it forgot the women. So it’s a surprise that a 16 year-old Shoshone girl from Dakota Territory named Sacagawea would […]

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Women’s Resilience and Survival in the Holocaust with Björn Krondorfer

Tempe Public Library 3500 S Rural Rd., Tempe, AZ, United States

This talk will trace the lives of two women Holocaust survivors who both grew up in traditional Jewish families in Bedzin, Poland and later became residents of Arizona: Jane Lipski (Tucson) and Doris Martin (Flagstaff). They managed to survive the Nazi onslaught as adolescent girls. While Jane was able to escape the ghetto and join […]

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