The Harlem Renaissance: Literary Movement

Estrella Mountain Community College Conference Center 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and early 1930s and it was an unprecedented period of expression by African Americans in music, literature, art, dance, poetry, politics, and economics.  Never before had America seen such a rich explosion of black culture.  This interactive presentation, which includes storytelling, poetry, theatre, art, […]

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Grants Workshop (Webinar/Conference Call)

Webinar/Conference Call Presentation This workshop takes place online, AZ, United States

Join Arizona Humanities for a workshop FREE and open to anyone interested in learning more about Arizona Humanities and how to write a competitive Project Grant or Opportunity Grant proposal. Registration is limited and closes one business day prior to the workshop. If you would like to register for a workshop that is already closed, […]

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Minister Malcolm X: Were Their Struggles the Same?

Estrella Mountain Community College Conference Center 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Minister Malcolm X were both pivotal figures whose shoes have yet to be adequately filled by successors. Their voices were a clarion call to America to take note of the disparities faced by African Americans.  While their approaches to ameliorating these inequitable conditions were far from similar, they were […]

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Authors Night with Dan Budnik

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Join Arizona Humanities & Art Intersection for a presentation, discussion, & book signing with acclaimed photojournalist Dan Budnik for his new book Marching to the Freedom Dream. Marching To The Freedom Dream illustrates three pivotal marches of the Civil Rights Movements: the 1958 Youth March for Integrated Schools, organized by Bayard Rustin, Dr. King, and Harry […]

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Saving the Great American West:  The Story of George Bird Grinnell

Trinity Presbyterian Church 630 Park Avenue, Prescott, AZ, United States

The great West that George Bird Grinnell first encountered in 1870 as a 21-year-old man was shortly to disappear before his eyes.  Nobody was quicker to sense the desecration or was more eloquent in crusading against the poachers, the hide-hunters, and the disengaged U.S. Congress than George Bird Grinnell, the “Father of American Conservation.”  Grinnell […]

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Ancient Native American Astronomical Practices

Red Rock State Park - AZ State Parks 4050 Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona, AZ, United States

Throughout history, the ability of a people to survive has been tied to environmental conditions.  The skill to predict the seasons was an essential element in the ability to “control” those conditions. Seasonal calendars became the foundation of early cultures for hunting and gathering, planting and harvesting, worshiping and celebrating. The goal of cultural astronomy […]

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The Long Walk of the Navajo People, 1864-1868

Monte Vista Village Resort 8865 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, AZ, United States

In 1864, the Navajo people were forced to walk over 450 miles to Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico, an unfortunate event that is known in the Navajo language as Hweeldi. The story of this fatal march has been recorded and interpreted in historical literature by many non-Navajo authors and absent from that literature is […]

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Hopi Quilting: Stitched Traditions from an Ancient Community

Ethel H. Berger Center 2950 E. Tacoma St., Sierra Vista, AZ, United States

For centuries, Hopi men grew cotton and wove the fibers into blankets and clothing. In the 1880s, with the arrival of Anglo missionaries and government officials, quilting was introduced to the Hopi people and it quickly became integrated into Hopi culture and ceremony with quilts being used in every Hopi household. Hopis today are 4th […]

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Women of the Arizona State Prison

Roadhaven Resort 1000 S. Idaho Rd., Apache Junction, AZ, United States

Winnie Ruth Judd, Eva Dugan, Dr. Rose Boido, and Eva Wilbur Cruz shared one thing in common. All were incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison in Florence.  Some of their stories made national headlines. Who were they and how did they end up in the Florence prison? How did their crimes and trials impact Arizona? […]

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Hot Topics Café – You Can’t Handle the Truth

Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, AZ, United States

Facilitated by: Jona Vance, NAU Department of Philosophy Hot Topics Café creates a forum for civil discussion about issues of contemporary concern. Join us to learn more about the issue, and more about other people and their views. NAU’s Philosophy in the Public Interest convenes the Hot Topics Café. Philosophy in the Public Interest is […]

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