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Health, Law & the Humanities: Policing and the Law – Phoenix

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

Health, Law & the Humanities A three-part community conversation series in downtown Phoenix RSVP: azhumanities.eventbrite.com Thursday, September 21 / 6:00-8:00 p.m. Medicine and the Humanities Join a community conversation with local health organizations to discuss health disparities between communities of color and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families. Conversation moderated by Dr.Marlon Bailey, ASU School […]

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FRANK Talks: Immigrants and the American Dream – Yuma

Yuma County Foothills Library 13226 E. South Frontage Rd., Yuma, 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 long touted itself as the land of immigrants, and is demographically more diverse than at any time in our nation’s history. Yet the source and […]

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FRANK Talks: Securing the Borders and Stopping Terrorism – Yuma

Yuma County Foothills Library 13226 E. South Frontage Rd., Yuma, AZ, United States

Securing the Borders and Stopping Terrorism: A Constitutional Framework Dr. T.J. Davis, Arizona State University, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies Protecting its people is among the first priorities of any government. The Constitution’s Bill of Rights provides both for protection of the people, but also protects against undue intrusion by the government. How […]

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Autumn Moon Festival – “Where are you from?” – Tucson

Tucson Chinese Cultural Center 1288 W. River Road, Tucson, AZ, United States

PROGRAM: “Where Are You From?” TIME: 6-8:30 PM DATE: Saturday, October 7th, 2017 Featuring Asian Pacific American Storytellers from around Tucson ** and special guest storytellers from Phoenix** Celebrating diversity and fighting stereotypes under the Autumn Moon. In collaboration with the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum - Arizona Chapter and the South Mountain Community […]

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The Gila and The Salt: Our River Stories – Casa Grande

The Paramount Theater 420 N Florence St #4, Casa Grande, AZ, United States

You are invited to a performance by Zarco Guerrero! The zany cast of mask characters from "Face to Face in a Frenzy" will come together again to share the fascinating stories of the Gila and Salt Rivers. From its ancient past to modern times, its flora and fauna to its advanced native civilization the Hohogam. […]

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The Explorations and Discoveries of George Bird Grinnell, The Father of Glacier National Park – Queen Park

San Tan Historical Society Museum 20425 S. Old Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek, 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 hidehunters, and the disengaged U.S. Congress than George Bird Grinnell, the “Father of American Conservation.” […]

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Women on the Mother Road in Arizona: Route 66 – Flagstaff

Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Screening and Discussion of Oral Histories and Documentary Film Called the “Mother Road” by author John Steinbeck, U.S. Route 66 stretches some 2,400 miles from Los Angeles to Chicago, symbolic of the mobility available to Americans, and an iconic highway for many travelers. Yet much of the historical perspective of the highway that passes through […]

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Women on the Mother Road in Arizona: Route 66 – Kingman

Mohave Museum of History and Arts 400 W. Beale St., Kingman, AZ, United States

Screening and Discussion of Oral Histories and Documentary Film Called the “Mother Road” by author John Steinbeck, U.S. Route 66 stretches some 2,400 miles from Los Angeles to Chicago, symbolic of the mobility available to Americans, and an iconic highway for many travelers. Yet much of the historical perspective of the highway that passes through […]

Rising from Invisibility: Indigenous Arizona Women in Charge of Themselves – Prescott

Smoki Museum 147 North Arizona Avenue, Prescott, AZ, United States

In many Southwestern matrifocal cultures, Indigenous women’s lives are modeled after female heroes and sacred women who exemplify and express courage and kinship values. Among some tribal cultures, rites of passage celebrate female creativity and the transformative nature of women, hence there was not a need for the concept of feminism. Nevertheless, Indigenous women’s lives […]

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