Flying through Arizona: The Story of the First National Women’s Air Race with Natalie J. Stewart-Smith

Agave Library 23550 N. 36th Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

In 1929, the first national women’s air race from Santa Monica, California to Cleveland, Ohio passed through Arizona. Stopping in Yuma, Phoenix, and Douglas, the intrepid fliers solidified their determination and sisterhood along these Arizona waypoints. Who were these aviators? What were their planes like in 1929? What challenges did they encounter along the way? […]

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Dr. Pearl Tang: Path Breaker in Public Health with Mary Melcher

Dorothy Powell Senior Center 405 E 6th St, Casa Grande, AZ, United States

In 1960, Dr. Pearl Mao Tang became chief of the Maricopa County Bureau of Maternal and Child Health. A Chinese American, who had fought to obtain a medical license in Arizona, Tang was instrumental in lowering the infant mortality rate in the state’s most populous county. Working in the Phoenix metropolitan area and rural Maricopa […]

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Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars with Gregory McNamee

Pima County Public Library - Oro Valley Library Branch 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona

Their names resound in Arizona history and pepper the of the state map, but few people know well the tangled history that surrounds the so-called “Apache Wars”, when fully half of the active U.S. Army descended on the territory to combat a relative handful of Indigenous warriors. Ironically, the Apache peoples of the Southwest had […]

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

Pima County Public Library - Salazar-Ajo Branch 15 W Plaza ST #179, Ajo, 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 […]

Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability with Allen Dart

Glendale Public Library - Foothills Library 19055 N. 57th Ave., Glendale, United States

The deep time perspective that archaeology, geology, and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and societal development is often ignored when societies today make decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. Studies of ancient peoples and natural events can help modern society deal with problems of environmental and social change, overpopulation, and sustainability. […]

Jewish Women’s Resilience, Resistance, and Survival of the Holocaust with Dr. Björn Krondorfer

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

This presentation traces 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 the […]

The Vanishing Trade Posts with Christine Glenn and Sandy Sunseri

Suprise City Hall, Council Chambers 16000 N Civic Center Plaza, Surprise, AZ

The stories of trading posts in the Southwest are a unique snapshot of life almost one hundred years ago. In the early 1900’s, trading posts in the Four corners flourished. There were over one hundred trading posts on the plateau, but today only five remain. Why did they vanish? The challenges and unexpected gifts of […]

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One Supreme Court: What and How Does the US Supreme Court Do What it Does with Dr. Thomas Davis

Summit Hall of the Palm Ridge Recreation Center 13800 W Deer Valley Dr, Sun City West, AZ, United States

The Supreme Court United States (SCOTUS) in recent years has been in the news more than ever. Controversy and distrust accompany many of its major decisions to a degree that is driving a crisis in public confidence. SCOTUS “is suffering from a historic lack of trust and confidence,” Reporter Domenico Montanaro noted in a May […]

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Darks Skies over Arizona with Kevin Schindler

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

There’s nothing like standing under a dark, star-spangled night sky to quiet the mind and reduce stress, share an experience of awe with family and friends, and to inspire creative thoughts. Yet such dark skies are a disappearing resource, with only 20% of the world living in a place where the center of our Milky […]

Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Sustainability with Allen Dart

McFarland State Historic Park 24 W. Ruggles St, Florence, AZ, United States

The deep time perspective that archaeology, geology, and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and societal development is often ignored when societies today make decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. Studies of ancient peoples and natural events can help modern society deal with problems of environmental and social change, overpopulation, and sustainability. […]

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