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SUMMARY:The History of Police and Policing in the U.S. with Matthew Whitaker
DESCRIPTION:What is the history of policing in the U.S.? Where did police come from\, and what was their role? How did police interact with communities in the past? How do police interact with communities now? Recent clashes between the police and the public have thrust the nation into a period of social unrest and violence not seen since the 1960s. The public has called for immediate and dramatic change. Do we still need the police? How do communities ensure public safety in the future for everyone? Participants will explore these questions in a safe\, interactive discussion\, that will help them understand and improve the relationship between the police and community. This program is being co-hosted by Maricopa County Library District – Southeast Regional Branch \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nMatthew Whitaker is a decorated educator\, historian\, author\, social justice advocate\, motivational speaker\, and founder of the ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy\, where he taught for 16 years. Whitaker’s expertise lies in U.S. history\, African American history\, race relations\, social movements\, cultural competency\, equity and inclusion\, teaching excellence\, and community partnerships.  Whitaker has received numerous awards including the 2016 DLA Diversity and Inclusion Award\, ASU’s 2015 Pioneer Award for work on African American life and culture\, and 2014 DLA Inclusive Workplace Award. Whitaker has spoken throughout the U.S. and abroad\, and has been featured on CNN\, NPR\, PBS\, WVON\, and KEMET. His books include Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster\, Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West\, and his forthcoming memoir\, The Undisputed Truth: A Revolutionary Journey to Black Manhood.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-history-of-police-and-policing-in-the-u-s-with-matthew-whitaker-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210216T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210216T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
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SUMMARY:The Spirit of Spirituals:  Famous and Stirring Songs of Faith\, and their Stories with Súle Gregory C. Wilson
DESCRIPTION:People the world over express Divine Devotion through humbly coming together and creating blessed sounds\, blending their energies and hearts to help bridge that sometimes narrow\, sometimes great\, divide between us\, as temporal beings\, and the Infinite. One example of this bridge is African American sacred music: Negro Spirituals\, and the Gospel tradition. Many have heard them\, but few know their historical\, or cultural context\, much less their African precedents. What better way to learn about it than to hear\, and sing it? Join educator\, musician\, storyteller\, and dancer Súle Greg Wilson in exploring African and Post-African music\, the stories behind the songs\, their cultural significance\, and why they continue to endure. This program is being co-hosted by the University of Arizona and the Arizona State Museum. \nREGISTER HERE \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nEducator\, musician\, storyteller\, dancer\, and alleviator\, D.C.-born Súle Greg Wilson has served as an American Griot all his life\, absorbing\, and sharing\, elders’ words and deeds\, and adding his experience to the flow. This modern “Edu-Tainer” and Urban Shaman has shared healing story and music in concert halls\, community centers\, ceremonies\, and classrooms from Juneau to Miami Beach\, Ghana to Hawaii\, and Hermosillo to Antrim. Wilson’s music has graced Grammy Award-winning CDs\, and lauded documentaries. As an archivist\, He organized historical records for the World Bank\, the New York Stock Exchange\, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture–the NYPL\, and for Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport\, and the Pueblo Grand Museum. He also served as Director of the Smithsonian Institute’s Afro-American Index Project–precursor to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Wilson has written and published celebrated books\, plays\, and music\, produced CDs and instructional media\, and taught and professed\, Primary School to College. Súle lives in Tempe\, Arizona with his wife and two lovely daughters. For more\, visit www.sulegregwilson.com.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-spirit-of-spirituals-famous-and-stirring-songs-of-faith-and-their-stories-with-sule-gregory-c-wilson/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210216T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210216T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210127T141634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T141634Z
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SUMMARY:Our Right To Assemble: The History of Protest and Civil Disobedience in the U.S. w/ Matthew Whitaker
DESCRIPTION:The First Amendment prohibits the government from abridging “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” This basic freedom ensures the right of people to come together and collectively express\, promote\, pursue\, and defend their collective or shared ideas. When and how have people engaged in protest? Who has engaged in protest? What is civil disobedience? Does everyone have the same right to assemble? In recent days the brutal murders of African Americans by the police has sparked widespread protest across the U.S. and even abroad. How do we balance public safety and human rights? How do race\, power and class impact access to free speech and the right to assemble? Participants will explore these questions in a safe\, interactive discussion. This program is being co-hosted by Apache Junction Library. \nREGISTER HERE \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nMatthew Whitaker is a decorated educator\, historian\, author\, social justice advocate\, motivational speaker\, and founder of the ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy\, where he taught for 16 years. Whitaker’s expertise lies in U.S. history\, African American history\, race relations\, social movements\, cultural competency\, equity and inclusion\, teaching excellence\, and community partnerships.  Whitaker has received numerous awards including the 2016 DLA Diversity and Inclusion Award\, ASU’s 2015 Pioneer Award for work on African American life and culture\, and 2014 DLA Inclusive Workplace Award. Whitaker has spoken throughout the U.S. and abroad\, and has been featured on CNN\, NPR\, PBS\, WVON\, and KEMET. His books include Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster\, Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West\, and his forthcoming memoir\, The Undisputed Truth: A Revolutionary Journey to Black Manhood.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/our-right-to-assemble-the-history-of-protest-and-civil-disobedience-in-the-u-s-w-matthew-whitaker-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210211T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210119T143440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T143440Z
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SUMMARY:Women's Contributions to Aviation with Natalie J. Stewart-Smith
DESCRIPTION:Women began contributing to aviation from the very beginning. Whether it was training men for the Layfaette Escadrille in WWI\, plotting aviation maps in the 1930s\, or training men in WWII\, women fliers have been at the forefront of aviation. Learn their stories and be inspired. \nREGISTER \nNatalie J. Stewart-Smith has been an educator for over 25 years and taught at the elementary\, high school\, and college levels. As a former Army officer and historian\, she is interested in women’s contributions to the military\, particularly those who served as military aviators.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/womens-contributions-to-aviation-with-natalie-j-stewart-smith/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210210T203000
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CREATED:20210107T122554Z
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SUMMARY:The Salado Phenomenon in the U.S. Southwest with Allen Dart
DESCRIPTION:In the early 20th century\, archaeologists in the southwestern U.S. viewed a constellation of distinctive cultural traits – multicolored pottery\, houses arranged in walled compounds\, and monumental architecture – as evidence of a cultural group they termed “Salado.” Subsequent discoveries cause us to question what the Salado traits really represent. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates some of the so-called Salado culture attributes\, reviews theories about Salado origins\, and discusses how Salado relates to the Ancestral Pueblo\, Mogollon\, Hohokam\, and Casa Grandes cultures of the U.S. Southwest and Mexico’s Northwest. \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nRegistered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart has worked in Arizona and New Mexico since 1975 and has been an Arizona Humanities speaker since 1997. He is the former executive director of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, which he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology\, history\, and cultures. Al has received the Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission Award in Public Archaeology\, the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award\, and the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Victor R. Stoner Award for his efforts to bring archaeology and history to the public.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-salado-phenomenon-in-the-u-s-southwest-with-allen-dart/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210209T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210119T143221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T143221Z
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SUMMARY:Coded Messages and Songs of the Underground Railroad with Dr. Tamika Sanders
DESCRIPTION:Communication and secrecy were key to the successful operation of the Underground Railroad. Safety was more important than quickness. Both fugitive slaves and members of the Underground Railroad learned to code and decode hidden messages\, and to disguise signs to avoid capture. There were code names for routes and code numbers for towns. A quilt hanging on a clothesline with a house and a smoking chimney among its designs indicated a safe house. The song\, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” served as directions to Canada. Using storytelling\, activities and songs\, this presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100\,000 slaves escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850. \nREGISTER HERE \nDr. Tamika Sanders is an entrepreneur who decided to become an educator to help address the lack of minority faculty in higher education\, and serve as a role model for minority students who rarely see people of color in academia. Through her company Savvy Pen\, Dr. Sanders prides herself on working with schools to build inclusive classrooms\, conducting multicultural training for educators\, and creating interactive programs that incorporate arts learning to bridge cultural and socioeconomic divides. She hopes to continue using the arts to break barriers\, unite people\, and create social change.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/coded-messages-and-songs-of-the-underground-railroad-with-dr-tamika-sanders/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210209T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210209T173000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210203T104535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T104535Z
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SUMMARY:Tucson's Black Community and School Segregation with Bernard Wilson
DESCRIPTION:In 1909 the Territory of Arizona amended its compulsory school attendance bill to give cities and counties the ability to segregate their schools. Inspired by the change in the law\, the Tucson school board conducted a rapid search of available buildings\, settling on an abandoned mortuary. Shocked by this unsettling turn of events\, Tucson’s Black community\, white clergy and newspaper editorials banded together to argue against the use of the building\, but\, despite pleas and outrage\, Tucson’s school board trustees would not yield. This talk explores the Tucson school board trustees’ decision to segregate the school system and the impact it had on the children\, the Black community\, and the city. This program is being co-hosted by the University of Arizona and the Arizona State Museum. \nREGISTER HERE \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nBernard Wilson is an independent researcher\, who began his humanities research as part of a personal genealogical investigation into his family. He has spent the past twenty-three years researching Tucson’s African-American pioneers and community. His first book\, The Black Residents of Tucson and Their Achievements: A Reference Guide\, exposed that Tucson had a large and thriving African- American community that included mining millionaires. His subsequent publications derived from the research for his book. Currently\, his research focuses on the individual lives of the Old Pueblo’s African-Americans.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/tucsons-black-community-and-school-segregation-with-bernard-wilson/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210209T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210209T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210106T171852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T171852Z
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SUMMARY:The Ballad of Arizona with Jay Cravath and Dan Shilling
DESCRIPTION:Originally conceived to celebrate Arizona’s Centennial in 2012\, “The Ballad of Arizona” has been updated to provide a more complete survey of important\, but often little-known\, chapters of Arizona’s unique history. A blend of music\, video\, and lecture\, “The Ballad of Arizona” is similar to “A Prairie Home Companion” but with an Arizona twist. The dozen vignettes featured in the presentation include the Buffalo Soldiers\, dude ranch history\, the Code Talkers\, forester Aldo Leopold\, Japanese-American Internment\, famous cattle drives\, the assassination of reporter Don Bolles\, and more stories that explore Arizona’s unique cultural and natural diversity. Jay Craváth is joined by Dan Shilling for this entertaining two-person presentation that combines song and story. \nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nJay Cravath\nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDan Shilling\nDan is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-ballad-of-arizona-with-jay-cravath-and-dan-shilling/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210202T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210202T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210106T171625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T171625Z
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SUMMARY:Arizona's Great Escape with Steve Renzi
DESCRIPTION:During the night of Christmas Eve in 1944\, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These men were hardcore Nazis\, ex U-boat commanders\, and submariners\, who had successfully dug a nearly 200-foot underground tunnel that took four months to complete. Many people may have heard of this event\, but few know the details. This presentation tells the story of what happened to these German POWs and the Arizona residents who encountered them. \nREGISTER HERE \nSteve Renzi\, a University of Arizona graduate with a degree in history\, believes that every generation must learn about who and what came before them or else the lessons learned are lost. As a writer and photographer with a teacher’s certificate in secondary education\, Renzi is always searching for new ways of exploring our history. He has been published in over 200 magazine and newspaper articles and is currently a writing and photography teacher\, as well as a basketball coach.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizonas-great-escape-with-steve-renzi/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210126T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210126T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210119T144330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T144330Z
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SUMMARY:Three Generations of the American Indian Boarding School Experience with Dr. Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. federal government’s harsh policy of compulsory Indian education in the form of boarding schools began in 1879 and continued through the Great Depression\, with boarding schools on and off Indian Reservations remaining prominent through 1970. Presently\, boarding schools are still the main means of K-8 education in rural Indian communities. This presentation will impart the dramatic stories of three individuals: a grandfather\, his daughter\, and his granddaughter who all attended boarding schools throughout the 1920s\, the Great Depression\, and the mid-1950s through 1971. Telling these stories promotes an understanding of how boarding schools changed the language\, culture\, lifestyle\, and traditions of American Indian people. 45 minute presentation plus Q&A. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/three-generations-of-the-american-indian-boarding-school-experience-with-dr-evangeline-parsons-yazzie/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210126T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210106T171434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T171434Z
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SUMMARY:Sorting Through Southwest Arizona Tribal Symbols with Royce and Debbie Manuel
DESCRIPTION:Symbols come in a variety of forms and can be found in art\, speech\, and in writing. Knowing and understanding the southwest symbolism from a tribal perspective is one more way Arizona celebrates its heritage. Today symbols among tribal nations describe life or convey a much deeper meaning in clothing\, footwear\, baskets designs and even etched animals designs along the freeway. Join Royce & Debbie to learn more about translating the beautiful meaning from everyday southwest symbols. \nREGISTER HERE \nAs a tribal member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community\, Royce Manuel has long played an important role in perpetuating cultural knowledge within the tribal nation by service to the Auk Mierl Aw-Aw-Thum. Royce maintains the distinction of keeping the Calendar Stick. Today\, he continues to record and initiate collaborative projects that will engage the Aw-Thum (O’odham) sister tribes in creative strategies of integrating the Calendar Stick concepts into projects\, design\, wellness\, math\, science and critical learning. Debbie Nez-Manuel (Diné) has a Masters in Social Work\, Arizona State University and is experienced in both non-profit and tribal communities. Debbie’s traditional and bi-cultural lifestyles\, provides valuable insight and practices in both urban and tribal community settings while preserving\, strengthening\, and renewing cultural identity.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/sorting-through-southwest-arizona-tribal-symbols-with-royce-and-debbie-manuel/
LOCATION:IMG_0038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210119T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210119T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210106T171008Z
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SUMMARY:Mescal Agave Use in Arizona: Food\, Fiber\, and Vessel with Carrie Cannon
DESCRIPTION:The agave plant was used by Native peoples for numerous utilitarian items. Mescal served as a valuable food source still being harvested and prepared to this day by many Indigenous groups. For millennia people have pit roasted the heart of the plant yielding a nutritious food staple rich in calcium and zinc. This talk includes the life history of mescal\, and the multitude of Tribal uses of this intriguing plant and their long relationship with this plant from centuries ago to the modern era. \nREGISTER HERE \nCarrie Cannon is a member of the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma and is also of Oglala Lakota descent. She has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology\, and an M.S. in Resource Management. She began working for the Hualapai Tribe of Peach Springs\, Arizona in 2005 where she began the creation of an intergenerational ethnobotany program for the Hualapai community. She is currently employed as an Ethnobotanist for the Hualapai Department of Cultural Resources. She administers a number of projects promoting the intergenerational teaching of Hualapai ethnobotanical knowledge working towards preservation and revitalization to ensure tribal ethnobotanical knowledge persists as a living practice and tradition.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/mescal-agave-use-in-arizona-food-fiber-and-vessel-with-carrie-cannon/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210115T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210115T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20201207T150200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201207T150200Z
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SUMMARY:Chiles & Chocolate: Sweet and Spicy Foods in the American West with Sandy Sunseri & Chris Glen
DESCRIPTION:Come have a taste of the rich and savory history of these food favorites\, explore how early peoples used them\, and how they have evolved and spread to all corners of the world. Food is a portal into culture and can convey a range of cultural meaning including occasion\, social status\, ethnicity\, and wealth depending on the social context. Discover how chiles and chocolate became identity markers in gender roles and relationships\, essential in rituals and religious customs\, popular in aesthetic fashions and lifestyles\, and how they changed through time and space. \n  \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nChris and Sandy are docents at the Museum of Northern Arizona and have been speaking about the land and people of the Colorado Plateau since 2012. In-depth research and related interviews have resulted in presentations to local social and educational groups\, museum groups\, public venues such as the Riordan Mansion State Park in Flagstaff\, and AZ Speaks locations throughout Arizona. Some topics are presented in costumes of the time period\, and in every case with a thorough exploration of the events and personalities of the time from multiple points of view.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/chiles-chocolate-sweet-and-spicy-foods-in-the-american-west-with-sandy-sunseri-chris-glen/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prescott Valley Public Library":MAILTO:mhjorting@pvaz.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210115T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210115T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20201130T154502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201130T154502Z
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SUMMARY:Lives of Arizonans from Memoirs and Fiction with Jim Turner
DESCRIPTION:Arizona pioneers tell their stories in diaries\, letters\, and memoirs. Martha Summerhayes’s beloved Vanished Arizona and Captain John Bourke’s On the Border with Crook\, plus biographies of Hopi\, Pima\, and Tohono O’odham women describe their lives and feelings. But we’ll also look at fiction\, including Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop\, Zane Gray’s Riders of the Purple Sage\, and contemporary authors like Marguerite Noble’s Filaree and Nancy Turner’s These is My Words. Richly illustrated with historic photographs and artwork\, this presentation gives audiences a personal understanding of what life was like for Native Americans and pioneer emigrants. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nBefore retiring from the Arizona Historical Society\, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/lives-of-arizonans-from-memoirs-and-fiction-with-jim-turner/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks,Community Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pinal County Historical Society Museum":MAILTO:pchsmuseum@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210114T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210114T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20201130T154038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201130T154038Z
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SUMMARY:Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II with Natalie J. Stewart-Smith
DESCRIPTION:During World War II over one thousand women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)\, freeing male pilots for combat roles at a critical time during the war. The WASP ferried planes from factories to embarkation points; performed engineer test flying of repaired aircraft and did target towing for gunnery training. By the spring of 1944\, every P-51 Mustang flown in combat had already been flown by a WASP. This presentation shares their stories as fliers\, patriots\, and women who had to fight for the right to be called veterans. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nNatalie J. Stewart-Smith has been an educator for over 25 years and taught at the elementary\, high school\, and college levels. As a former Army officer and historian\, she is interested in women’s contributions to the military\, particularly those who served as military aviators. \n 
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/women-airforce-service-pilots-of-world-war-ii-with-natalie-j-stewart-smith/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks,Community Program
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Stewert-Smith_headshot-116x150-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Coolidge Public Library":MAILTO:library@coolidgeaz.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210113T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210113T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210104T155033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210104T155033Z
UID:10066012-1610542800-1610548200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:The History of Police and Policing in the U.S. with Matthew Whitaker
DESCRIPTION:What is the history of policing in the U.S.? Where did police come from\, and what was their role? How did police interact with communities in the past? How do police interact with communities now? Recent clashes between the police and the public have thrust the nation into a period of social unrest and violence not seen since the 1960s. The public has called for immediate and dramatic change. Do we still need the police? How do communities ensure public safety in the future for everyone? Participants will explore these questions in a safe\, interactive discussion\, that will help them understand and improve the relationship between the police and community. REGISTER HERE. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nMatthew Whitaker is a decorated educator\, historian\, author\, social justice advocate\, motivational speaker\, and founder of the ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy\, where he taught for 16 years. Whitaker’s expertise lies in U.S. history\, African American history\, race relations\, social movements\, cultural competency\, equity and inclusion\, teaching excellence\, and community partnerships.  Whitaker has received numerous awards including the 2016 DLA Diversity and Inclusion Award\, ASU’s 2015 Pioneer Award for work on African American life and culture\, and 2014 DLA Inclusive Workplace Award. Whitaker has spoken throughout the U.S. and abroad\, and has been featured on CNN\, NPR\, PBS\, WVON\, and KEMET. His books include Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster\, Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West\, and his forthcoming memoir\, The Undisputed Truth: A Revolutionary Journey to Black Manhood.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-history-of-police-and-policing-in-the-u-s-with-matthew-whitaker/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Matthew-Whitaker-1.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Desert Foothills Library Association":MAILTO:aware@dfla.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210112T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210104T154722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210104T154722Z
UID:10066011-1610474400-1610479800@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:The History of Police and Policing in the U.S. with Dr. Matthew Whitaker
DESCRIPTION:What is the history of policing in the U.S.? Where did police come from\, and what was their role? How did police interact with communities in the past? How do police interact with communities now? Recent clashes between the police and the public have thrust the nation into a period of social unrest and violence not seen since the 1960s. The public has called for immediate and dramatic change. Do we still need the police? How do communities ensure public safety in the future for everyone? Participants will explore these questions in a safe\, interactive discussion\, that will help them understand and improve the relationship between the police and community. REGISTER HERE. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nMatthew Whitaker is a decorated educator\, historian\, author\, social justice advocate\, motivational speaker\, and founder of the ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy\, where he taught for 16 years. Whitaker’s expertise lies in U.S. history\, African American history\, race relations\, social movements\, cultural competency\, equity and inclusion\, teaching excellence\, and community partnerships.  Whitaker has received numerous awards including the 2016 DLA Diversity and Inclusion Award\, ASU’s 2015 Pioneer Award for work on African American life and culture\, and 2014 DLA Inclusive Workplace Award. Whitaker has spoken throughout the U.S. and abroad\, and has been featured on CNN\, NPR\, PBS\, WVON\, and KEMET. His books include Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster\, Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West\, and his forthcoming memoir\, The Undisputed Truth: A Revolutionary Journey to Black Manhood.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-history-of-police-and-policing-in-the-u-s-with-dr-matthew-whitaker/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Matthew-Whitaker-1.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Glendale Public Library":MAILTO:dwarren@glendaleaz.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210111T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210111T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20201208T152503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201208T152503Z
UID:10066010-1610375400-1610380800@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Coming Home to a Place You’ve Never Been: Immigration\, Refugee Resettlement and Citizenship with Rodo Sofranac
DESCRIPTION:The politics and policies of immigration\, refugee resettlement\, and citizenship are louder 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 local greeter. What’s it like going to a place where you don’t know the language or culture? Where you don’t have any family or friends? Where you don’t know what you’re eating or where you’re sleeping? Where you have almost no money in your pocket? And now it is your home!? Could you do it? Did you do it? How is it going for you? \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nRodo spent his first few years in a tiny village called Rijeka Crnojevića\, Montenegro—former Yugoslavia. His family fled to Austria and later immigrated to the United States. He speaks\, reads\, and writes Serbo-Croatian and German. Interestingly\, the Montenegrin connection brought him to Arizona in 1974. This diversity of cultures and languages inspires Rodo to read\, write\, and enjoy sharing stories. As a teacher\, translator\, mentor\, and community organizer\, he has worked with people of all ages—from birth to over 100—and in numerous settings\, including over 30 years at the university level. Rodo‘s award-wining work embraces varied storytelling\, the latest being eight fun children’s books.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/coming-home-to-a-place-youve-never-been-immigration-refugee-resettlement-and-citizenship-with-rodo-sofranac/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sofranac-Rodo-150x150-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Arizona Senior Academy":MAILTO:mneugeb@arizonasenioracademy.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210106T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20210106T170052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T170052Z
UID:10066013-1609920000-1609952400@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Lives of Arizonans from Memoirs and Fiction with Jim Turner
DESCRIPTION:Arizona pioneers tell their stories in diaries\, letters\, and memoirs. Martha Summerhayes’s beloved Vanished Arizona and Captain John Bourke’s On the Border with Crook\, plus biographies of Hopi\, Pima\, and Tohono O’odham women describe their lives and feelings. But we’ll also look at fiction\, including Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop\, Zane Gray’s Riders of the Purple Sage\, and contemporary authors like Marguerite Noble’s Filaree and Nancy Turner’s These is My Words. Richly illustrated with historic photographs and artwork\, this presentation gives audiences a personal understanding of what life was like for Native Americans and pioneer emigrants. \nREGISTER HERE \nBefore retiring from the Arizona Historical Society\, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest. \n 
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/lives-of-arizonans-from-memoirs-and-fiction-with-jim-turner-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Turner_headshot-150x150-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Pinal County Historical Society Museum":MAILTO:pchsmuseum@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201218T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201218T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20201125T120824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T120824Z
UID:10066006-1608303600-1608309000@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Nevertheless She Persisted! Women Who Made a Difference on the Arizona Frontier
DESCRIPTION:Meet an array of early Arizona women who endured troubles and hardships\, along with achieving amazing feats and triumphs during the territory’s early days\, bringing a unique perspective to a harsh\, strange country. Some of these women faced and fought discrimination\, some laid down their lives. Learn about Native women warriors and peacemakers as well as women who rode into the territory to discover a completely different way of life. Journey back to a time in history when women explored\, conquered\, settled\, and civilized this raw\, new land. This presentation celebrates Arizona women who persisted and persevered in their quest to explore\, discover\, and conquer new lands and new beginnings. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nAward-winning author\, historian\, and lecturer Jan Cleere writes extensively about the desert southwest\, particularly the people who first settled the territory. She is a magna cum laude graduate of ASU West with a degree is American Studies\, and the author of five historical nonfiction books about the people who first ventured west. She lectures around the state on early pioneers who were instrumental in colonizing and civilizing Arizona Territory. Jan writes a monthly column for Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star\, “Western Women\,” detailing the lives of some of Arizona’s early amazing women. Her freelance work appears in national and regional publications.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/nevertheless-she-persisted-women-who-made-a-difference-on-the-arizona-frontier-2/
LOCATION:Rodo-Sofranac-Headshot-e1630433819121
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks,Community Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201205T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201205T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20201125T120515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T120515Z
UID:10066005-1607176800-1607182200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:The Ballad of Arizona
DESCRIPTION:Originally conceived to celebrate Arizona’s Centennial in 2012\, “The Ballad of Arizona” has been updated to provide a more complete survey of important\, but often little-known\, chapters of Arizona’s unique history. A blend of music\, video\, and lecture\, “The Ballad of Arizona” is similar to “A Prairie Home Companion” but with an Arizona twist. The dozen vignettes featured in the presentation include the Buffalo Soldiers\, dude ranch history\, the Code Talkers\, forester Aldo Leopold\, Japanese-American Internment\, famous cattle drives\, the assassination of reporter Don Bolles\, and more stories that explore Arizona’s unique cultural and natural diversity. Jay Craváth is joined by Dan Shilling for this entertaining two-person presentation that combines song and story. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \nDan is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-ballad-of-arizona-5/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks,Community Program
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Cravath_headshot-e1564605288958-1.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201114T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201114T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20201102T135531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T135531Z
UID:10066002-1605349800-1605355200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Hyenas in Petticoats–How Women Struggled Against Every Dirty Trick in the Books to Win the Vote! with Jana Bommersbach
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020\, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage\, as if it were just a footnote in American history\, when in fact\, it was the nation’s largest civil rights movement. Western women got the vote long before their Eastern sisters\, but don’t dare tell an Arizona suffragette that she had it easy. Arizona had its own dirty tricks. Jana exposes it all—the heroines\, the heroes and the haters. REGISTER HERE. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nJana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter\, magazine columnist\, television commentator and author of nationally acclaimed books. She currently writes for True West magazine\, digging up the true stories behind the popular myths\, with an emphasis on Arizona’s real history and women of the Old West. Her insight\, knowledge and wit produce exuberant\, riveting speeches that always garner rave reviews.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hyenas-in-petticoats-how-women-struggled-against-every-dirty-trick-in-the-books-to-win-the-vote-with-jana-bommersbach/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks,Community Program
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bommersbach-Jana-400x265-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201105T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201105T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20201029T114111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201029T114111Z
UID:10066001-1604574000-1604577600@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Hyenas in Petticoats: How Women Struggled Against Every Dirty Trick in the Book to Win The Vote! with Jana Bommersbach
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020\, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage\, as if it were just a footnote in American history\, when in fact\, it was the nation’s largest civil rights movement. Western women got the vote long before their Eastern sisters\, but don’t dare tell an Arizona suffragette that she had it easy. Arizona had its own dirty tricks. Jana exposes it all—the heroines\, the heroes and the haters. REGISTER HERE. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nJana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter\, magazine columnist\, television commentator and author of nationally acclaimed books. She currently writes for True West magazine\, digging up the true stories behind the popular myths\, with an emphasis on Arizona’s real history and women of the Old West. Her insight\, knowledge and wit produce exuberant\, riveting speeches that always garner rave reviews.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hyenas-in-petticoats-how-women-struggled-against-every-dirty-trick-in-the-book-to-win-the-vote-with-jana-bommersbach/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks,Community Program
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bommersbach-Jana-400x265-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Maricopa County Historical Society dba Desert Caballeros Western Museum":MAILTO:director@westernmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200429T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200429T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20200312T133243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T133243Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest
DESCRIPTION:Before AD 1500\, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than 4\,000 years before present\, and irrigation systems were developed in our state at least 3\,500 years ago – several hundred years before irrigation was established in ancient Mexico. This presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern Southwest and discusses irrigation’s implications for understanding social complexity. \nRegistered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart has worked in Arizona and New Mexico since 1975 and has been an Arizona Humanities speaker since 1997. He is the executive director of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, which he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology\, history\, and cultures. Al has received the Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission Award in Public Archaeology\, the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award\, and the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Victor R. Stoner Award for his efforts to bring archaeology and history to the public.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-antiquity-of-irrigation-in-the-southwest-8/
LOCATION:The Church at Litchfield Park\, 300 N Old Litchfield Rd\, Litchfield Park\, AZ\, 85340\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200428T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200428T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20200311T150521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T150521Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - On the Road Since 1925: The Colorful History of Arizona Highways
DESCRIPTION:The first issue of Arizona Highways magazine was published in April\, 1925. In this presentation\, former publisher Win Holden will share the fascinating story of how a brochure produced by the Arizona Highway Department evolved into one of the most respected and revered publications in the world. With annual economic impact of over $65 million\, Arizona Highways reaches all 50 states and over 100 countries around the world. But the journey has been anything but uneventful. With a unique publishing model not dependent on advertising\, the magazine has had to unearth new sources of revenue to sustain its operations. And\, as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation\, has had to survive without state funding. Learn how this remarkable magazine has beaten the odds and is thriving in a competitive environment that has seen respected national magazines fall by the wayside. \nWin Holden was named the sixth Publisher of Arizona Highways Magazine in May 2000. The publication is recognized as one of the finest travel magazines in the world. The magazine has over 120\,000 subscribers in all 50 states and 100 countries. As Publisher\, Mr. Holden led a diverse group of businesses centered on the world-renowned magazine including licensing\, book publishing\, calendars\, e- commerce\, new product development\, product marketing and retailing. A Valley resident since 1980\, Mr. Holden was recognized by the Arizona Office of Tourism and the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association as their 2017 and 2018 Lifetime Award recipient and received the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Business Journal. He was the 2007 inductee into the Arizona Tourism Hall of Fame.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/on-the-road-since-1925-the-colorful-history-of-arizona-highways/
LOCATION:Goodyear Total Wine & More Classroom\, 1416 N. Litchfield Rd.\, Goodyear\, AZ\, 85338\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.427547;-112.3581445
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200428T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200428T110000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20200312T132908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T132908Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest
DESCRIPTION:Before AD 1500\, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than 4\,000 years before present\, and irrigation systems were developed in our state at least 3\,500 years ago – several hundred years before irrigation was established in ancient Mexico. This presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern Southwest and discusses irrigation’s implications for understanding social complexity. \nRegistered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart has worked in Arizona and New Mexico since 1975 and has been an Arizona Humanities speaker since 1997. He is the executive director of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, which he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology\, history\, and cultures. Al has received the Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission Award in Public Archaeology\, the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award\, and the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Victor R. Stoner Award for his efforts to bring archaeology and history to the public
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-antiquity-of-irrigation-in-the-southwest-7/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200426T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200426T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20200311T141821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T141821Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - The 1894 Lowell Expedition to Arizona
DESCRIPTION:In 1894 an Easterner named Andrew Douglass explored Arizona Territory in search of an ideal site to establish an astronomical observatory for Bostonian Percival Lowell. Traveling by train and stagecoach\, Douglass visited Tombstone\, Tucson\, Tempe\, Prescott and Flagstaff. While making scientific observations at each locale\, he experienced a variety of unforeseen episodes. This expedition is a classic tale of western adventure with a twist of scientific intrigue. \nKevin Schindler is an award-winning educator and writer who has worked for more than 20 years at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Schindler was sheriff of the Flagstaff Corral of Westerners for 14 years and a board member of the Flagstaff Festival of Science for 16 years. Combining a dual passion for history and science\, he has presented hundreds of educational programs\, authored 6 books\, written more than 500 magazine and newspaper articles\, and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column for the Arizona Daily Sun. In 2019 Kevin was awarded the Friends of the Humanities Award by Arizona Humanities.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-1894-lowell-expedition-to-arizona/
LOCATION:Prescott Public Library\, 215 E. Goodwin St.\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86303\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:34.539579;-112.466629
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200425T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20200224T095553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T095553Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - The Science of Music\, The Music of Science
DESCRIPTION:Why do so many physicists compare the universe to an orchestra? Why did Einstein use his violin playing to enhance his contemplation of the workings of the cosmos? The connection of music to science was illuminated early on when Pythagoras divided a string. Not surprisingly\, from astrophysicists to quantum theorists\, the common key to unlocking mysteries is math. And clearly\, the study of sound\, acoustics and the vibrational spectrum intricately entwine science and music through mathematical computations. Understanding music’s physiological effects on our brains and the body is the goal of a growing number of studies by neuroscientists. Learn about the correlations between these two overlapping worlds and why so many high professionals are musicians and musicians\, scientists. \nJanice Jarrett has extensive experience teaching in schools\, colleges\, community programs and as a speaker\, from numerous free lance talks\, to Arts Encounters (UA Presents)\, to the Arizona Humanities Council. Post Ph.D. she continued her scholarly interdisciplinary research including music and the brain\, science\, healing\, and in culture. She runs a private music studio and like many musicians\, she is a multi-professional: adding jazz singer\, lyricist\, arranger\, band leader and journalist. She earned her Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology\, a masters in World Music\, and a B.A. in voice and composition.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-science-of-music-the-music-of-science-3/
LOCATION:Agave Library\, 23550 N. 36th Ave.\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85310\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.699417;-112.1398867
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200424T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200424T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T060259
CREATED:20200311T141325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T141325Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - Borders\, Walls and Immigration in Arizona
DESCRIPTION:The Arizona-Mexico border is a line of separation and a place of coming together. This paradox shapes the borderland region and its people in fascinating and important ways. In this talk\, Dr. Warren offers a historical and geographical overview of the formation of the Arizona- Mexico border and its evolution since the 1800s. The program discusses historical and contemporary efforts to demarcate the boundary through bi-national surveys\, the construction of fences and walls\, and policing. Warren will also offer a contemporary survey of what the border looks like today\, from the New Mexico line to Yuma. This talk is intended to increase awareness of the current state of the Arizona-Mexico border and the policies that affect the borderland. \nScott Warren is a cultural geographer who lives in Ajo\, Arizona. As an academic geographer he researches and teaches about the intersection of people and place at the Mexico-U.S. border. He works to bring the experiences of the Arizona-Sonora borderlands into his classrooms\, while at the same time getting students out of the classroom and into the Arizona-Sonora borderlands. Scott favorite past time is exploring Arizona’s beautiful landscapes and important places.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/borders-walls-and-immigration-in-arizona-3/
LOCATION:Screenshot-2024-09-30-122038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - Arizona's Great Escape
DESCRIPTION:During the night of Christmas Eve in 1944\, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These men were hardcore Nazis\, ex U-boat commanders\, and submariners\, who had successfully dug a nearly 200-foot underground tunnel that took four months to complete. Many people may have heard of this event\, but few know the details. This presentation tells the story of what happened to these German POWs and the Arizona residents who encountered them. \nSteve Renzi\, a University of Arizona graduate with a degree in history\, believes that every generation must learn about who and what came before them or else the lessons learned are lost. As a writer and photographer with a teacher’s certificate in secondary education\, Renzi is always searching for new ways of exploring our history. He has been published in over 200 magazine and newspaper articles and is currently a writing and photography teacher\, as well as a basketball coach.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizonas-great-escape-8/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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