Civic Season

"Your Humble Petitioner: Legislative Petitions Gave Voice to Virginians" Exhibition
2023-05-03 19:16 (America/New_York) | Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Come visit the Library of Virginia in-person to learn more about how Virginians used petitions to bring local and personal issues to the attention of their legislators. Free parking is available under our building in beautiful and historic downtown Richmond.

Civic Conversations
2023-05-03 19:16 UTC | Library of Virginia, United States
This small-group discussion topic series encourages informed conversations around complex issues affecting Virginia. To facilitate these discussions, the Library has chosen an accessible film to watch, created extensive online resource guides about the topic, and generated some potential discussion questions.

Garden Clubs Make History: How Virginia's Gardening Women Changed a State
2023-05-03 19:16 UTC | Library of Virginia, VA, United States
View this talk about the little-known ways garden club members transformed Virginia. Hear stories about club women who advocated for conservation laws, tackled hunger, and successfully challenged the injustices of segregation.

American Music Landmarks Project
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | American Music Landmarks Project, United States
During Civic Season and beyond, the American Music Landmarks Project (AMLP) seeks to help young music fans everywhere find unique opportunities to explore and be inspired by places that defined their favorite artists and genres as well as those they have yet to discover. Our new millennial-founded organization is excited to assist young Americans in adding their voices as present and future stewards of our music history’s architectural legacy through connecting them with virtual and on-site tours, special events and volunteer experiences to meaningfully participate in the ongoing preservation, maintenance and interpretation of music landmarks. The AMLP understands that the presence of youth in transforming our music landmarks from built history to built heritage is essential to further democratizing and diversifying public awareness, appreciation and support for the places that tell the story of our collective musical past. Reach out at info@musiclandmarks.org and let us help you identify an opportunity with a music landmark this Civic Season!

Civic Imagination Workshops
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Civic Imagination Project, United States
To realize the full potential of our communities, build on our past, and chart paths forward, we need to be able to imagine what better worlds look like… even now, especially now. Responding to this imperative, the Civic Imagination Project activates memory and people’s visions for what a better tomorrow might look like as a necessary step to connecting with others and taking action to achieve real-world goals. Over the last 7 years, our project team has built tools with people from all over the world, helping them build action plans to realize imagined solutions. Our workshops enable individuals and communities as they think creatively, connect with others in new ways, and tackle challenging issues with imagination.

The Constitution Primary Source Set
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Library of Congress, United States
Teach yourself with this selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the United States Constitution. This set also includes a Teacher’s Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.

The Future Through the Eyes of Youth Leaders
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Living Room Conversations, United States
Come watch a special Living Room Conversation where young leaders explore ways to make a difference and reasons to be hopeful!

Documentary Clip: The Mexican Revolution, Immigration, Rail Workers, and WWII
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Fourth Wall Films, United States
In this excerpt from “Riding the Rails to Hero Street” immigrants fleeing the Mexican Revolution settle in Silvis, Illinois, work for the railroad, and live in a boxcar village. Later they move to the block-an-a-half-long 2nd Street and eight sons of these immigrants are lost in WWII and and Korea. More lost than from any other street of any size in America. In the late 1960s the street is renamed Hero Street in their honor.

The African American Cultural Garden Juneteenth Celebration
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | The Association of African American Cultural Garden, 890 MLK Blvd, Cleveland, 44108, United States
CLEVELAND, OH — Join us as we commemorate Juneteenth at the African American Cultural Garden on June 18th. Car decorating for the Caravan will start at 9:00 a.m. and the Caravan will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. at Wheelock Avenue near the African American Garden. Grand Marshall Mayor Mustin Bibb will lead the Caravan event and will kick off our Juneteenth celebration at 11:15 a.m. the celebration will also include a children’s village, vendors, food,music, dance, drummers and student talent at the African American Cultural Garden. This event is from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and is FREE and open to the public. For more information call 216-509-6427.

Freedmen's Town: A 1987 Photo Chronicle of Houston's Fourth Ward
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Central American Historical and Ancestral Society, Houston, TX, United States
Let’s honor Juneteenth, along with photographer Roxanne Quezada Chartouni, with an online photo exhibit that chronicles her experience in 1987 of Freedmen’s Town in Houston’s Fourth Ward — a principal site for early Juneteenth celebrations.

Title IX at 50: The Lady Vols Experience
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | UT Center for Sport, Peace & Society, United States
IX at 50: The Lady Vols Experience is an oral history project that celebrates the work of legendary UT Coach Pat Summitt and the UT Women’s Athletics family in working towards greater equality. Lady Vols have been at the forefront pioneering Title IX’s sports effects, helping generations of women reap the sport + education benefits of this landmark legislation–in the United States and globally. This is the UT footprint and legacy vis-a-vis Title IX, the Title IX Titans who have laid the foundations for today’s superheroes to leave a lasting impact on and off the field.
Co-hosted by Center for Sport, Peace & Society Director Dr. Sarah J. Hillyer and LaVonna Martin Floreal, a two-time track and field Olympian (silver, 1992 Barcelona) and 1989 UT alumna, this 12-episode audio package features intergenerational international women’s stories about the Title IX impact on Lady Vols, their careers, and lessons learned. The series is available via several podcast streaming services, including Apple, Google, and Spotify–and amplified on our Instagram (@sportandpeaceut), Twitter (@sportandpeaceut), or Facebook accounts.

Utah Women Making History
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Better Days, United States
Educational website with bios, illustrations, videos, activities, lesson plans, and primary sources about Utah women who shaped the state and the nation.

A Taste of Freedom, Live Performance (Multiple Dates)
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Colonial Williamsburg, 301 S. Nassau St., Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Before Juneteenth and the Emancipation Proclamation, thousands of formerly enslaved men, women, and children gained freedom and sanctuary by escaping to Union camps in the South after Shepard Mallory, Frank Baker, and James Townsend secured their liberty at Fort Monroe. This performance tells the story of Americus Weston’s journey to freedom during the Civil War, developed to commemorate Juneteenth.

Understanding and Celebrating Juneteenth for Educators and Caregivers
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | National Museum of African American History and Culture, United States
For people of all ages, the concept of freedom and the history of slavery can be challenging to grasp. Use this guide to learn more about Juneteenth and start conversations about slavery and freedom with the children in your life.

Visit History Museums Across Colorado
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
Explore historical places, events, and people through exhibitions, lectures, guided tours, and online or in-person classes with History Colorado.

Environmental Justice! Community Research Guide
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Smithsonian Science Education Center, United States
Environmental Justice! How can we create environments that are healthy for everyone? is a freely available community research guide developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) in partnership with the InterAcademy Partnership as part of the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project.
The Environmental Justice! guide helps young people learn more about the concerns of their community in order to communicate accurate, helpful, and trusted information about environmental justice.
Environmental Justice! features 8 tasks that incorporate investigations and hands-on science to help students discover, understand, and take action. Students learn about how they interact with their environment; research environmental justice throughout history; learn about a specific environmental issue in their area and the causes of this problem; examine how different environments can make people more or less healthy; discover the themes of injustices; learn more to understand some innovative solutions to environmental problems; and develop an action plan for their communities.

Culture of Democracy Summit
2023-05-03 19:17 (America/Los_Angeles) | When We All Vote, 3939 S Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA, 90037, United States
When We All Vote’s inaugural Culture of Democracy Summit, we’ll have a national conversation on how we can all work together every year to expand our collective mission to protect democracy, fight voter suppression, and ensure every American has equal access to the ballot box ahead of the 2022 midterm elections and beyond.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10: Join our Summit virtually where we’ll bring together artists, athletes, academics, musical guests, grassroots organizers, civic leaders, corporate leaders, and more to discuss the role different industries play in strengthening our democracy through voter registration, education, mobilization, and culture change.
MONDAY, JUNE 13: Attend the Summit in Los Angeles.

Civic Season Playlist
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Made By Us, United States
A playlist curated by Made By Us Civic Season 2022 Fellows and team. Listen to the music that resonates with our history, what we stand for, and hope to see for the future of US!

QueerSpace - an AirSpace limited series
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | National Air and Space Museum, United States
Attention passengers, we’re welcoming all boarding groups for QueerSpace — a limited series from the creators of AirSpace featuring stories and people at the intersection of aviation, space, and LGBTQ+ history and culture. The AirSpace podcast explores how flight impacts our lives — from newsworthy discoveries that expand our understanding of the universe to the history of that airline safety video you watch every time you fly. For QueerSpace, we’re highlighting how queer culture has shaped what aerospace is and can be — from the building of a supportive and welcoming community of flight attendants in the 1970s to the imagined worlds of sci-fi challenging our binary perceptions. Any of these stories would be at home in a regular AirSpace season, but we’re putting them together in a limited series to highlight the scope and diversity of queer experiences found across human flight and space science.

The Safe and Fair Election Pledge
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | TEAM DEMOCRACY INC, United States
A large majority of Americans want a healthier democracy, more collaborative governance, and elections that are both secure and widely accessible. But we often feel powerless to hold our elected officials accountable when it comes to defending our democracy and assuring safe and fair elections. But we CAN make a difference. Today, view the Team Democracy video; and learn about (and sign) the Safe and Fair Election Pledge. Then ask your elected representatives and candidates to sign it too. Let them know that earning your support at the polls depends on their commitment to support the kind of enduring, healthy, resilient, inclusive democracy that has guaranteed Americans’ liberties and freedoms for the last two and a half centuries.

Muslims of the Heartland
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | State Historical Museum of Iowa, IA, United States
In this webinar, titled “Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made Iowa their Home,” Edward E. Curtis IV, professor and Arab American author, discussed the history of Syrian Muslim settlement in Iowa before World War I and how these immigrants made a life that was simultaneously Arab, Muslim, and American.

Ramadan in Iowa: Make Your Own Good Deed Tree
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | State Historical Museum of Iowa, IA, United States
Have you ever heard of Iowa described as a “salad bowl?” Iowans may live together but practice different cultures, religions and holidays – including Ramadan. This Goldie at Home activity will teach you about Iowa’s unique Islamic history through primary sources. You will also make a Good Deed Tree, which incorporates the concepts of kindness, generosity and discipline that are encouraged during Ramadan.

Virtual Fieldtrip of a New Memorial to Voting Rights
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Better Days, United States
Follow along this virtual field trip to explore “A Path Forward,” a new memorial to voting rights history in Salt Lake City created by artists Kelsey Harrison and Jason Manley. Did you know Utah women were the first in the United States to vote under an equal suffrage law? This sculpture shares that history in the very spot where women cast their first votes in 1870. It pays homage to those first steps toward equality while reminding us of all that’s left to do to ensure that everyone has a say in our government.
Utah women’s history nonprofit Better Days presented this memorial as a gift to the State of Utah to commemorate the 19th Amendment centennial in August 2020, as well as the 150th anniversary of Utah women’s first votes and the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.

Be Washington: Play Online
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | George Washington’s Mount Vernon, United States
Be Washington is a first-person interactive leadership experience. Come face to face with challenges that George Washington confronted as commander in chief or president in four key scenarios.

Gateway to Pride Virtual Exhibit
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO, United States
LGBTQIA+ communities have been contributing to St. Louis’s history for centuries. Now the “Gateway to Pride” virtual exhibit begins to uncover the rarely-shared or often untold stories of St. Louis’s LGBTQIA+ communities.
Visitors to the “Gateway to Pride” virtual exhibit get a taste of St. Louis’s fascinating LGBTQIA+ history. The interactive digital experience showcases oral history interviews, artifacts with in-depth stories, and multiple opportunities for online visitors to share their own experiences.
This virtual exhibit is a milestone step in the Missouri Historical Society’s larger Gateway to Pride Initiative. It serves as a call to action for visitors to share their stories and contribute to our growing knowledge of this often hidden history.
The virtual exhibit is optimized for the following desktop browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. It is also optimized for Google Chrome and Apple Safari on mobile devices.

Simulation: Respond to a Public Health Crisis
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | iThrive Games, United States
iThrive Sim: Lives in Balance is a 35-minute role-playing simulation game that invites middle and high school students to act as government officials tasked with responding to a public health crisis over a 35-minute class period. In a civic learning experience powered by tech and online play, students explore federalism, state rights, interstate commerce, freedom of assembly, and other civil rights as they wrestle with the tension between reopening the economy and following health guidelines. With each group decision students make, they activate and nurture their social and emotional skills as they collaborate, evaluate sources, strategize, and compromise to make real-time decisions that affect how the game unfolds.

Call for Community Feedback in Quad Cities, Iowa
2023-05-03 19:17 (Pacific/Niue) | Putnam Museum and Science Center, 1717 W 12th St, Davenport, IA, 52804, United States
With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Regional Development Authority, the Putnam Museum is in the first stage of a multi-year process to update and reinvigorate our Regional History Exhibit. Along with community partners, our goal is to ensure that all Quad Citizens are represented, and that everyone understands the contributions, struggles, successes, and heritage of all the communities that make up this region.
WE NEED YOU!
Do you have a story to share? Family photos you’d like to have copied and archived? Ideas for historic events or topics that should be included in our update?
Email us at exhibits@putnam.org with your stories, feedback, ideas of milestones in QC history we should include, and any artifacts or digital content you may want to contribute.
Over time we will use community feedback while planning for a major renovation of our regional history exhibit. Thank you!

Learn to have Better Arguments
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | The Better Arguments Project, 2300 N Street, Washington, DC, 20037, United States
The Better Arguments Project is a national civic initiative created to help bridge divides – not by papering over those divides but by helping people have better arguments. Learn some of our methods in this guide and find out how you can apply them to your own life.

Democracy Limited: Chicago Women and the Vote
2023-05-03 19:17 UTC | Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL, United States
A century after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Chicago History Museum invites visitors to explore women’s activism in Chicago to secure the right to vote—and beyond.
In this online exhibit, discover the ways women organized to challenge the status quo and how these different paths led to a mass movement for suffrage. Find out what the vote did and did not accomplish, and for whom. Connect themes of the past with the present, which remind us that while injustice and inequality persist, so do activist women.

The Declaration of Independence Around the World
2023-05-03 19:17 (Pacific/Niue) | Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Monticello, VA, United States
The words of the Declaration of Independence have influenced human and civil rights movements across the world in the more than 200 years since they were penned by Thomas Jefferson. See how these words have inspired people from countries around the globe in their own work towards freedom and equality
