Tag - History

“Water is Life”—Dreamstarter Autumn Harry’s “Journey of a Water Protector” Event Grounds Organizers in Honoring the Land and its History

2023 Environmental Justice Dreamstarter Autumn Harry (Numu, Diné) and her mother Beverly Harry (Diné) recently hosted the third “Journey of a Water Protector” gathering in their Kooyooe Pa’a Panunadu (Pyramid Lake) community, during May 30 – June 1, 2024. Autumn’s Dreamstarter project, “The Great Basin Nation Building Initiative,” strengthens and supports ongoing...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Etched into Collier Trophy, Aerospace History

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has been immortalized at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington as the latest awardee of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. Bestowed annually by the National Aeronautic Association, the trophy recognizes groundbreaking aerospace achievements. OSIRIS-REx, formally the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource...

Brief History of American Elections and How Citizen Engagement Can Save our Republic – Conservative Partnership Institute

Brief History of American Elections and How Citizen Engagement Can Save our Republic – Conservative Partnership Institute

Have you ever wondered why we talk about candidates being on a “ticket”? What is the history of the secret ballot? Have elections always been run by government? Why should we care about private funding or management of elections? What is the Election Integrity Network? What difference did EIN make in 2032? What difference can it make in 2023? Cleta tackles these and...

Puffin Women’s History Month Online Gallery

April 7, 2014 A selections of photos from our March gallery exhibit are available to view online at the Puffin Cultural Forum website here. “Photographs taken by Bev Grant, one of the original activists who participated in the September 6, 1968 Miss America Protests, a watershed moment that pushed the Women’s Liberation Movement into America’s national consciousness...

The Most Ambitious Climate Plan in History

The Most Ambitious Climate Plan in History

At the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, the United States committed to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by 26% to 28% below 2005 levels by 2025. Even though the Trump administration has announced its intention to withdraw from the Paris agreement, it remains the benchmark by which any U.S. climate plan is judged. […] It’s clear that the Baker-Shultz Carbon...

Garage Theater Group “Lost in History”

April 28, 2015 May 1-3 SEE LOST IN HISTORY WHERE: The Becton Theatre, 960 River Road on the FDU campus in Teaneck, NJ WHEN: Now through Sunday, May 3FRIDAY, MAY 1 AT 8:00PMTIFF Night! Subscribers and supporters of the Teaneck International Film Festival pay half priceSATURDAY, MAY 2 AT 8:00PMSUNDAY, MAY 3 AT 3:00PM Final Performance!Students with ID pay $15 all shows...