The the sponsors of this discussion. And to all of the smithsonian and park Service Staff here today, welcome and thank you. To our friends and allies in the preservation work we thank you for coming in for joining us. You to those thank from outside traditional areas of our field, scholars and advocates for community advancement. Especially to our panelists, special guests who i will introduce at greater length later on in the program. Your inputppreciate and want to thank you for helping us expand the scope of historic reservation so that it reflects the two root true diversity of our nation and work to save more overlooked places. Let me tell you why this is important. We will set the stage for the next 50 years of our work. We believe that telling the full american story and becoming a more Inclusive Movement is crucial to our understanding of who we are, and to where we are going. Recognize thets importance of these issues and doing great work to healed stories from our past. Said
Even though we are going to look at addiction and america, i have mentioned one of the things we will focus on is not america but on england and a man name tomas incy. Incy dequ who can tell us who was Thomas Dequincy . He was an upper class gentlemen, he came to use opium and laudanum for the relief of a and developed804 into a recreational enhancement use. He enjoyed the opera, the dream states it brought on. Abuseeloped into chronic at its height, 12,000 drops a day, which is a Staggering Amount to think about. Prof. Gray right. We have him beginning this for medical use and it continues from there. If you can tell me from the excerpt, what did you think of him . Did you get any impression of what he was like . He represented the the taurean ideal. Arrogant, condescending. There is this snobbery, this strong pride he had in his intellect. Pretty well educated. Prof. Gray his knowledge of greek, for example. Any other comments . I would go off that. He was well respected by his peopl
Lectures and history are also available as podcasts. Download them from itunes. Coming up next, leaders of the naacp, human rights campaign, hispanic rights foundation. They highlight a number of Historic Sites as examples of efforts to tell a more complete american story. It is hosted by the National Trust for historic preservation. It is an hour and 15 minutes. I am marita rivero. I thank you for coming to the diversity summit. It will be the kickoff of the diversity and inclusion conference. We are being take by cspan and we are live streamed. I would also like to recognize the sponsors of this discussion. And to all of the smithsonian and park Service Staff here today, welcome and thank you. To our friends and allies in the preservation work we thank you for coming in for joining us. And a special thank you to those from outside traditional areas of our field, scholars and advocates for community advancement. Especially to our panelists, special guests who i will introduce at great
Chair of the board of trustees of the National Trust historic reservation. I thank you for coming to the diversity summit. It will be the kickoff of the diversity and inclusion programming that you will see throughout our conference. We are being taped by cspan and we are live streamed. I would also like to recognize the sponsors of this discussion. The National Park service, the Smithsonian Institution and to , all of the smithsonian and park Service Staff here today, welcome and thank you. To our friends and allies in the preservation work, we thank you for coming in for joining us. And a special thank you to those from outside traditional areas of our field, scholars and advocates for community advancement. Especially to our panelists, special guests who i will introduce at greater length later on in the program. We deeply appreciate your input and want to thank you for helping us expand the scope of historic reservation so that it reflects the two root true diversity of our nation