Montpelier president s day celebration. We have a tradition of hosting speakers for a special president s day weekend program. And this year, we thought it would be a nice change and important, and also fun to feature our own amazing staff, to feature their research and just the way things were thinking about currently at montpelier. So, it is my pleasure to introduce our first speaker, emily voss. Emily is the director of education at the robert h. Smith center for the constitution, which is where we are gathered today, in claude moore hall, the home of the robert h. Smith center for the constitution. Emily has been at montpelier for six years. And she is responsible for all of the programming of the center, which involves programs for teachers, programs for for police officers, programs for International Groups that are visiting the area. She has an undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and a masters degree in museum study from the very Prestigious Program in cooperstown, new
Feature our own amazing staff. To feature the research and just the way the things were thinking about things currently at montpelier. So its my pleasure to introduce our first speaker, emily voss. Emily is the director of education at the robert h. Smith center for the constitution, which is where we are gathered today, in the home of the robert h. Smith center for the constitution. Emily has been at montpelier for six years. And she is responsible for all of the programming of the center, which involves programs for teachers, programs for police officers, programs for International Groups visiting the area. She has an undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and a masters degree in Museum Studies from the very Prestigious Program in cooperstown, new york. And shes going to talk to us today about madison and the lead up to the constitution. Emily thank you. All right. I need two seconds to get my powerpoint up. Because you cant have anything without a powerpoint, right . Alright.
Due to a workrelated trip. The good news, you will see a sneak preview of his new documentary which will be aired on pbs later this year and is based on ten years of research, a curator with 30 years experience, doctor Gretchen Sorin has consulted for 250 institutions including the smithsonian, the Jewish Museum and the new York State Historical association. She is the director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of new york and the author of in the spirit of martin, the living the living legacy of Martin Luther king jr. And through the eyes of others, africanamericans and identity in american art. In her new book driving while black African American travel and the road to civil rights, just out today, Gretchen Sorin tells the story of the indispensable green book which reshaped the African American traveling experience throughout our segregated land and helped drive the nascent Civil Rights Movement. Please welcome Gretchen Sorin. [applause] it is wonderful to
All of the programming of the center which involves programs for teachers, police officers, programs for International Groups visiting the area. She is an undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and a masters in Museum Studies from the Prestigious Program in cooperstown, new york. Today going to talk to us about madison and the lead up to the constitution. I need to seconds to get my powerpoint up. As elizabeth alluded to you cannot have the director of education without talking about the constitution. I amwill follow today is going to do an overview. You could spend two hours on each of these topics easily but we are going to cover things in a broad sense. I do want to point out one of the things we have started to do at the centers offer classes called the constitution 101 series and we get to dig deeper into these topics for about 90 minutes each. If any of these are of interest to you after im done speaking i hope they will be i would encourage you to come back to any of those
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