I see some familiar faces that welcome everyone to the dar museum at dar National Headquarters in washington, d. C. I the assistant curator of education for the museum. Today we hear from katie cannon, our curator of education as part of her lecture series presented the second tuesday of every month. This series highlights topics related to the dar collections, ranging from Decorative Arts to American Social history, the best practices and object preservation. We hope you can join us in the future for another one of our lectures. For a full list of our upcoming lectures and programs, please visit our website. Facebook. W us on we offer summer camps, exhibition tours, evening events and more. Our current exhibit is an agreeable tyrant, fashion after the revolution. It will be here through april 25, 2017. We do encourage you to check that out. Without further into, i would like to introduce katie cannon, your historical beauty consultant. The good, but that in the beautiful cosmetics of
Virginia. Explore anere to aspect of the civil war that is very much in the news. It has been in the news for several years. Some of you have found these rancorous debates about civil justonuments traveling and wish the debates will go away. But you know it wont just go away. The constructive thing to do is to accept the debates is evidence that the subject of our institution, the American Civil War museum, is relevant today. Many of you are regulars to the events, history buffs to look learn you love to study history. I would like to extend a welcome to those of you who are new, the preservationists, in the audience. Museum of the the American Civil War center, we have always audit was our response thought it was our responsibility to engage constructively with issues arising from the civil war, whether that subject be monuments, the confederate battle flag or the discussion of slavery as the cause of the war. Today is to promote a constructive and civil consideration of civil war mon
Editorinchief of essence magazine for africanamerican women. The editor that are overseas the content addition of the magazine as well as essence. Com. Her influence extends beyond the various rain extensions, including event such as essence fest, black women hollywood luncheon of black women in music. Before we start the conversation, well have shown they come out and read a passage from masons memoir. Charlene is a Community Organizer and writer. She currently serves as National Director of the black Youth Project 100, also goes by the way p100. An activist member of that organization of black 18 to 35 with dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all black people. Over 10 years of experience and racial justice, feminists and Youth Leadership Development Movement work. Please welcome show lane. [applause] thank you. First i would like to thank c. Nicole mason for the moment to share with her. As you all should know, many of her achievements. Tonight i had the opportunity to read
Editorinchief of essence magazine for africanamerican women. The editor that are overseas the content addition of the magazine as well as essence. Com. Her influence extends beyond the various rain extensions, including event such as essence fest, black women hollywood luncheon of black women in music. Before we start the conversation, well have shown they come out and read a passage from masons memoir. Charlene is a Community Organizer and writer. She currently serves as National Director of the black Youth Project 100, also goes by the way p100. An activist member of that organization of black 18 to 35 with dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all black people. Over 10 years of experience and racial justice, feminists and Youth Leadership Development Movement work. Please welcome show lane. [applause] thank you. First i would like to thank c. Nicole mason for the moment to share with her. As you all should know, many of her achievements. Tonight i had the opportunity to read