Transcripts For CSPAN3 National Preservation Act 50th Annive

And now please welcome chief davidvation officer brown. [applause] david brown thank you very much. Ofcome to the closing lunch this conference. Reflect on time to all that the Preservation Movement has achieved over the last 50 years. Is also given us a chance to look forward and see how the work we are doing today will able to be here and participate in these conversations. Beingk forward to you involved in these conversations we aremonths ahead pleased to be joined by representatives of the American Express foundation. They have been at close partner of the trust. Story in thet history of preservation is the leadership provided by tim and richard and American Express. Some of theave iconic places and the hidden gems in america. As well as our pioneering work to engage millions of americans in preservation through social media. In 2011 American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation established the aspire award. It recognizes an emerging leader in the preservation field it highlights the promise and potential of emerging leaders. As a true champion of historic we are ensuring that the stories live on for new generations. We are pleased to recognize emily evans director of the right size cities initiative. Emily helps nonprofits take advantage of older at Historic Places as they plan for the future. Emily worked for the michigan Historic Preservation network. She spearheaded an unprecedented smartphone survey of nearly 1800 Historic Properties in detroit neighborhoods. The results are helping to inform strategic demolition and reinvestment decisions. She is an active member of the preservation rightsizing network. Work she is doing represent the future of the Preservation Movement. We are delighted to honor her here today. [applause] mckleinman. Ome tim [applause] tim thank you. It is a real pleasure to be partnering with you and david. On many initiatives over the last 10 years. And webeen our pleasure love our partnership with you. It is now my pleasure to welcome emily to the stage to present her with the aspire award. On behalf of my colleagues and American Express, we applaud you for your work helping to reinvent legacy spaces. [applause] [applause] see so many to young people at this conference. You are the future of Historic Preservation. Andhanks to all of you congratulations to emily. To ensure that the movement continues, we need to cultivate the next generation of preservation champions. And be thee flag voice of places that history cannot afford to forget. We are going to hear from sally jewell. She is one of our greatest allies. As a caretaker of 20 of americas public lands. More than 400 units of the beloved National Parks. She and her team have implemented an ambitious agenda to expand access to the National Parks. Encouraging more young people to work and play and serve in parks. The secretary also has set a number ofcrease the volunteers to one million annually by 2017. Rolenizing the essential that volunteers play in parks stewardship. We thank you for your leadership. The find your Part Campaign to discover that a park can be, to share your experiences with each other and to support those treasured places. Celebration ofrk its centennial is coming up. The department of the interior was given money to build partner coalitions in 50 u. S. Cities. To increase Public Awareness of the need for volunteers in parks. As of today American Express has more than doubled its commitments to Historic Preservation in National Parks. Bringing the total to more than 13 million. [applause] this increased investment strategy. Additional programming to drive increased volunteering. Through partnerships with the student conservation association. We have rallied a Diverse Group of volunteers including students and military veterans who are committed to conserving and servicing our National Parks. We have made new investments to ensure that important Historic Sites in National Parks are preserved for future generations. I would like to share some of those plans with you today. More than 1 million in preservation grants that are being awarded to support the restoration and preservation of five National Treasure sites that are in or adjacent to National Parks. These sites are inch cliff ,tadium in paterson new jersey the Pullman Historic District in , the Painted Desert Community Complex in arizona, and the Martin Luther King National Historic Site in atlanta. Site will be announced at a later time. We are going to do another announcement of that site in december. So youll have to wait for that. The National Parks have been selected as the focus of our partners in preservation program. We created with the National Trust, it invites Community Members to vote for which Historic Sites should get funding in their communities. To ensure their continued vitality. Taking place during preservation month in 2016. The sites will compete for 2 million in funding. Winners will be selected by the popular vote. I will show you a video about the program. History is a living breathing thing. Taking on new meaning with each generation. Expressing itself through people. What if we stopped appreciating the past . Disappearede places and their stories went silent. Lets make sure this doesnt happen. We help people explore places and connect to history. And cast their vote for sites to win money for historic it preservation efforts. In 2016 partners in preservation will celebrate the centennial of the National Park service. 25 sites in our National Parks. Engaging the public as partners to preserve the past for current and future generations. Showcase 25 sites from sea to shining sea. They will compete for preservation funding provided by American Express. Promoted by national geographic. [applause] [applause] [applause] tim so watch for that program. The voting will take place in may 2016. Recognize will as well as Christie Gibbons and tammy abraham. [applause] we hope that you will join us in this campaign. If you havent already, go out and find your heart please welcome National Trust president stephanie meeks. [applause] stephanie thank you tim. Luncheono the closing of this conference. The diversity summit on wednesday to our field sessions. We have made more than 200 visits to capitol hill just this week. Thank you for carrying our message to your state delegations. I want to take a moment to recognize the team at the National Trust who is responsible for putting on the conference every year. [applause] directly to recognize and thank our supporters. The National Park service, the kellogg foundation. [applause] American Express has been a very for thispartner foundation over the years. They are the founding presenting partner of our National Treasures program. They have worked with us on other initiatives. It is my pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker. As head of the department of the runs the sally jewell largest Preservation Organization in the world. She oversees an agency of more than 70,000 employees which serves as a steward of more than 20 of the land in the United States. Parks, wildlife refuges and beyond. Historic preservation is very much part of their portfolio. Than 400 units of the National Park service, there are 27,000 Historic Buildings and 3500 historic statues and monuments. 2 million archaeological sites. Million museum documents and objects. Secretary jewell oversees all of these. She has been deeply committed to this important work. She helped develop a series of very forwardlooking recommendations for the National Park service that included assuring that all americans are able to recognize themselves and their stories in the National Park system. That has been a theme of our conference. She has translated that commitment into action. She and her predecessor ken salazar has helped president obama use the Antiquities Act to establish or expand 19 National Monuments across the country. [applause] these are places that tell the stories of all americans. They historic pullman neighborhood in chicago, fort monroe in virginia. National chavez monument and the Harriet Tubman National Monument. Several have been included in the Conservation Land system. She has championed the blm program that is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. This administration has protected more than 260 million acres of public lands and waters. More than any other president in our history. [applause] secretary jewell has been a strong proponent of initiatives diverse places. She requested an additional 33. 5 million for the Historic Preservation fund. To support a civil rights initiative. This includes 30 million for a competitive grant program. She has asked to continue for a dollarsar the 500,000 for listings for women, people and lgbt americans who are currently underrepresented on the National Register. She has also had a very strong and ournt to our tribes tribal lands. She has asked for increased funding for our tribal Historic Preservation offices. She is working to increase funding for Historical Survey work on public lands. To ensure that Energy Extraction is not unduly harmful. She knows the link between conservation and good jobs. These two things go handinhand. Approach the 50th anniversary of the national Historic Preservation act, we look forward to working with the secretary to ensure full funding for the Historic Preservation funding. [applause] just as the administration has fought for the land and Water Conservation fund. Secretary jewell served as president of rei, the Outdoor Equipment company. She is also an avid outdoors skiing,o enjoys kayaking and hiking. She has scaled Mount Rainier seven times. She climbed the highest mountain in antarctica. This is a woman that i have admired for many decades and it is my great honor to welcome her. [applause] [applause] secretary jewell thank you stephanie. It is a huge village in this country that does these things. You are all part of that effort. Thank you for making all these things happen. [applause] i was telling emily the administration has been very concerned about detroit. Every cabinet secretary got a call saying what can you contribute. Is it takes local understanding and local leadership to recognize what is at stake and to be a catalyst for change. [applause] i took a trip to texas. As the San Antonio Missions were inscribed as a unesco World Heritage site. It is pretty extraordinary that we have these incredibly intact San Antonio Missions from the alamo which is not managed by the National Park service and actually has been taken over by the state of texas and they are working to acquire some of the land around it like the ripleys believe it or not property so that it can be more appropriately in a context like the other missions are that are overseen by the National Park. Ervice that was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the history of our before english was a first language. At a time of the Indigenous People of that area were , alsoted to catholicism controversial topic. These are stories from our history. As i went into the San Antonio Missions i was greeted in the first room by a series of stories told by descendents of the Indigenous People of that area. It was a blending of the spanish culture and the Indigenous Culture of the region. Way that the park service is doing a great job of monitoring the complex history that is the story told in the san antonio mission. Is right up there with natural areas like the Great Barrier reef and manmade structures like the taj mahal. Thanks to those of you who preserved Historic Structures because places like the San Antonio Missions would not still be here for was in for people like you. Arishioners at those churches that was pretty exciting. In keeping the catholic theme going, you get to do some pretty cool stuff in this job. I was part of the parties agree an amazing he is individual that cares deeply about many of the values that we share. I have read his and cyclical on Climate Change and inequality and it speaks volumes to the kind of things we are doing in the department of the interior and the environment and the kind of things that we are working on in the administration. And there do matter is a lot of inequality. Where does the pope visit with the public . Of the three sites where i saw him, to a managed by the National Park service, the white house and Independence Hall. The other one was the capital. He went to a few churches. John jarvis and i had the privilege of greeting him and Independence Hall as he pulled up his pope mobile. He picked that building because it is the birthplace of our democracy. Birtheople would say the of true democracy without a monarchy. These are Historic Buildings. The white house is a historic building. I never forget the importance of that place. The pope chose those structures to convey his message, not his message about religion in his message about the world and what we need to do together to create a common environment for our home. Why think about the words Historic Preservation, they. Rent that catchy what you do is so much more than a stork preservation. Doing through Historic Preservation is you are telling the story of a community , you are defining who we are as a nation, talking about our struggles and journey. You are helping us understand who we are so we can pass that on. Gratitudeto express to all of you here in the room work this really important day in and day out. A shout out to my colleagues in the department of the interior. Job. Ve kind of a big half a million acres of public land and Historic Structures about 25,000 of them. Mickey many archaeological sites that we need to understand better. Working with native committees to protect longterm. Little of them many of them have little to no protection. 194 many, many Million Museum objects and archives. Theyre not always an structures they need to be and to make sure they are preserved longterm and that is something were working on with our friends in congress to support the kinds of hvac systems and appropriate storage. Toant to give a call out michael being, the Principal Deputy assistant secretary. That is euphemism for the assistant secretary of parks. He has not been confirmed because we have been trying to do that since on strickland left. Senate hasnt allowed us to have somebody into that job but michael is in the job and is doing a great job so thank you, michael. [applause] so, michael is the senior official dedicated to this effort on behalf of the department of the interior, supported by stephanie, the associate director of the National Park service. We can g