Im delighted to move us to our second panel the Conservation Movement in state and National Parks and we are lucky to have lauren meyer or historian and Landscape Architectsts serving s moderator to kick off this event. Lauren has a longstanding relationship with the olmstead having edited the list of Design Projects which were just mentioned as well as part of the near 12 volume thousands and thousands of pages. He is currently the cochair of the nonprofit partner of National Historic sites and with that welcome lauren. Thank you enough i can figure out the technology here i will pull up the next i might need someone. [inaudible conversations] there it is. Right in the middle. Welcome everyone to session to. Im going to kick off this panel covering sort of a flyover of the role of the olmstead and the National Park service. Followed by scholar and historian Hope Christian who looked into the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, jr. And ending with sam hodder who will talk about the importan
Dozens of authors, leaders, scholars and interviewees were part of a recent Brigham Young University study on the Black experience in a predominantly white church. Published last month, the research analyzed public accounts of Black members and found they experienced both positive spiritual joy, but also “racism and isolation.”
BYU’s Office of Belonging has sponsored activities, events and tributes to celebrate Black History Month and help students understand that all are children of God.
In honor of Black History Month, the Church News has compiled a list of stories honoring Black members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.