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Memory and Mobilization

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Memory and Mobilization:
Bringing Lessons from KY Civil Rights Movement to a 21st Century Audience
April 21, 2012
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
Frankfort, KY
9am – 4pm EST

Through support of the Kentucky Oral History Commission and the University of Louisville College of Arts and Science, the Kentucky Historical Society will be hosting a workday to gauge the state of public engagement on the history of civil rights in the state and set goals for intentionally engaging audiences on this topic. The work day will be focused towards public historians, middle school/high school educators and academic historians.

The day will be facilitated by diversity consultant, Mari Mujica with a keynote address from historian Renee Romano, co-editor of The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory. The afternoon will break the 3 targeted audiences into work groups, where they will be lead into developing individual goals for increasing awareness of the history of civil rights in the state with an eye towards connecting our history with continuing issues of civil rights and social justice. Participants should walk away with a better contextual understanding of connecting civil rights in national and local memory and clear goals on reaching audiences through this topic.

Please see attached flyer (Download MemoryAndMobilization-21Apr2012 here) for more information.

Sarah Milligan, Administrator
Kentucky Oral History Commission
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet
100 W. Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601
Sarah.Milligan@ky.gov
http://history.ky.gov
502-564-1792 ext 4434
Fax: 502-564-4701

4/24 FPC: Celebrate Earth Day at McConnell Springs

WHAT:

The Franciscan Peace Center invites you to

Celebrate Earth Day at McConnell Springs

WHEN:

1:30 p.m. Tour McConnell Springs

2:15 p.m. Program in Nature Center

Sunday April 24

WHERE:

McConnell Springs

Old Frankfort Pike (inside New Circle; toward downtown)

Right on McConnell Springs (opposite Fire Training Center)

416 Redmann Lane

Lexington

Free & open to all.

DETAILS:

TOUR McConnell Springs

MEET members of 2 sustainable communities

LEARN how to get beyond Ecophobia

Curtis Pike Intentional Community

Three families in Richmond, Kentucky undertake a shared life of sustainable living. Members will share their community’s history and a sense of the physical and spiritual aspects of their life together.

Michaela Farm

A 300 acre family farm of the Sisters of St. Francis since 1854, Michaela Farm is a farm renewal effort of the Oldenburg, Indiana Franciscans. It serves as a center for natural farming practices, environmental education and spiritual renewal.

Ways to Get Beyond Ecophobia

Ecophobia is a fear of ecological problems and the natural world. The crux of the issue is the developmental appropriateness of environmental curricula. Sr. Ann Quinn will lead us in a discussion and hands-on activities that teach ways to get beyond ecophobia.

Presenters

• Margie Stelzer, et al, Curtis Pike Intentional Community, Richmond, Kentucky

• Sr. Ann Quinn, OSF, Michaela Farm, Oldenburg, Indiana

"If we want children to flourish, we need to give them time to connect with nature and love the Earth before we ask them to save it."

—David Sobel, educator, Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education

McConnell Springs is the ‘heart’ of Lexington. In June 1775, William McConnell and his fellow frontier explorers camped at a natural spring in the wilderness of the Virginia territory known as Kentucky; word came from nearby Fort Boonesboro that the first battle of the American Revolution had been fought in Lexington, Massachusetts. In honor of the battle, the group named their future settlement ‘Lexington’. Out of The Springs, our city was born. It is very fitting to hold an Earth Day Celebration in the heart of the city.”  Click here for more information about McConnell Springs.

Directions:

McConnell Springs is located off Old Frankfort Pike inside New Circle Road near downtown Lexington. From either direction on New Circle Road, take Old Frankfort Pike toward Lexington. Turn right on McConnell Springs Drive (directly across from the Fire Training Center). Turn left at the dead-end onto Cahill Drive, turn right on Redmann Drive and enter The Springs parking lot.

SPONSOR:

Franciscan Peace Center, Inc.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

(859) 230-1986

FranciscanVision@aol.com

 

3/13 SCN: Grow Lexington!...Community Garden Workshop

WHAT:

Sustainable Communities Network

Grow Lexington!...Community Garden Workshop

How to plant . . how to grow … how to harvest … how to glean … how to compost

WHEN:

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Saturday March 13

WHERE:

Community Action Council

1169 Winburn Drive

Lexington

Cost: $15.00, includes lunch and a copy of the Lexington Community Garden Manual. 

Pre-registration requested.  Click here to pre-register.

DETAILS:

During World Wars I & II, people planted vegetable gardens to help the war effort - Victory Gardens. It was a community effort, with people working in their own backyards or joining together in communal gardens.

Who should attend:

• People are thinking about gardens because they're concerned about the origin of their food

• Folks who understand gardens are a tangible way to combat hunger in their own backyard

• Individuals who desire to work in a communal effort and share the fruits of their labors

• People rent want to manage their own plots within a garden

• Faith community members who want to begin 'Gardens of Eatin’

• Agencies who want to offer the therapeutic experience of gardens to clients

• Or citizens who simply want to get their hands dirty and caress the beautiful, voluptuous Mother Earth.

• People who have been wondering about participating in a community project but know where to start.

Topics to be covered:

• Update on the community garden movement

• Practical know-how for planning and organizing community and backyard gardens

• Basics such as using seeds or transplants and deciding on heirlooms or hybrids

• Soil types & fertility, testing and local sources, composting

• Trials and tribulations of individuals who have tried to start community gardens.

• Local sources for funding, volunteer support and other garden needs

• LFUCG support, policies, funding, and other resources

• Rain barrels and rain gardens

SPONSORS:

Sustainable Communities Network

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jim Embry

(859) 312-7024

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