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SUMMARY:Visions of America: A Journey to the Freedom Tower - Stories of Cuban Migration to Miami
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \n\nEste programa está disponible con subtítulos en español con opcion de titulos cerrados en el canal YouTube de libros PBS. \nDescription:\nThe Freedom Tower (or Torre de la Libertad) in Miami has graced the city’s skyline for nearly a century\, but it wasn’t until it played a crucial role in hosting Cuban refugees who fled their home country in the wake of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 that it became an important national landmark. Join host and Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper as he explores the interior of the Freedom Tower with Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega.     \nHistorian and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ada Ferrer\, author of Cuba: An American History\, shares about the Cuban-immigrant experience in the United States. Then\, Crosby ventures to Little Havana to enjoy the sounds of its rich and vibrant culture and have a discussion\, along with Cuban cuisine at Miami’s famous Versailles\, with community members  Alberto Ibargüen\, Aida Levitan\, Sam Verdeja and A.J. D’Amico. They have a lively conversation about Miami’s growth and change. \nVisiones de América: Un viaje a la Torre de la Libertad – Historias de migración cubana a Miami \nDescripción en español: \nLa Torre de la Libertad en Miami ha adornado el horizonte de la ciudad durante casi un siglo\, pero no fue hasta que desempeñó un papel crucial en la acogida de refugiados cubanos huyendo de su país de origen a raíz de la Revolución Cubana en 1959 que se convirtió en un importante hito nacional. Únase al anfitrión y director del Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas\, Crosby Kemper\, mientras explora el interior de la Torre de la Libertad con la presidenta de Miami Dade College\, Madeline Pumariega.   \nLa historiadora y escritora ganadora del Premio Pulitzer Ada Ferrer\, autora de Cuba: An American History\, comparte sobre la experiencia de los inmigrantes cubanos en los Estados Unidos. Luego\, Crosby se aventura a la Pequeña Habana para disfrutar de los sonidos de su rica y vibrante cultura y tener una discusión\, junto con la cocina cubana en el famoso Versalles de Miami\, con los miembros de la comunidad Alberto Ibargüen\, Aida Levitan\, Sam Verdeja y A.J. D’Amico. Tienen una conversación animada sobre el crecimiento y el cambio de Miami.  \n\nAbout Visions of America\nVisions of America – All Stories\, All People\, All Places\, hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper\, explores our great nation and uses its diverse collection of museums\, libraries and historians both familiar and new to tell some of the lesser-known stories that have flown under the radar in our shared legacy of American Independents. Over the course of 3 half-hour episodes in its first season\, the program journeys to different historical sites throughout the nation for conversations that will tell the engaging but sometimes hidden stories that resonate with where we are at as a nation today. and maybe give some insight and inspiration on how we got here. But history doesn’t just exist in a museum. Each episode will also venture out into the cities these institutions call home to delve further into what makes each of these communities so important to our national identity\, all with the help of local historians who know the stories of their community better than anyone. \n\nGuest Biographies:\nPresident Madeline Pumariega\, Miami Dade College  \nMadeline Pumariega is the first female president appointed to lead one of the nation’s largest educational institutions\, Miami Dade College (MDC). Adding to the historic nature of this appointment is the fact that Pumariega is an alumna of MDC.   \nRead More\nA Trailblazer In Academia  \nPumariega’s love for academics and service excellence began as a student at MDC and continued during her 20 years of service at the College in positions of ascending responsibility\, culminating in her role as Wolfson Campus president. Prior to becoming MDC’s president\, Pumariega was appointed the first female and Hispanic chancellor of the Florida College System (FCS). In that role\, she designed and implemented strategies to keep college accessible and affordable for Floridians\, especially for those entering high-demand job fields. During her tenure\, several of the FCS’s 28 colleges –– which serve 800\,000 students –– rose in the rankings of U.S. News & World Report as well as by other national measures. Florida was also named No. 1 in higher education by U.S. News.  \nIn 2019\, Pumariega became the executive vice president and provost of Tallahassee Community College\, where her innovative approaches advanced the College’s three core divisions: academic affairs\, student affairs and workforce development. Pumariega helped lead the school during the unprecedented response to the COVID-19 pandemic and pivoted the college’s infrastructure to support virtual classroom instruction and student-teacher interaction. She also serves as affiliate professor of leadership at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture\, Education\, and Human Development.  \nA Champion for Youth   \nServing the community outside of higher education\, she was also previously the President and CEO of Take Stock in Children\, a statewide nonprofit focused on breaking the cycle of poverty by helping students complete their high school education and advance into post-secondary education and careers. It was here that Pumariega pursued her passion for ensuring that students have a pathway toward upward economic mobility through educational opportunities.   \nA Catalyst For Transformation  \nIn her new role as MDC president\, Pumariega has championed a new strategic plan for the College developed with input from more than 1\,000 stakeholders. The plan focuses on five key priorities: reimagining for student success; accelerating academic excellence and innovation; valuing a culture of care to advance student outcomes; fueling the talent needs of a global economy; and securing the future of the College.  \nShe has now engaged hundreds of leaders and volunteers around these five key priorities\, and this transformational work is well on its way at MDC.   \nPumariega has also prioritized working with business partners to identify the skills needed by key industries and tailoring higher education programs to match those needs. This intentional forming of strategic alliances and job pathways between companies and MDC students accelerates each graduate’s ability to enter the workforce immediately.    \nDriving her relentless pursuit is the passion to develop leaders and build thriving communities. Pumariega clearly recognizes higher education’s role in transforming lives and communities\, and is designing her presidency at MDC to position the College to deliver on its mission in a post-pandemic\, technology-enabled world. \nAda Ferrer\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cuba and professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University  \nAda Ferrer\, who is originally from Havana and grew up in a Cuban community in New Jersey\, is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuba: An American History. The book chronicles more than five hundred years of Cuban history and its relations with the United States. \nShe is also the author of Insurgent Cuba: Race\, Nation\, and Revolution\, 1868-1898\, which won the Berkshire Book Prize for the best first book by a woman in any field of history\, and Freedom's Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution\, which won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center at Yale University as well as the Frederick Katz\, Wesley Logan\, and James A. Rawley prizes from the American Historical Association.  \nRead More\nFerrer has been traveling to and conducting research in Cuba since 1990\, occasionally accompanied by her husband and daughters. She was on the island when Barack Obama visited in 2016 and traveled back with her parents that same year. Her essay “My Brother’s Keeper\,” published by The New Yorker\, tells the story of her and her family’s relationship with the Cuban Revolution. In her lectures and keynote talks\, Ferrer discusses Cuba’s past and its complex ties with the United States\, giving audiences unexpected insights into the history of both countries and helping them to imagine a new relationship with Cuba.  \nFerrer graduated from Vassar College with an AB degree in English. She holds a Master’s in History from University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in History from the University of Michigan. She has taught at New York University since 1995\, where she is currently the Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She was a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow and has received support for her research from organizations including the Dorothy and Lewis Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Fulbright Commission\, and more. She is also the co-curator of “Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom\,” an exhibit on carpenter and artist José Antonio Aponte\, that has been housed at NYU\, Duke University and Havana’s Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales.  \nIn addition to her books\, Ferrer is a frequent public speaker\, appearing at colleges and universities\, libraries\, historical societies\, and more.  She has written for The New Yorker and The Washington Post\, among others\, and appeared on CNN and NPR. She lives in New York City with her family. \nFull Length Conversation with Ada Ferrer\nCrosby Kemper's full conversation with Ada Ferrer\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cuba and professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University.  \nAlberto Ibargüen\, President and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.  \nHe is the former publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. During his tenure\, the Miami Herald won three Pulitzer Prizes and El Nuevo Herald won Spain’s Ortega y Gasset Prize for excellence in journalism.  \nRead More\nHe graduated from Wesleyan University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Between college and law school\, he served in the Peace Corps in Venezuela’s Amazon Territory and was the Peace Corps Programming and Training Officer in Colombia\, based in Bogotá. After law school\, he practiced law in Hartford\, Connecticut\, until he joined the Hartford Courant\, then Newsday in New York\, before moving to Miami.  \nIbargüen is a member of the boards of the Paley Center for Media and the National Museum of the American Latino\, and formerly the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts\, Wesleyan University\, Smith College\, the Council on Foreign Relations\, the Committee to Protect Journalists\, and ProPublica\, as well as the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board and the Citizen Advisory Committee of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.  \nIbargüen served on the boards of American Airlines\, PepsiCo\, AOL and Norwegian Cruise Lines. He is a former board chair of PBS\, the Newseum and the World Wide Web Foundation\, founded by web inventor Sir Tim Berners­-Lee to promote a free and universal web.   \nIbargüen is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Council on Foreign Relations. For his work to protect journalists in Latin America\, Ibargüen received a Maria Moors Cabot citation from Columbia University. He has been awarded honorary degrees by several universities\, including Wesleyan University\, The George Washington University and the University of Miami.  \nAida Levitan\, Ph.D.  \nAida Levitan\, Ph.D. is a member of the Board and immediate past Chair of USCB Financial Holdings (2017-2021). During her tenure as Chairman\, Dr. Levitan was the only Cuban-American female to chair a commercial community bank board in the U.S. Because of this achievement\, Forbes Magazine named her to the 50Over50 list (Money category) in 2022.   \nRead More\nA nationally recognized Hispanic advertising and public relations pioneer\, she founded the strategic marketing firm The Levitan Group\, Inc. in 2006. From 2004 to 2005\, she served as Vice Chairperson/President of Bromley Communications\, which she helped transform into the number one U.S. Hispanic advertising agency (as per Advertising Age\, 2004). In 1986 she co-founded Sanchez & Levitan and sold the agency to Publicis Groupe by 2003. Under her leadership as Co-Chairman/CEO\, Publicis Sanchez & Levitan became one of the top ten U.S. Hispanic advertising agencies (Advertising Age). In 2004 she served as President of the national Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies.    \nDr. Levitan served as trustee and is currently a Trustee Emerita of the Perez Art Museum Miami. In 2019 she was Chair of FACE (Facts About Cuban Exiles) and of the University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection Amigos Board. In 1995 she founded ArtesMiami\, Inc.\, a nonprofit organization\, and still serves as its President and principal donor. She was elected to the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations in 2015. President Obama and the U.S. Congress named her to the National Museum of the American Latino Commission in 2010 and\, in 2012\, she was elected Vice Chair of the Smithsonian Latino Center National Board. Dr. Levitan has served on the corporate board of The Art Institutes and\, as chairman\, on the Aetna Latino Advisory Council.   \nA Cuban-American who came to Miami in 1961 as an unaccompanied child (as part of Operación Pedro Pan)\, Aida Levitan obtained her Ph.D. with a specialty in Spanish Literature\, from Emory University and a B.A. from the University of Miami. She is an avid art collector of Latin-American and U.S. Hispanic art and a writer of travel articles. Her son\, Alex Fumero\, is a film producer in Los Angeles. She is married to architect Fernando Petit.  \nAlessandro "A.J." D'Amico  \nAlessandro "A.J." D'Amico currently serves the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as its Director of Media & Democracy. In that role\, A.J. writes and manages grants aimed at translating cutting-edge research on the role of media and technology on our democracy into actionable policy options and encourages the furtherance of the Knight Foundation's mission to build more informed and engaged communities.  \nRead More\nHe brings extensive government and legal experience collaborating with government officials\, community organizations\, and interest groups in the policymaking\, advocacy\, and litigation processes.  \nBefore joining the Knight Foundation\, A.J. was an associate at two pre-eminent Miami law firms\, where he represented clients foreign and domestic in a diverse array of litigation matters\, spanning from complex commercial disputes and class actions to constitutional civil rights cases. A.J. also served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Paul C. Huck in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to his legal career\, A.J. served as a legislative assistant in the Florida Senate and an intern in the United States House of Representatives for two Cuban American elected officials representing Miami-Dade County.  \nA.J. earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Economics from Florida State University as well as a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law\, where he graduated with honors and served as the Editor in Chief of the Florida Law Review. The son of a Cuban exile\, A.J. was raised in Miami Lakes and Hialeah\, Florida. He currently resides in Little Havana.  \nDean Magda Castineyra\, Miami Dade College  \nMagda is the Director of the Honors College Dual Language Program at Miami Dade College Eduardo J. Padron Campus with 20+ years of experience in assisting young adults\, families and adult students’ access higher education; starting with her undergraduate work study job within an Undergraduate Admission Office.  \nRead More\nOut of graduate school she directed a city wide dropout prevention program\, in Worcester Massachusetts\, for public school students from 8th to 12th grade. At the conclusion of the program\, eligible graduates received a 4 year college scholarship from one of various Worcester Consortium of Higher Education institutions. The experience was life changing for everyone involved and solidified Magda’s commitment to higher education.  \nAs an admission professional she has traveled domestically and internationally\, introducing eligible students to the options within our higher education system. She has opened new territories\, served as a liaison with public school systems\, managed scholarship programs for high achieving students\, served as a student organization advisor\, and coordinated the Orientation and advising of FTIC students; including programing for parents.   \nAs a seasoned community college administrator\, she has coordinated the intake process\, testing\, workforce programs\, campus events\, and ongoing staff development. Magda is familiar with the registration crunch at the beginning of each term and works hard to provide a calm\, comfortable environment for students and a supportive environment for staff.  \nMagda is originally from Cuba\, Miami has been her home for many years – she is a big fan of the South Florida area. She completed her BA in English at St Thomas University in Miami\, FL\, her EdM. in administration\, planning and social policy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education in Cambridge\, MA\, and is currently a PhD candidate in Higher Education Leadership at Barry University in Miami Shores\, FL.  \nMagda is a strong believer in professional development for her staff and herself. Consequently\, during the past few years she has been active in and presented at conferences/meetings for the National Association of College Admissions (NACA)\, the Southern Association of College Admissions (SACA)\, and the National Association of Catholic College Admissions (NACCA) and the National Collegiate Honors College Council (NCHC). . She is also an active supporter of the arts and works toward having their presence visible on campus and available to students and student groups.  \nFull Length Conversation at Versailles\nCrosby Kemper's full conversation\, along with Cuban cuisine at Miami's famous Versailles\, with community members; Alberto Ibargüen\, Aida Levitan\, Alessandro "A.J." D'Amico & Sam Verdeja. 
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SUMMARY:Exploring Bipartisanship with Judy Woodruff and Western Governors
DESCRIPTION:Description:\nPBS Books presents a conversation live from the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting. Eight current and former governors will join in discussion with former PBS Newshour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff. The WGA is celebrating 40 years of bipartisan cooperation around issues important to the American West. \nGovernors from nineteen states and three U.S. territories west of the Mississippi make up the membership of the Western Governors’ Association. For 40 years\, the WGA has been convening its members to find solutions to pressing issues facing the western United States. From decarbonizing the west to protecting threatened species to imaging a new rural future\, the range of issues addressed by the WGA is immense. \nEight current and former governors will take the stage with Judy Woodruff\, former anchor and managing editor of the PBS Newshour. They are expected to discuss the WGA’s long history of bipartisan collaboration and solution-seeking\, as well as areas where agreement remains elusive. \nPBS Books will provide a live feed from this historic event\, focusing on the unique challenges facing Western governors\, such as water\, land use\, and native rights directly impact neighboring states\, and the roaming wildlife on public lands know no boundaries at all. Many Native American sovereign nations prominent in American culture also make their home in the west. In recent years\, nearly all western states have experienced unprecedented growth\, challenging traditions and creating new issues for every state. \nCurrent WGA Chair Mark Gordon\, the Republican Governor of Wyoming will lead the meeting\, wrapping up a full year of investigating how western states can reduce their carbon footprint. At the end of the meeting\, he will turn over the gavel to New Mexico’s Democratic Governor\, Michelle Lujan Grisham\, who will announce her chair policy initiative for the coming year. \nPBS Books is presenting this conversation as part of a series of public affairs programming exploring the state of civic discourse in the United States and highlighting places where bipartisan conversations take center stage. \nThis presentation is made possible with the financial support of Western Governors University and a partnership with the Bipartisan Leadership Project of Washington D.C. \nAbout Western Governors Leadership Institute  \nThe Western Governors’ Leadership Institute is a program of the Western Governors’ Foundation\, the philanthropic arm of the Western Governors’ Association.  The program is designed to recognize\, promote and reward the effective exercise of leadership by young people in the west. \nEvery year the foundation selects young adults to represent their states\, territories\, and tribes as institute delegates.  Delegates attend the annual meeting of the Western Governors’ Association\, as well as a one-day leadership development forum featuring state governors\, former governors\, and other national thought leaders. The foundation covers all expenses associated with delegate participation. \nAbout Western Governors University \nFounded by 19 U.S. governors in 1997\, Western Governors University is a non-profit\, accredited online university offering more than sixty bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the high-demand fields of business\, IT\, teacher education\, and healthcare. WGU is recognized for its competency-based approach\, which allows students to study at their own pace\, making it possible for many to accelerate their studies and finish faster. Learn more at wgu.edu. \nThe Bipartisan Leadership Project: \nThe mission of the Bipartisan Leadership Project (BLP) is to initiate and guide organizations in providing leadership development that equips leaders with skills necessary to lead in the polarized environment. Leaders of the BLP have initiated political leadership programs at Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research and at George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. These programs bring together politically\, ethnically\, and geographically diverse people to learn together. The program uniquely focuses on the development of conflict resolution and leadership skills for this political environment. Participants build trust\, tolerance\, and the ability to listen to each other in finding workable solutions to the serious problems we face. With the involvement of scholars\, leaders\, practitioners\, and the robust interaction of participants\, these programs are producing amazing results. The BLP also helped develop a leadership program for high school students at John Lewis High School to increase the pipeline for the next generation of leaders. \nInterested in Learning More?\nWGA 40th Anniversary Website: https://westgov.org/40th-anniversary \n·      WGA Governors: https://westgov.org/40th-anniversary \n·      WGA Issues: https://westgov.org/key-issues \nBooks:\n·      Rick Perry: A Political Life by Brandon Rottinghaus (https://a.co/d/2wxHpCW) \n·      Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner (https://a.co/d/19owz2B) \n·      Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches\, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne \nLearning to Disagree\nAre you discouraged by our divided\, angry culture\, where even listening to a different perspective sometimes feels impossible? If so\, you’re not alone\, and it doesn’t have to be this way. Learning to Disagree reveals the surprising path to learning how to disagree in ways that build new bridges with our neighbors\, coworkers\, and loved ones–and help us find better ways to live joyfully in a complex society. \nIn a tense cultural climate\, is it possible to disagree productively and respectfully without compromising our convictions? Spanning a range of challenging issues–including critical race theory\, sexual assault\, campus protests\, and clashes over religious freedom–highly regarded thought leader and law professor John Inazu helps us engage honestly and empathetically with people whose viewpoints we find strange\, wrong\, or even dangerous. \nAs a constitutional scholar\, legal expert\, and former litigator\, John has spent his career learning how to disagree well with other people. In Learning to Disagree\, John shares memorable stories and draws on the practices that legal training imparts–seeing the complexity in every issue and inhabiting the mindset of an opposing point of view–to help us handle daily encounters and lifelong relationships with those who see life very differently than we do. \nThis groundbreaking\, poignant\, and highly practical book equips us to: \nUnderstand what holds us back from healthy disagreement \nLearn specific\, start-today strategies for dialoguing clearly and authentically \nMove from stuck\, broken disagreements to mature\, healthy disagreements \nCultivate empathy as a core skill for our personal lives and our whole society \nIf you are feeling exhausted from the tattered state of dialogue in your social media feed\, around the country\, and in daily conversations\, you’re not alone. Discover a more connected life while still maintaining the strength of your convictions through this unique\, often-humorous\, thought-provoking\, and ultimately life-changing exploration of the best way to disagree. \nHow to Know a Person\nAs David Brooks observes\, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person\, family\, school\, community organization\, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person\, to let them feel valued\, heard\, and understood.” \nAnd yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible\, unseen\, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person\, Brooks sets out to help us do better\, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person\, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to? \nDriven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a person\, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater\, philosophy\, history\, and education to present a welcoming\, hopeful\, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others\, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation\, hostility\, and misperception. \nThe act of seeing another person\, Brooks argues\, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them\, and in turn\, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection\, and yearning to be understood. \nHigh Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out\nWhen we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics\, at work\, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over. \nThat’s what “high conflict” does. It’s the invisible hand of our time. And it’s different from the useful friction of healthy conflict. That’s good conflict\, and it’s a necessary force that pushes us to be better people. \nHigh conflict\, by contrast\, is what happens when discord distills into a good-versus-evil kind of feud\, the kind with an us and a them. In this state\, the normal rules of engagement no longer apply. The brain behaves differently. We feel increasingly certain of our own superiority and\, at the same time\, more and more mystified by the other side. \nNew York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley investigates how good people get captured by high conflict—and how they break free. \nOur journey begins in California\, where a world-renowned conflict expert struggles to extract himself from a political feud. Then we meet a Chicago gang leader who dedicates his life to a vendetta—only to find himself working beside the man who killed his childhood idol. Next\, we travel to Colombia\, to find out whether thousands of people can be nudged out of high conflict at scale. \nFinally\, we return to America to see what happens when a group of liberal Manhattan Jews and conservative Michigan corrections officers choose to stay in each other’s homes in order to understand one another better. \nAll these people\, in dramatically different situations\, were drawn into high conflict by similar forces\, including conflict entrepreneurs\, humiliation\, and false binaries. But ultimately\, all of them found ways to transform high conflict into something good\, something that made them better people. They rehumanized and recatego­rized their opponents\, and they revived curiosity and wonder\, even as they continued to fight for what they knew was right. \nPeople do escape high conflict. Individuals—even entire communities—can short-circuit the feedback loops of outrage and blame\, if they want to. This is a mind-opening new way to think about conflict that will transform how we move through the world. \nHost Biography:\nJudy Woodruff\, Senior Correspondent\, Former Anchor & Managing Editor\, PBS NewsHour\nJudy Woodruff is a senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour. She has covered politics and other news for five decades at NBC\, CNN and PBS. \nAt PBS from 1983 to 1993\, she was the chief Washington correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. From 1984 – 1990\, she also anchored PBS’ award-winning documentary series\, “Frontline with Judy Woodruff.” Moving to CNN in 1993\, she served as anchor and senior correspondent for 12 years; among other duties\, she anchored the weekday program “Inside Politics.” She returned to the NewsHour in 2007\, and in 2013\, she and the late Gwen Ifill were named the first two women to co-anchor a national news broadcast. After Ifill’s death\, Woodruff was named sole anchor. \nIn 2011\, Judy was the anchor and reporter for the PBS documentary “Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime.” And in 2007\, she completed an extensive project on the views of young Americans\, titled “Generation Next: Speak Up. Be Heard.” Two hour-long documentaries aired on PBS\, along with a series of reports on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer\, NPR\, in USA Today and on Yahoo News. \nFrom 2006 – 2013\, Judy anchored a monthly program for Bloomberg Television\, “Conversations with Judy Woodruff.” In 2006\, she was a visiting professor at Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. In 2005\, she was a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press\, Politics and Public Policy. \nAt NBC News\, Woodruff was White House correspondent from 1977 to 1982. For one year after that she served as NBC’s Today Show chief Washington correspondent. She wrote the book\, This is Judy Woodruff at the White House\, published in 1982 by Addison-Wesley. Her reporting career began in Atlanta\, Georgia\, where she covered state and local government. \nWoodruff is a founding co-chair of the International Women’s Media Foundation\, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging women in journalism and communication industries worldwide. She serves on the boards of trustee of the Freedom Forum\, The Duke Endowment and the Carnegie Corporation of New York\, and is a director of Public Radio International and the National Association to End Homelessness. She is a former member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics\, a former director of the National Museum of American History and a former trustee of the Urban Institute. \nJudy is a graduate of Duke University\, where she is a trustee emerita. \nShe is the recent recipient of an Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award\, as well as the Radcliffe Medal\, the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism\, the Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University. \nShe is the recipient of more than 25 honorary degrees. \nJudy lives in Washington\, DC\, with her husband\, journalist Al Hunt\, and they are the parents of three children: Jeffrey\, Benjamin and Lauren. \nSupport Provided by:
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SUMMARY:Visions of America: Discovering 18th & Vine in Kansas City - Stories of African American History and Culture
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \nProgram Description:\n18th & Vine has been the heart and soul of the African American community in Kansas City\, bolstering the American dream of freedom and equality. A vibrant center of African American culture\, it is the home to important historic sites like the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) and the American Jazz Museum. \nNLBM was founded to keep the stories alive of its players and how they fought the barriers of segregation in Major League Baseball\, including Jackie Robinson. Learning about the important role of the Negro Leagues Baseball in our nation’s favorite pastime\, explore the museum and hear insights about renowned players like Satchel Paige and others. Next\, visit the American Jazz Museum\, highlighting the remarkable role of jazz in Kansas City fostering a thriving community as the art form matured. \nInstitute of Museum and Library Services Crosby Kemper leads conversations discussing the importance of this vibrant center for Black history and culture with NLBM President Bob Kendrick\, American Jazz Museum’s Muriel Boyd\, and authors and experts Joe Posnanski\, Arnold Rampersad\, and Chuck Haddix. \nLastly\, Crosby visits Gates Bar-B-Q for some quintessential Kansas City food and talks to owner Ollie Gates\, Sr. and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver about 18th & Vine and its recent comeback. \nAbout Visions of America\nVisions of America – All Stories\, All People\, All Places\, hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper\, explores our great nation and uses its diverse collection of museums\, libraries and historians both familiar and new to tell some of the lesser-known stories that have flown under the radar in our shared legacy of American Independents. Over the course of 3 half-hour episodes in its first season\, the program journeys to different historical sites throughout the nation for conversations that will tell the engaging but sometimes hidden stories that resonate with where we are at as a nation today. and maybe give some insight and inspiration on how we got here. But history doesn’t just exist in a museum. Each episode will also venture out into the cities these institutions call home to delve further into what makes each of these communities so important to our national identity\, all with the help of local historians who know the stories of their community better than anyone. \nGuest Biographies:\nArnold Rampersad\, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University \nArnold Rampersad is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at Stanford University. He has published several essays and books\, including the two-volume Life of Langston Hughes; Jackie Robinson: A Biography; and Ralph Ellison: A Biography. A former MacArthur Foundation fellow\, he is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. \nChuck Haddix\, Director of Marr Sound Archives \nChuck Haddix is the director of the Marr Sound Archives\, a collection of 350\,000 historic sound recordings housed in the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Haddix also teaches Kansas City jazz history at the Kansas City Art Institute. Over the years\, Haddix has contributed to a wide variety of theatrical\, recording\, video and film projects including “Cronkite Remembers” a biography of Walter Cronkite\, Robert Altman’s “Kansas City” and Merchant-Ivory’s “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge.” He is the coauthor of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop–A History for Oxford University Press and author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker for the University of Illinois Press. \nMuriel Boyd\, Humanitarian \nMuriel Boyd is a passionate person who seeks to see the best in the lives of everyone around her. Over the years\, this passion has led Boyd to a number of paid and voluntary positions in the Kansas City region and internationally\, such as BSF International and with patrons and visitors at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and the American Jazz Museum. Upon Boyd’s retirement with the Social Security Administrative Office\, she was directed to dedicate her time and skills to humanitarian work in Bangladesh for 8 years\, as well as twice to Brazil and to other service opportunities stateside. \nBob Kendrick\, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum \nBob Kendrick was named President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in March 2011. Kendrick is responsible for the museum’s day-to-day operations and the development and implementation of strategies to advance the mission of the 501 c3\, not-for-profit organization. Kendrick has been responsible for the creation of several signature museum educational programs and events including the Hall of Game which annually honors former Major League Baseball greats who played the game in the spirit and signature style of the Negro Leagues. And while he doesn’t fashion himself to be a historian\, Kendrick has become one of the leading authorities on the topic of Negro Leagues Baseball history and its connection to issues relating to sports\, race and diversity. He has been a contributing writer for “Ebony Magazine” and the national Urban League’s “Opportunity Magazine.” \nJoe Posnanski\, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author \nJoe Posnanski is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven books\, including bestsellers “Why We Love Baseball”\, “The Baseball 100” and “Paterno”. He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year by five different organizations. He writes at JoePosnanski.com and currently lives in Charlotte\, North Carolina\, with his family. \nFull Length Conversation with Joe Posnanski \nCrosby Kemper full conversation with New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski as they dive deeper into the Negro League Baseball League and its iconic players.  \nOllie Gates\, Sr.\, Owner of Gates Bar-B-Q \nOllie Gates\, Sr. is a Black businessman and restauranteur\, known widely for the Gates Bar-B-Q restaurants that have contributed to Kansas City’s reputation for quality barbecue. After graduating from Lincoln High School in 1949\, Gates first attended Maryland State College before returning to Lincoln University and earning a degree in engineering. After serving two years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\, he was discharged as a 1st Lieutenant. After his father’s death in 1960\, Gates took over the running of the family barbecue business\, expanding to several locations across the Kansas City metro area. He is also credited with a strong push to modernize the restaurant\, standardizing customer service and kitchen practices\, even starting a barbecue university he named “Rib Tech”. Gates Bar-B-Q eventually became one of Kansas City’s most famous barbecue restaurants. In 2021 Gates was inducted into the American Royal Barbecue Hall of Fame. \nEmanuel Cleaver II\, Congressman\, Missouri’s Fifth District \nEmanuel Cleaver II is now serving his tenth term representing Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District\, the home district of President Harry Truman. He is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services; Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance; member of Subcommittee on Capital Markets; and member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission. Having served for twelve years on the city council of Missouri’s largest municipality\, Kansas City\, Cleaver was elected as the city’s first African American Mayor in 1991. During his eight-year stint in the Office of the Mayor\, Cleaver distinguished himself as an economic development activist and an unapologetic redevelopment craftsman. Additionally\, his municipal stewardship includes the 18th and Vine Redevelopment\, a new American Royal\, the establishment of a Family Division of the Municipal Court\, and the reconstruction and beautification of Brush Creek. \nFull Length Conversation at Gates BBQ \nCrosby Kemper full conversation at legendary Gates Bar-B-Q in Kansas City food where he talks with owner Ollie Gates\, Sr. and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver about 18th & Vine and its recent comeback.  \nFull Length Jazz Roundtable Discussion \nCrosby Kemper full conversation discussing the importance of this vibrant center for Black history and culture with NLBM President Bob Kendrick\, American Jazz Museum's Muriel Boyd\, and authors and experts Joe Posnanski\, Arnold Rampersad\, and Chuck Haddix. 
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/visions-of-america-discovering-18th-vine-in-kansas-city/
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SUMMARY:Visions of America: Voices from the Heard Museum in Phoenix - Stories of First Americans
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \nProgram Description:\nThe Heard Museum in Phoenix highlights Indigenous creativity from traditional artworks to contemporary creations. This episode celebrates Native American history\, culture\, and present-day policy\, with a focus on amplifying under heard stories. It explores Indigenous stories of arts\, culture\, and sports\, Native American citizenship and tribal sovereignty\, and the changing (and important) place of Native Americans in history. \nIMLS Director Crosby Kemper tours the Heard Museum with its Director and CEO David Roche to discuss the museum’s role as a central asset in telling and preserving American Indian history and culture. \nNext\, Crosby sits down with Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee)\, who is a Native American attorney\, tribal judge\, author\, activist\, and law professor\, at the Heard Museum for a conversation to discuss Indigenous knowledge and traditions\, tribal engagement\, and the unique relationship of Native American tribes to our history. \nLastly\, Philip J. Deloria (Dakota)\, who is the Leverette Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University\, will join virtually to examine Indigenous contributions to the United States. \nBoth Echo-Hawk and Deloria are authors\, whose work highlights lesser-known stories about Native Americans\, who have triumphed over injustice in a quest to achieve the American dream. \nLearn More:\nOur friends at The Heard museum are committed to connecting Indigenous creativity to the world by presenting the voice and vision of American Indian artists. Learn more about their collections\, events\, and educational experiences at https://heard.org/ \nSince 1992 the Heard Museum has been home to the World Championship Hoop Dance contest\, a competition that intensifies every year as dancers continue to add increasingly difficult movements to their routines integrating difficult manipulations of the hoops. Dancers’ scores are based on five judging categories: precision\, timing\, rhythm\, showmanship\, creativity and speed. February 2024 The Heard hosts the 34th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. In this program\, we learn more about the history of this event. Click here to learn more. \nAbout Visions of America\nVisions of America – All Stories\, All People\, All Places\, hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper\, explores our great nation and uses its diverse collection of museums\, libraries and historians both familiar and new to tell some of the lesser-known stories that have flown under the radar in our shared legacy of American Independents. Over the course of 3 half-hour episodes in its first season\, the program journeys to different historical sites throughout the nation for conversations that will tell the engaging but sometimes hidden stories that resonate with where we are at as a nation today. and maybe give some insight and inspiration on how we got here. But history doesn’t just exist in a museum. Each episode will also venture out into the cities these institutions call home to delve further into what makes each of these communities so important to our national identity\, all with the help of local historians who know the stories of their community better than anyone. \nGuest Biographies:\nDavid M. Roche is a recognized national and international leader in the field of American Indian art. In 2015\, he became the Director and CEO of the Heard Museum in Phoenix\, Arizona\, the largest private museum in the world dedicated to American Indian art and culture. \nFull Length Conversation with David Roche  \nCrosby Kemper meets with David Roche to discuss the museum's role as a central asset in telling and preserving American Indian history and culture.  \nWalter Echo-Hawk is past President\, Pawnee Nation Business Council (2020-2023)\, an author\, attorney\, jurist\, and legal scholar. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2023. He authored The Sea of Grass (2018); In The Light Of Justice (2013); In the Courts of the Conqueror (2010); and Battlefields and Burial Grounds (1994). \nFull Length Conversation with Walter Echohawk \nCrosby Kemper sits down with Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) for a conversation about Indigenous knowledge and traditions\, tribal engagement\, and the unique relationship of Native American tribes to our history. \nPhilip J. Deloria is Professor of History at Harvard University\, where his research and teaching focus on the social\, cultural and political histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the United States\, as well as the comparative and connective histories of indigenous peoples in a global context. \nFull Length Conversation with Phillip Deloria \nCrosby Kemper has a conversation with Philip J. Deloria (Dakota) about Indigenous contributions to the foundation of the United States.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/visions-of-americam-phoenix/
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SUMMARY:PBS Books Readers Club - Olivia Ford
DESCRIPTION:Readers Club HomeEpisodes \nAbout the Book:\nGet the E-BookDONATE NOW and download your e-book copy. \nNothing could be more out of character\, but after fifty-nine years of marriage\, as her husband Bernard’s health declines\, and her friends’ lives become focused on their grandchildren—which Jenny never had—Jenny decides she wants a little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV show Britain Bakes. \nWhisked into an unfamiliar world of cameras and timed challenges\, Jenny delights in a new-found independence. But that independence\, and the stress of the competition\, starts to unearth memories buried decades ago. Chocolate teacakes remind her of a furtive errand involving a wedding ring; sugared doughnuts call up a stranger’s kind act; a simple cottage loaf brings back the moment her life changed forever. \nWith her baking star rising\, Jenny struggles to keep a lid on that first secret—a long-concealed deceit that threatens to shatter the very foundations of her marriage. It’s the only time in six decades that she’s kept something from Bernard. By putting herself in the limelight\, has Jenny created a recipe for disaster? \nGuest Biography:\nOlivia Ford\nOlivia Ford has spent a decade in entertainment TV\, including Made in Chelsea and Love Island. Olivia is a graduate of the Faber Academy\, where she wrote the beginnings of Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame\, which was long-listed for the 2021 Women’s Prize Trust’s Discoveries Prize. Raised in Lincolnshire\, Olivia now lives in London. \nReaders Club Hosts:\nHeather Marie Montilla\nHeather-Marie Montilla\, a dynamic integrative leader\, is an educator and nonprofit manager. She has worked in the nonprofit sector and libraries for over two decades\, making a positive impact in arts\, cultural\, educational\, and community-building arenas. \nHaving joined the PBS Books team as their Library Bureau Chief in Fall 2018\, Montilla is now the National Director of PBS Books and has interviewed more than 150 writers. In addition\, she is a faculty member at Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University for their Arts and Cultural/Entertainment Management Programs. Having been an Executive Director for 8 years\, Heather has a wide range of experience in management\, finance\, strategic planning\, marketing\, and fundraising. Heather holds a MPA From Columbia University\, a MLIS from Wayne State University\, and a bachelor’s from Duke University. She lives in Chicagoland\, and is married with four children\, a dog\, and a bird. \nPrincess Weekes\nPrincess Weekes is an award winning writer and video essayist who works at breaking down the intersections between race\, gender\, and pop culture. Formally an Assistant Editor at The Mary Sue\, co-host of Netflix’s The Geeked Podcast\, and co-host and co-writer on the PBS Digital Series It’s Lit. On weekends she works as a bookseller at a local bookstore. When not reading or writing she can be found playing TTRPGs of cuddling with her cat\, Lola. \nLauren Smith\nExecutive Producer and host of national PBS programming at Detroit Public TV\, Lauren develops content for PBS and other distributors of public media for broadcast\, streaming\, and other digital channels and has executive-produced and/or produced over 60 national broadcast and programs. Her passion is to develop inspiring\, entertaining\, and educational content alongside the best national and international talent\, and to engage important content with communities across the country. Lauren loves to read and has worked to develop and produce PBS Books content for nearly ten years! \nFred Nahhat \nFred Nahhat is an Emmy Award-winning producer\, host\, and presenter for Detroit’s PBS station\, where he serves as Sr. VP of Production. A 30-year broadcast veteran\, Fred has hosted and produced numerous programs for Public TV – including music specials from Il Volo\, Celtic Gold and the New Divas – as well as other series and specials “New Year’s Eve with the DSO”\, “The Detroit Dream Cruise\,” “The PBS Books Readers Club” and “Get Up\, Get Out\,” among others. \nHe is a graduate of Wayne State University and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter\, USA Hockey\, and Leadership Detroit.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/readers-club-106/
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Visions of America
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \nProgram Description:\nCome celebrate Visions of America: All Stories\, All People\, All Places as we consider the significance of this nation’s 250th anniversary and what it means for our nation. We will examine the founding documents and the intentions underlying the work our ancestors accomplished. We’ll look at the struggles faced by the people who\, as the epitome of the American spirit\, never gave up on their quest for freedom in the face of hardship and visit the nation’s most revered institutions\, which preserve the distinctively American tales from the first-person point of view that shape our collective history.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/celebrate-visions-of-america/
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