Bakari Sellers
Bakari Sellers: My Vanishing Country
Wednesday, September 30 - 6:45 p.m. ET
Bakari Sellers, a CNN analyst and one of the youngest state representatives in South Carolina history, examines the plight of the South's dwindling rural population of black working-class men and women. Drawing on his new book My Vanishing Country, he surveys the struggles that shape their lives: gaining access to healthcare, making ends meet as factories shut down, holding on to traditions as towns erode, and forging a path forward without succumbing to despair.
John Lewis and the Power of Hope
With Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch and
Biographer Jon Meacham
Thursday, October 1 - 6:45 p.m. ET
In a special evening that celebrates the late civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III joins Jon Meacham, author of a new biography of John Lewis, to discuss the life, career, and legacy of a visionary who offers inspiration and illumination for Americans today who are working for social and political change.
A copy of Meacham’s new book His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope (Random House) is included in the ticket price.
Civility's Role in Social Justice
Thursday, October 1 - 6:45 p.m. ET
As civility seems to decline due to political polarization and the increasingly unfettered climate of social media, does remaining civil in social and political discourse still have value? Olúfémi O. Táíwò of Georgetown University unpacks the role of civility in today’s world and how its potential benefits—and hazzards—relate to the search for social justice.
Grand Marshal Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson leading suffrage march on March 3, 1913 (Library of Congress)
How the Suffragists Invented Washington Activism
Tuesday, October 6 - 6:45 p.m. ET
Every time activists march down Pennsylvania Avenue, protest in Lafayette Square, or carry a sign to the White House, they are literally walking in the footsteps of the suffragists. Join authors Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts as they examine how the strategies of the women’s suffrage movement still find an echo today, no matter the cause.
John Brennan (Washington Speakers Bureau)
John Brennan: Undaunted
Tuesday, October 13 - 6:45 p.m. ET
Drawing on his new memoir, Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, at Home and Abroad, former CIA director John Brennan recounts events that led him to the top of the American intelligence community.
The ticket price includes a copy of Undaunted (Celadon Books).
Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser (Photo: Doug Mills)
James Baker: The Man Who Ran Washington
Tuesday, October 20 - 6:45 p.m. ET
He was Washington’s indispensable man: five-time presidential campaign manager, White House chief of staff, treasury secretary, secretary of state, and political consigliere. Peter Baker and Susan Glasser draw on their new biography of James Baker to offer a case study in the acquisition, exercise, and preservation of power seen through the career of one of the most significant and influential leaders in modern government never to serve as president of the United States.
Choosing a Vice President: Why the Second Spot Is of Primary Importance
Wednesday, October 28 - 6:30 p.m. ET
Whether an afterthought or part of a carefully calculated balancing act, the selection of a presidential running mate carries an undeniable impact on both a campaign and an administration. Historian Ralph Nurnberger examines the shifting criteria used to fill the number-two spot on the ticket and how some of the choices have changed the course of history.
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Clearly, Dr. Bunch is reimagining the Smithsonian Institution in his own image. Upcoming Smithsonian events: Oct 1 Dr. Lonnie Bunch zooms with John Lewis' biographer; Bakari Sellers; Choosing a U.S. Vice President, James Baker + More News Media and Politics Programs. See below to register.
And, on the fun side for Dr. Bunch, thrilled panda fans jumped for joy when giant panda Mei Xiang's (may-SHONG) newborn cub made its big arrival Aug. 21
, 2020. Born hairless, helpless and almost incomprehensibly tiny, newborn pandas look more like small rodents at birth than the cuddly black-and-white creatures that end up tipping the scales at 200+ pounds. The panda house at the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat at the
Smithsonian National Zoo
in D.C. is currently closed to provide a quiet environment for Mei Xiang and her baby
. Female giant pandas are only in
estrus, or able to become pregnant, for 24 to 72 hours each year. Reproductive scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and Zoo veterinarians
performed an artificial insemination on Mei Xiang March 22 with frozen semen collected from Tian Tian (tee-YEN tee-YEN). Mei Xiang turned 22 years old July 22
, 2020. She is the oldest giant panda in the United States and the second oldest documented in the world to give birth. This is also the first time a Zoo in the United States has experienced a successful pregnancy and birth via artificial insemination using only frozen semen.
More history-making for Dr. Bunch!
[Dr. Lonnie Griffith Bunch III, who spent a decade as a George Washington University museum studies professor, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian as of June 16, 2019, the first African American and first historian to serve as head of the Smithsonian, oversees the ENTIRE Smithsonian: the world’s largest museum, including numerous education and research centers, 21 libraries, along with 19 museums (including Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture - NMAAHC that Bunch founded), two IMAX® theaters, among the largest and most technologically advanced, and the National Zoo; supported by 7,000 employees and a $1.6 billion annual budget. Donations accepted at https://www.si.edu/ - especially needed with COVID-19 impacts.]
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