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Join us for Day 2 of the National Museum of American History’s fifth annual POWER OF GIVING symposium bringing historic perspectives to contemporary conversations about educational equity and the role of philanthropy. The virtual program includes the panel “Funding Opportunity and Resilience at HBCUs and Community Colleges” moderated by Smithsonian Regent David M. Rubenstein with participants Dr. David A. Thomas, president of Morehouse College; Dr. Suzanne Elise Walsh, president of Bennett College; Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, president of Miami Dade College; and Ebony A. Thomas, a Bank of America Racial Equality and Economic Opportunity Initiatives executive. Former Secretary of Education Dr. John B. King Jr. leads a conversation about the digital divide, teacher diversity, and social/emotional/academic development (SEAD) in the segment “Educators’ Perspectives on Equity Practices in the Face of Dual Pandemics” with Michele Hand, a rural Texas K/1 interventionist, and Dr. Manuel Rustin, a social studies teacher from Pasadena, CA. With a Smithsonian Welcome by Steve Case, Chair of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, and Symposium Welcome and Closing Remarks by Dr. Anthea M. Hartig, the museum’s Elizabeth MacMillan Director.
THE POWER OF GIVING symposium is part of the National Museum of American History’s Philanthropy Initiative. To view other POWER OF GIVING videos, visit the Philanthropy Initiative’s YouTube Playlist at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZxSSLX6InCQl0mjMfeFNDXHRR150CldH
For more on the Philanthropy Initiative, visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/philanthropy
Join us for Day 2 of the National Museum of American History’s fifth annual POWER OF GIVING symposium bringing historic perspectives to contemporary conversations about educational equity and the role of philanthropy. The virtual program includes the panel “Funding Opportunity and Resilience at HBCUs and Community Colleges” moderated by Smithsonian Regent David M. Rubenstein with participants Dr. David A. Thomas, president of Morehouse College; Dr. Suzanne Elise Walsh, president of Bennett College; Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, president of Miami Dade College; and Ebony A. Thomas, a Bank of America Racial Equality and Economic Opportunity Initiatives executive. Former Secretary of Education Dr. John B. King Jr. leads a conversation about the digital divide, teacher diversity, and social/emotional/academic development (SEAD) in the segment “Educators’ Perspectives on Equity Practices in the Face of Dual Pandemics” with Michele Hand, a rural Texas K/1 interventionist, and Dr. Manuel Rustin, a social studies teacher from Pasadena, CA. With a Smithsonian Welcome by Steve Case, Chair of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, and Symposium Welcome and Closing Remarks by Dr. Anthea M. Hartig, the museum’s Elizabeth MacMillan Director.
THE POWER OF GIVING symposium is part of the National Museum of American History’s Philanthropy Initiative. To view other POWER OF GIVING videos, visit the Philanthropy Initiative’s YouTube Playlist at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZxSSLX6InCQl0mjMfeFNDXHRR150CldH
For more on the Philanthropy Initiative, visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/philanthropy
