"Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history," he wrote."We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves."
This year, those stirring words serve as our theme for our fourth annual Lincoln Ideas Forum. Join us as we bring together experts, scholars, and the public in an exploration of the historic contexts of emancipation, sexual assault, hate groups, and immigration alongside the modern consequences.
This year's speakers (in sequence):
* Ms. Erin Carlson Mast, CEO & Executive Director, President Lincoln's Cottage
* Dr. David Young, Executive Director, Cliveden (Moderator)
* Mr. Daryl Davis (Jazz Musician and Activist) "How effective and successful, nonviolent communication in the face of extreme adversity can create respect and friendship"
* Dr. Catherine Clinton (University of Texas, San Antonio) "How the #MeToo movement is changing college campuses"
* Mr. Jonathan Blanks (Cato Institute) "What we can learn from the fight for emancipation"
* Ms. Jennifer Mendelsohn (Founder of #Resistancegenealogy) "How genealogical research can highlight the unifying nature of our immigrant past"
David Young, Cliveden:
Moderator
David Young is executive director of Cliveden, a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. Prior to Cliveden, he was director of the Johnson House, a National Historic Landmark museum of the Underground Railroad. He has published on Germantown’s African American history and on issues related to historic site sustainability. He currently serves as a lecturer in the Graduate Program of Historic Preservation in the University of Pennsylvania School Of Design. A Fulbright Fellow in 1993, he has degrees from Northwestern University and an M.A. an ...More...
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