This is a presentation I created and gave a few years back at DEOMI. It represents the ethnic observances identified and supported by the military/DoD.
They were a small band of warriors who created an unbreakable code from the ancient language of their people and changed the course of modern history. Known as Navajo Code Talkers, they were young Navajo men who transmitted secret communications on the battlefields of WWII. At a time when America's best cryptographers were falling short, these modest sheepherders and farmers were able to fashion the most ingenious and successful code in military history. They drew upon their proud warrior tradition to brave the dense jungles of Guadalcanal and the exposed beachheads of Iwo Jima. Serving with distinction in every major engagement of the Pacific theater from 1942-1945, their unbreakable code played a pivotal role in saving countless lives and hastening the war's end.
They were a small band of warriors who created an unbreakable code from the ancient language of their people and changed the course of modern history. Known as Navajo Code Talkers, they were young Navajo men who transmitted secret communications on the battlefields of WWII. At a time when America's best cryptographers were falling short, these modest sheepherders and farmers were able to fashion the most ingenious and successful code in military history. They drew upon their proud warrior tradition to brave the dense jungles of Guadalcanal and the exposed beachheads of Iwo Jima. Serving with distinction in every major engagement of the Pacific theater from 1942-1945, their unbreakable code played a pivotal role in saving countless lives and hastening the war's end.
A presentation and review of American Indian nations; their cultures, geography, unique characteristics, impact on the formation and government of the United States, and familial or tribal cultures.
At the Crossroads of Freedom and EqualityAmanda Carter
A presentation for Black History Month 2013 that will be on display on the first floor of Franklin Library, Fisk University throughout the month of February. This file was updated on February 21, 2013. As seen by the sources on the last page of the presentation, there are a selection of songs and speech excerpts that play along with this but could not be uploaded here. I apologize for the inconvenience.
A presentation and review of American Indian nations; their cultures, geography, unique characteristics, impact on the formation and government of the United States, and familial or tribal cultures.
At the Crossroads of Freedom and EqualityAmanda Carter
A presentation for Black History Month 2013 that will be on display on the first floor of Franklin Library, Fisk University throughout the month of February. This file was updated on February 21, 2013. As seen by the sources on the last page of the presentation, there are a selection of songs and speech excerpts that play along with this but could not be uploaded here. I apologize for the inconvenience.
This year will mark the 156th year of Juneteenth; the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Union General Gordon Granger led thousands of federal troops to Galveston, Texas, to announce that the Civil War had ended, and slaves had been freed. Unfortunately, approximately 250,000 Texan slaves had no idea the government had secured their freedom. The purpose of this guide is to help create your Juneteenth into a day of Learning, Listening, Reflecting, and Celebrating!
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History 1301
June 25, 2015
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The United States during the early 1800’s of civilization was crazy place to be. Hezekiah Niles creates a secondary newspaper entry about the main event that was transpiring during the year of 1827 called, “Indians within the United States” Some leaders within the United States of America, such as Andrew Jackson, felt that it was necessary to remove the Native Americans from their home lands and to relocate them west of the Mississippi river. This later became known as the Trial of Tears, and it highlights the cruel and harsh treatment that Americans exhibits.
Around the 1830’s, five main tribes were relocated during the Trail of Tears. These “civilized” tribes were called the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek, Seminol, and Cherokee Indians. The Americans wanted the land that they were living on because it was great fertile land and also in the Georgia area gold was found. Americans where greedy people during this time period, so they did not hesitate to start the process of getting them out of there. By 1840 over 40,000 Native Americans were relocated from their original homes. Many died along the way, that apart of the reason it is called the Trail of Tears. The tribes’ future and past died of first, which is their young and old members.
The newspaper article speaks on Colonel McKenney, for he was a main activist in removing these Natives from their home lands. Colonel McKenney was born in 1785 and he, “…directed [the] Indian policy within the War Department…”[footnoteRef:1] No type of sympathy lived inside of the colonel for he was the one controlling the entire process of removing the Native Americans. [1: Hezekiah Niles. “Indians within the United States” In For the Record 2013, ed. David Shi and Holly Mayer. (New York: W.W. Norton, 2013), pg. 264
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Being that this story was published in a newspaper from Hezekiah Niles, the intended audience is the public. Niles wanted to document and inform the readers of all the actions and decisions that were made during the removing of the Native Americans. It was meant to be never forgotten. This illustrates the hypocriticalness that the Americans possessed inside of them during these times. One of the two major reading materials during the 1800’s was the Bible. The bibles teachings and the way the Americans performed against the Native Americans did not make sense.
In the document presented, a large amount of important interesting things popped out. The Colonel said, “the provision and means for their transportation and support-the taking of them kindly, but firmly, by the hand, and telling them they must go and enjoy it.”[footnoteRef:2] The Americans did not even care how the Indians felt of their new home. It is important to the thesis of the essay because it supports my assertion that America treated to Natives horrible by removing them. Colonel ...
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1. What is your earliest memory of the American West?
One of the most outstanding memories about the American West was about the completion of the railroads to the following civil war which opened up a vast number of places to settlement and economic development. During that time, white settlers from the East flocked into Mississippi for mining activities, farming, as well as ranching. Besides, African-Americans settlers also came into the West emanating from the Deep South who were motivated by the promoters of all-black Western towns that prosperity could be found there (White, 2015). Also, diversity was intensified by the Chinese railroad workers within the region’s population. It then led the settlement from the East turn to Great Plains were the herds of Americans bison in the area were virtually omitted from the place as farmers plowed the area as well as the growth of cattle industry as the railroad provided a practical means for getting the cattle to market.
2. From what sources did you learn about the West? This could be anything from school to stories to TV shows to personal experience.
I was able to learn about the American West from various publications and articles available in the libraries of the institution as well as commercial libraries. Besides, learning about the West was made simpler by the availability of a wide range of online materials of study related to the topic. The wide range of online source equips one with the appropriate information about the West in clear details. Besides, the comparison of these sources enables one to acquire all the relevant data about the West and its historical background with regard to the American identity. Again, West is vastly presented in films and TV shows were characters have enacted the events of the period.
3. As you think about your perception of the American West, what individuals populate that space? What kinds of events take place? Set the scene of your imagined American West.
Imaginatively, I tend to perceive that the American West is populated by some widely but inter-related individuals which would be as a result of the different interaction of the different individuals who migrated into the place. Having different races within the same geographical setting means that mixed social, economic and political events will be carried such as the rise of support groups including women empowerment associations. However, this factor leads to the eruption of newly invented activities which would be suitable for all the participants in the region which would traverse across all the races in the West. Therefore, it means that new cultures and events will be generated over time in the American West due to the socialization with variant individuals from different races and ethnic groups.
4. After you’ve drafted your post, read through it and identify at least two images, pictures, TV/movie clips, or soundtracks that embody your ideas of the American Wes.
I have it when people say or imply, "it's not my job". sometimes we need to put on our big boy/girl pants and step up. lots of information in the notes section too.
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this is a ppt I put together for HRE and Div training. I modified it from the one I use in the military. several videos I put the youtube link, but one video I cannot find. It is really good and the stories are very effective to get the diversity and relationship message across. have fun...
THERE ARE NOTES IN THE PPT FOR THE PRESENTER AS WELL!
2. Objectives
• Identify the purposes for ethnic observances
• 8 ethnic observances recognized by the DoD
• Review relevant facts related to each observance
• Provide some on-line resources
3. What are the purposes?
• …to enhance cross-cultural awareness among
military members, their families, and the civilian
work force.
• …extensions of the EO education and training.
• …recognize the achievements and contributions of
specific groups in the military and our society.
• …focus is directed towards encouraging interaction
and NOT just recognition.
4. January Martin Luther King jr Holiday
February African American History Month
March Women’s History Month
April Days of Remembrance
May Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
June
July
August Women’s Equality Day
September
National Hispanic Heritage Month
October
November National Native American Heritage Month
December
5. Martin Luther King, Jr. – January
The 3rd Monday
Jan
Feb
…to honor the struggle of MLK jr for Civil Rights
in America.
Mar
Apr
1964 Won the Nobel Peace Prize
**In 1964, King became the first black American to be
May
honored as Time magazine's Man of the Year.
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Did you know?
There are over 730 US cities with streets
Oct named after MLK…to date!
Nov MLK is memorialized in a statue in
Westminster Abby, London.
Dec
6. Quiz reflection
1. What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated? 4. Where did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
a. 1960 b. 1963 c. 1968 d. 1973 a. At Ebenezer Baptist Church
b. In front of the Atlanta City Hall
2. Which president signed the first major civil rights act of this c. At the Lincoln Memorial (1963)
century? d. At the Nobel Prize ceremony
a. John F. Kennedy
b. Lyndon B. Johnson 5. What foreign figure has King been compared to?
c. Richard M. Nixon a. Charles de Gaulle
d. Ronald Reagan b. Mohandas Gandhi
c. Albert Nobel
3. Which president signed the law creating the Martin Luther d. Nelson Mandela
King holiday?
a. John F. Kennedy 6. What year was the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday
b. Lyndon B. Johnson first observed?
c. Richard M. Nixon a. 1969 b. 1973 c. 1980 d. 1986
d. Ronald Reagan (1983)
7. African American History Month - February
Jan
…is dedicated to honor African Americans who contributed to America
Feb through their intelligence, sacrifice, and pioneering developments.
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Did you know?
Some names are easily recognized. George Washington Carver—Harriet Tubman—
Oct Thurgood Marshall—W. E. B. Du Bois—Jackie Robinson—Shirley Chisholm…
Nov …but who was Benjamin Banneker (1792)? (Almanac)
Who was Ida B. Wells (1880)? (Ohio and SW R.R.) 1885 she won her case
Dec Who was Daniel Hale Williams (1893)? (Surgery)
8. Women's History Month - March
Jan
…to honor American women who have
Feb made historic contributions to the growth
and strength of our nation politically,
Mar culturally, and socially.
Apr
May
Jun
What do the following products have in common?
Jul
Kevlar the elevator post it notes scotch-guard
Aug windshield wiper safety flare liquid paper Submarine telescope
an encryption code (used in WWII) sewing machine disposable diapers
Sep
Oct Did you know?
There are almost two million women veterans.
Nov 33K women served in WWI and almost 500K in WWII.
1 won the CMH (during the Civil War).
Dec 41 have won the Nobel Prize.
9. Days of Remembrance – April/May
Jan
Last Sunday in April to First Sunday in May
Feb
…our nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust and it is
Mar
honored as a memorial to the victims.
Apr
May The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
~Edmund Burke
Jun
It is estimated that…
Jul -11 million people were killed during the Holocaust.
-6 million of these were Jews.
Aug -2/3 Europe 1/2 world
-1.1 million were children
Sep
Oct Did you know?
1933-1945
Nov
1-4K died daily!
Dec For almost 13 years!
10. Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month - May
Jan
…to celebrate the cultures of Asia, Pacifica, and the Pacific Rim and all
Feb the people who make up Asian/Pacific Islander Americans.
Mar
12 million …29 different countries. Majority are from
Apr Japan, China, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines.
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep Did you know?
--Hawaii became the 50th state in August 1959, 7 months after Alaska.
Oct
Nov --Chinese workers built the transcontinental railroad from Sacramento to Council Bluffs,
Iowa (further, faster, and they crossed TWO mountain chains).
Dec
--The famous 442nd I.R. made up of Japanese volunteers was the most decorated unit in
WWII.
11. Women's Equality Day - August 26
Jan
To commemorate the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S.
Feb Constitution, and recognizing the continuing efforts toward full equality
Mar
for women.
Apr
May
Jun
Did you know?
Jul
New Zealand was the first country to give
Aug women suffrage (1893). The most recent
is the Bhutan (2008)
Sep
Brunei, Saudi Arabia, and the Vatican City
Oct
are among a handful who still do not allow
Nov women the right to vote!
Dec What was the first US state to give
Women the right to vote?
12. National Hispanic Heritage Month -
Jan
Feb
September 15 to October 15
Mar …to recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans and to celebrate
Hispanic heritage and culture. Began in 1968.
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Did you know?
Aug --most Hispanics come to America from Mexico,
Cuba, and Puerto Rico
Sep
--Currently there are 48 million Hispanic Americans
Oct --Just under half live in either California or Texas.
Nov --HISPANIC represents, essentially, those countries conquered by Spaniards (remember
that Brazil was Portuguese). Spain and Spaniards are considered Caucasian.
Dec
13. National Native American Heritage Month -
Jan November
Feb …to honor and recognize the original peoples of this land.
Mar There are 504 recognized tribes, About 100 of these tribes have become extinct since
the arrival of Europeans on American soil.
Apr
May Of the 300 reservations, the largest is the Navajo Reservation, which is 16 million acres
in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Did you know?
Nov --The only surviving American at the battle of Little Big Horn was a horse named
‘Comanche’. Currently located at in the history museum
Dec
--Will Rogers was a Cherokee Indian
14. Martin Luther King jr Holiday
Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.thekingcenter.com
African American History Month
NAACP http://www.naacp.org/
National Urban League http://www.nul.org/
Blacks in Government (BiG) http://www.bignet.org/
Women’s History Month
Federally Employed Women http://www.few.org/
Women's Hall of Fame http://www.greatwomen.org/
National Women's History Project http://www.nwhp.org/
US Army Women's Museum http://www.awm.lee.army.mil/
Day of Remembrance
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/
Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Federal Asian Pacific America Council (FAPAC) https://www.fapac.org/home.aspx
Asian Pacific American Heritage Council http://www.apahc.org/
Women’s Equality Day
Diversity Management and EEO, US Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov/dmeeo/
National Hispanic Heritage Month
National IMAGE, Inc http://www.nationalimageinc.org/
League of United Latin American Citizens http://www.lulac.org/
National Native American Heritage Month
Bureau of Indian Affairs http://www.bia.gov/
Gathering of Nations http://www.gatheringofnations.com/front.htm
15. Summary
• discussed the purposes…
• Identify the 8
• Review relevant facts
• On-line resources
*It is our job to help recognize the diverse make-up
of our military. As more learn and share…the
barriers come down and we become a stronger
fighting force!