The
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and Los Angeles-based Ideas
Exchange Zócalo Public Square launched “What It Means to Be American,” a
collaborative three-year initiative aimed at engaging leading thinkers, public
figures and Americans from all walks of life to explore how the United States
became the nation it is today. Wednesday night’s kick-off event featured former
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Anna Maria Chávez, CEO of the
Girl Scouts of the USA, at the Heard Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate in
Phoenix. (podcast below)
The
initiative will foster a national conversation through a series of free public
events across the U.S. The first event, “The Women of the West,” featured
native Arizonans—O’Connor and Chávez—discussing what it means to be a Western
woman and what particular opportunities the region has offered women. For a
very insightful run-down of the entire event, look
here.
The
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and Los Angeles-based Ideas
Exchange Zócalo Public Square launched “What It Means to Be American,” a
collaborative three-year initiative aimed at engaging leading thinkers, public
figures and Americans from all walks of life to explore how the United States
became the nation it is today. Wednesday night’s kick-off event featured former
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Anna Maria Chávez, CEO of the
Girl Scouts of the USA, at the Heard Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate in
Phoenix. (podcast below)