The New York State 250th Commemoration Commission will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, October 23rd beginning at 10:00am. The meeting is open to the public and will take place at the Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan State Historic Site.
Remote viewing of the meeting will be available here: https://meetny.webex.com/weblink/register/rb994e43381f81a88d8e979ac020b836a
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Tentative Agenda NYS 250th Commemoration Commission
All Times Subject to Change
October 2024 Meeting
10:00
Welcome: Michael Galban
Introductions, day’s goals: Co-Chairs Simons and Rosa, Commission Members
10:10
- Rules of Order & Vote. Dr Betty A Rosa
10:30
- Strategic Plan, Devin Lander
- Discussion and Vote
- Vote on Strategic Plan
- Collaboration with other commemorative events and commissions
- NYS Commission on African American History.
- NYS Canal Corporation Bicentennial
- Commission Logo: Ross Levi
- Path Through History Calendar of 250 Events: Ross Levi
- Presentation on Public Media and the 250th
- Guest Presenter: Jacqueline Stapleton, Director of Public Media, SED
- NYSED's Educational Television and Public Broadcasting program office will present a brief overview of upcoming national content from PBS related to the 250th as well as connection pathways with local NYS stations.
12:30
Lunch Break, Revisit the Revolution Kiosk at in lobby.
1:30
Tour of Longhouse, Seneca Art and Culture Center
2:30
Ganondagan, the Haudenosaunee, and the Revolution
- Michael Galban, Site Manager and Curator, Ganondagan State Historic Site. (Confirmed)
Commemoration and diversity of perspectives
- Guest Presenter: Andrea Smith, Lafayette College, author of “Memory Wars: Settlers and Natives Remember Washington's Sullivan Expedition of 1779”
3:45-4:00
Commission Member Updates.
New Business.
Public Comment
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