October 2020
We Made San Diego: Latino Contributions in Our Region
WE MADE SAN DIEGO:LATINO CONTRIBUTIONS IN OUR REGIONTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020 AT NOON ON ZOOM Join local historian Maria Garcia for a presentation on her forthcoming book We Made San Diego. In this wide-ranging talk, participants will hear about some of the Latino lives lived throughout San Diego County, including stories of Latino Vietnam veterans. Participants will also learn about notable people in neighborhoods we often do not hear too much about, such as Eden Gardens (La Colonia) in Solana…
Find out more »Nathan Harrison: Discovering the Man behind the Legend
Nathan Harrison: Discovering the Man behind the Legend SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2020 AT 10:00AM ON ZOOM Nathan Harrison was San Diego’s first Black pioneer, homesteading in Palomar Mountain in the early 20th century. Modern archaeological insights have yielded fascinating details about Harrison’s life. Historical accounts tell us he was an important and significant figure in the Palomar Mountain community. While he had many friends on the mountain, he died alone in a county hospital in October 1920 and was buried…
Find out more »San Diego 101: The History of Our Region
San Diego 101: The History of our Region OLD TOWN: IT WAS ONCE SAN DIEGO! TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020 AT NOON ON ZOOM Before it was the second largest city in California, San Diego was native land, and then a small Mexican pueblo at the base of Presidio Hill. What we now know as Old Town San Diego developed slowly as people moved from the Presidio into the burgeoning town. Though the population rose and fell with the decades—reaching no…
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San Diego 101: The History of Our Region
San Diego 101: The History of our RegionOLD TOWN TO NEW TOWN: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAN DIEGO!TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020 AT NOON ON ZOOM This Zoom webinar series of hour-long presentations will be led monthly by SDHC Community Historian Barry Goldlust. Barry is a dedicated volunteer who is passionate about bringing San Diego history to life. Before it was the second largest city in California, San Diego was a small Mexican pueblo. As the demographics quickly changed with statehood, however, the pueblo did…
Find out more »Recovering and Restor(y)ing Kumeyaay Women’s Role, Agency, and Power from the Oral Tradition
RECOVERING AND RESTOR(Y)ING kumeyaay women's role, agency, and power from the oral traditionTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 AT NOON ON ZOOM The stories we tell ourselves about how we came to be have important implications for identity and gender relations. For example, California Indian women, most well-known for basket making and ethnobotany, remain highly invisible in mainstream history. Colonial stereotypes about American Indian women creates the mythology that grandmothers and aunties lacked agency and power in Native communities and beyond. Dr.…
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