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Active knows that even during 2020 there are still safe outings you can make with friends and family! And many of them are our partners! Check out Georgia Aquarium, Zoo Atlanta, and National Center for Civil and Human Rights, just to name a few. All are engaging and safe ways to get out and about, see some amazing sights and learn! #ActiveProduction #ActiveVenues #Atlanta #NCCHR #georgiaaquarium #zooatlanta https://www.instagram.com/p/CG4_eQmDEtZ/?igshid=tw95j6urhwyj

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Out and about....... #ForTheCulture #MLK #MalcolmX #History #NCCHR #Atlanta #CivilRightsEra (at National Center for Civil and Human Rights) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3h8PgkBeG0rxEs7nmOKoCkQ2myLNp3qQYzYss0/?igshid=x98ny2dy0elz

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You spend years working in history museums and you think you know what to look for when you visit one: Are there interesting objects? Is there enough information? Too little? Too much? How is the flow? Is the exhibition easy to navigate without a guide? Are you asking open-ended questions or just giving answers? What are your educational goals? Is the visitor going to follow your train of thought or will they come up with their own? Are you giving them a reason to think at all?

And then you go to a history museum where there are no artifacts, not even one, and the newly constructed building feels like a complete after-thought, no logical pattern, too many stairs, no guides, just clock watchers to keep you going in a timely manner because the place is packed and they need you to move… and you have one of the most powerful experiences, and you realize you still know so little, and have so much to learn.

It’s a clear and chilly day when I approach the Center for Civil and Human Rights. I hate to drive downtown, but today is an unusually smooth ride, I pull in the absolute perfect parking lot, take a few steps and here I am, 50 feet away from my destination, and 10 minutes early. I am waiting for my daughter’s class: I get to chaperone their field trip and I am just as excited as she is.

The school bus arrives and unloads an enthusiastic group of 5th graders. They are full of energy, hopping around the plaza and eager to explore. Rose meets my gaze and all of a sudden I am surrounded by a dozen gorgeous and curious eyes asking a thousand questions: Are you Rose’s mom? Can I have a play-date with her? Where are you from? Do you have other kids? What’s your name?

I am assigned to a group of 13 kids and before we go in I spend a few minutes talking with them, memorizing their names, and asking the same questions I just answered… well, minus the play-date one, I get to play with Rose every day. It doesn’t take long to realize that I have a mini sample of the United Nations in front of me, or maybe just a perfect picture of what this magnificent country we live in is all about. And then I look at the building we are about to enter, and I know that this is an incredible moment.

13 answers to the questions we will ask ourselves in a minute. 13 questions to every answer we thought we already had. 13 reasons to keep our hopes up and our beliefs strong. 13 people to do right by.

It doesn’t matter that this museum has too many stairs. It doesn’t matter that there are no artifacts, no logical pattern to its galleries, no guides to take you through. These children could not stop listening, inquiring, feeling, being moved, and I with them. 

Little by little they became part of the story, through photographs, voices, and testimonies. They became the segregated children, the marching students, the freedom riders, the political leaders. And when they arrived at the National Mall, looking at footage from the March on Washington, I saw them quietly cross their arms and hold hands, just like the hundreds of thousands of people they stood in front of.

It doesn’t matter that the newly constructed building feels like an after-thought. Sure, there could be improvements, but this place delivers an experience like no other. And today, two weeks after an unsettling Presidential election that is still hard to process, it’s exactly what I needed.

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ATTENTION ATLANTA, GA, USA

Presented by: Center for Civil and Human Rights and the Laney Legacy in Moral Leadership Program at the Candler School of Theology

Location: The Center - 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, Atlanta, GA

October 29, 2015

6:30 PM

Cost: FREE 

Ambassador Attallah Shabazz is the guest lecturer for this event hosted by the James T. and Berta R. Laney Legacy Program in Moral Leadership at the Candler School of Theology.

Ambassador Shabazz, the eldest daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, is an accomplished writer, producer and diplomat who has spoken and led initiatives throughout the U.S., Europe, Central America, Africa and the Caribbean. She will speak about the importance of moral leadership, her parents’ legacies, and the lessons that today’s leaders can learn from Malcolm X’s life and leadership.

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An Experience to Remember at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights

On Father’s Day of 2015, I had the privilege of surprising my Dad with a visit to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights located in downtown Atlanta. I had been introduced to the Center during my attendance of its inaugural Power to Inspire Tribute Dinner held a month earlier –an opportunity I was afforded through my role as Scholarship Coordinator for the National Society of High School Scholars. I immediately became a self-prescribed advocate for the Center, informing my colleagues, family, and friends of the wonderment the Center provides in its merging of histories of human resilience with the promise of an improved future.

The Center, which opened in June of 2014, provided me with a memorable, interactive experience. Instead of leaving sullen following my further comprehension of historical contentions, I departed with excitement and a passionate craving to learn more and share my experiences with others. Whether participating in a sit-in simulation that employs 4-D technology or learning of the production chain of some of the world’s most valuable commodities, visitors of the Center are captivated by both past and present societal issues. The Center accomplishes a connectedness with humanity that allows visitors to “feel” the histories it presents.

For a few hours, I served as teacher and watched, in anticipation, as my Dad relished in the intersecting of the awareness, emotionality, and historical and cultural education offered by the Center. This year’s Father’s Day is undoubtedly one to remember.

Visit www.civilandhumanrights.org for more information about the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

Brandi Jones - Scholarship Coordinator

Scholarship Opportunity!

NSHSS and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) will co-host an interactive symposium, “Finding Inspiration Inside: Recognizing Character, Realizing Potential,” for NSHSS high school and college scholars on Saturday, November 14, 2015.  Participants will explore character traits and leadership styles of Nobel Peace Laureates and reflect on their own potential to become social change agents, able to inspire and influence others.  

Students who wish to register to attend the symposium are required to submit an essay. Five $1,000 prizes, sponsored by The TAPO Institute, will be awarded for the winning student essays. Visit www.nshss.org/scholarships to apply.  

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Opening of the Center for Civil and Human Rights in ATLANTA!

Today is the grand opening of the Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta [1].  We are afforded another incredible opportunity to learn and become enriched about human rights here and engage events occurring abroad.

As soon as I am back in Atlanta, I will definitely check it out.  I hope you will spend an afternoon doing the same!

-Christian

Reference: 

1. http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/20/us-center-civil-and-human-rights-opens

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The National Center for Civil and Human Rights opened on June 23, 2014, in Pemberton Place Plaza, 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, Atlanta. It was an honor to be part of the design team.

-- Read more:

Edward Rothstein, "The Harmony of Liberty: National Center for Civil and Human Rights Opens in Atlanta," New York Times, June 22, 2014.

Chuck Reece, "The National Center for Civil and Human Rights," The Bitter Southerner, June 2014.

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Legends, leaders on hand for civil rights center groundbreaking

From the post:

The equivalent of Atlanta royalty—members of civil rights dynasties like the Kings, the Farrises, the Youngs, and the Lowerys; top city officials, including Mayors Reed, Franklin, and Massell; and c-level executives from The Coca-Cola Company, Delta, and Georgia-Pacific—all turned out Wednesday for the official groundbreaking of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) at Pemberton Place. In fact, the generally unflappable Monica Pearson, who served as MC, was in trouble once she strayed from her script and started inviting individual VIPs to get up from their seats on the lawn and join the centerstage groundbreaking photo op.

Read Betsy Riley and Rebecca Burns's full blog post