Book Forums and Presentations

Scenes from book forums and presentations where authors discuss their works, capturing an educational and communicative atmosphere.

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Seminar on gay history, sponsored by Interior's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employee Organization (GLOBE)

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Secretary Gale Norton, left, with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella at podium, during National Park System Advisory Board meeting, held in conjunction with Scholars Forum on National Park Service role as civic educator, at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP) at National Enforcement Training Institute (NETI) , Environmental Protection Agency

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentation by Michelle Singletary, Washington Post financial columnist, and author of Your Money and Your Man: How You and Prince Charming Can Spend Well and Live Rich

Program hosted by Bureau of African Affairs in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring discussion by documentary filmmaker Randy Bell of projects including multi year exploration of the lives of orphans in Nairobi, Kenya's Mathare slum. On hand were Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, and other Department officials.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Howard University, College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences , Environmental Protection Agency

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NATIONAL STUDENT SUMMIT ON OCEAN ISSUES

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director Jim Kennedy talks to students at Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla. Kennedy is visiting NASA Explorer Schools in Florida and Georgia to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - School Chemical Cleanup Campaign (SC3) - Decatur , Environmental Protection Agency

Sustaining Women in STEM Making the Shift SWIS Nov 7, 2019 at Bowie State University. Chrystal Johnson hosted event with panel discussion, speakers and breakout sessions

Seminar on gay history, sponsored by Interior's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employee Organization (GLOBE)

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at National Park System Advisory Board meeting, held in conjunction with Scholars Forum on National Park Service role as civic educator, at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Teach Africa Youth Forum and Exhibition, sponsored by the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and the World Affairs Council, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. Event featured appearances by Department officials including Secretary Colin Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison, and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Berry Newman, and guests including Africa Society founder Leonard Robinson, Jr., former CNN news anchor Bernard Shaw, and local high school contestants and game show host Mac McGarry .

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Technology Administration - COMSCI PROGRAM GRADUATION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Students, parents and guests attend the 2015 Celebrate Literacy Week Florida PSA Awards program inside the Astronaut Encounter Theater at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The event, hosted by the Florida Department of Education, announced the winners from elementary, middle, and high school students that best encouraged literacy and its connection to space careers.

Victoria Webb (center) discusses African-American history during a Black History Month program for John C. Stennis Space Center employees on Feb. 16. Webb, a 103-year-old native of Pass Christian, was guest speaker for the program, sponsored by the Stennis Diversity Council and the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. She was joined in her presentation by Valli Battle (left), a NAVOCEANO employee at Stennis, and friend Jeanell Barnes. Black History Month was first observed in 1976 and is celebrated each February. The 2011 theme was African-Americans and the Civil War.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Attends Teen Press Conference Youth Rules

Technology Administration - COMSCI PROGRAM GRADUATION

Asian Pacific Month lecture program, Main Interior

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Technology Administration - COMSCI PROGRAM GRADUATION

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NATIONAL STUDENT SUMMIT ON OCEAN ISSUES

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Event marking the 50th anniversary of the Toastmasters International Club at the Department of the Interior, with Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason and Toastmasters District 36 Governor Nancy McCeney among the officials participating

Author and domestic-violence survivor Carolyn Colleen shares her personal story of perseverance and more during the 2022 Fort McCoy Womens Equality Day observance held Aug. 25, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event featured many displays about womens equality. The event, organized by Equal Opportunity Advisor Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Garrison Equal Opportunity Office, recognizes the day the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed on Aug. 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.

Commemoration, in Loy Henderson Auditorium, of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, featuring appearances by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford III, and United Nations Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, among others

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Prior to a presentation at Trojan Intermediate School in Potosi, Mo., Amber Marek, KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow, astronaut Dom Gorie, Superintendent of Schools Randy Davis and Principal Jo Peukert salute the American flag. Students from three area schools Potosi High School, John Evans Middle School and Trojan are on a team taking part in NASA’s Explorer Schools program. Whitlow and Gorie are visiting the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. They are talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hollings Student Scholarship Presentations_Student Scholarship Presentations

Author and domestic-violence survivor Carolyn Colleen shares her personal story of perseverance and more during the 2022 Fort McCoy Womens Equality Day observance held Aug. 25, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event featured many displays about womens equality. The event, organized by Equal Opportunity Advisor Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Garrison Equal Opportunity Office, recognizes the day the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed on Aug. 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.

Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Aurene Martin, far left, and Secretary Gale Norton, center, on tour of the newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Prewitt and Thoreau communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP) program , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

Author and domestic-violence survivor Carolyn Colleen shares her personal story of perseverance and more during the 2022 Fort McCoy Womens Equality Day observance held Aug. 25, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event featured many displays about womens equality. The event, organized by Equal Opportunity Advisor Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Garrison Equal Opportunity Office, recognizes the day the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed on Aug. 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Lis Wiehl, lawyer, television commentator, author of Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Licensed Counselor Carmella Navarro gives her presentation during Fort McCoys 2022 National Hispanic Heritage Month observance Sept. 15, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Navarro has experience working with the Army Reserves 85th Support Command and much more as a licensed clinical professional counselor. Navarro shared many personal experiences in her presentation. The 2022 National Hispanic Heritage Month observance at Fort McCoy was organized by the Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Equal Opportunity Office. In addition to the guest speaker, the banquet room at McCoys Community Center was adorned with materials highlight Hispanic Heritage, and more.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP) program , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (center) and Principal Aaron Fernander (right) visit a classroom in Ralph Bunche Middle School, a NASA Explorer School, in Atlanta, Ga. At left is Ralph Thomas, assistant administrator for Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at NASA. Kennedy is visiting NES sites to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was accompanied by astronaut Rick Linnehan on the visit. The purpose of the school visit is to talk with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hollings Student Scholarship Presentations_Student Scholarship Presentations

Technology Administration - COMSCI PROGRAM GRADUATION

Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer speaks to an audience of students and community members on U.S. efforts to empower women through multilateral diplomacy at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on September 1, 2011.

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

DIANE CAIN, STANDING NEAR CENTER, OF NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER'S OFFICE OF HUMAN CAPITAL, SPEAKS TO AN AUDIENCE GATHERED FOR AN AGENCY-WIDE LIVESTREAM PRESENTATION BY AUTHOR MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY FROM NASA'S LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER ON MARCH 7

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Civil service mid term evaluation session in Loy Henderson Auditorium

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NATIONAL STUDENT SUMMIT ON OCEAN ISSUES

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

Taminika Shadd, C.C. Pinckney Elementary School principal, listens as Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly addresses a group of teachers during American Education Week, Nov. 17.

Licensed Counselor Carmella Navarro gives her presentation during Fort McCoys 2022 National Hispanic Heritage Month observance Sept. 15, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Navarro has experience working with the Army Reserves 85th Support Command and much more as a licensed clinical professional counselor. Navarro shared many personal experiences in her presentation. The 2022 National Hispanic Heritage Month observance at Fort McCoy was organized by the Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Equal Opportunity Office. In addition to the guest speaker, the banquet room at McCoys Community Center was adorned with materials highlight Hispanic Heritage, and more.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Author and domestic-violence survivor Carolyn Colleen shares her personal story of perseverance and more during the 2022 Fort McCoy Womens Equality Day observance held Aug. 25, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event featured many displays about womens equality. The event, organized by Equal Opportunity Advisor Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Garrison Equal Opportunity Office, recognizes the day the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed on Aug. 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

Seminar on gay history, sponsored by Interior's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employee Organization (GLOBE)

Sustaining Women in STEM Making the Shift SWIS Bowie University on Nov 7, 2019 Chrystal Johnson hosted event with panel discussion, breakout sessions and speakers

Martivia Davison, 66th Force Support Squadron Human Resources manager, answers a question during Womens Equality Day panel discussion at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Aug 25. The event, hosted by the Womens Equality Day Committee and Hanscom Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility office, included five panel members who spoke about their personal and professional experiences.

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

Members of "Year Up" listen to President Barack Obama lead a discussion in Arlington, Va., June 19, 2009. "Year Up" is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults 18-24 with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend and corporate apprenticeship.

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Lis Wiehl, lawyer, television commentator, author of Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life

Secretary Gale Norton, fourth from left, Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Aurene Martin, third from left, and Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., second from left, among officials touring newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Navajo Nation Reservation

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Visitor Complex, Kirstie McCool Chadwick (left), the sister of astronaut William "Willie" J. McCool who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion Feb. 1, and a KSC employee talk to students from Columbia Elementary School in Palm Bay, Fla. The students visited the Center to learn about the past, present and future of space exploration. They also visited the Astronaut Memorial, placing flowers and observing a moment of silence in honor of the fallen crew of Columbia, and saw the 3-D IMAX film "Space Station."

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Lis Wiehl, lawyer, television commentator, author of Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life

Department of Interior officials and staff joining counterparts from other agencies in explaining government programs, and promoting Take Pride in America initiatives, at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree, Caroline County, Virginia

Event marking the 50th anniversary of the Toastmasters International Club at the Department of the Interior, with Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason and Toastmasters District 36 Governor Nancy McCeney among the officials participating

Petty Officer 1st Class Arien Buchanan, a Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Marine Safety Task Force member, discusses Coast Guard missions during a community meeting at a school in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region near Bethel, Alaska, August 26, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots.

Transitional Recovery Housing Fair.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Events featuring speech by Secretary Gale Norton, and follow-up discussions, at the University of Denver in Colorado

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

Participants of Norfolk Naval Shipyard's (NNSY) Executive Development Program (EDP) Cadre X celebrated their achievements in a graduation ceremony held July 20.

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer delivers remarks to international relations and political science students at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on September 1, 2011.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Attends Teen Press Conference Youth Rules

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

1996 'STELLAR' and MCP summer programs commencement. Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldren drops by after attending his book signing at US Space Camp eariler in the day is shown here with Gayle Wilson (governor's wife) and Ken Munechika (R) and Dr. Rose Grymes (center)

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