Informative Presentations and Talks

Participants attending discussions on significant social issues with attentive audiences, highlighting the importance of knowledge-sharing and community engagement.

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

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

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

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

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

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

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

Office of Civil Rights - Women's Leadership Program

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

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Technology Administration - COMSCI PROGRAM GRADUATION

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

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

Center Director Roy Bridges opens the second Super Safety and Health Day at Kennedy Space Center, an entire day when most normal work activities are suspended to allow personnel to attend safetyand health-related activities. The theme, "Safety and Health Go Hand in Hand," emphasized KSC's commitment to place the safety and health of the public, astronauts, employees and space-related resources first and foremost. Events included a keynote address, a panel session about related issues, vendor exhibits, and safety training in work groups. The keynote address and panel session were also broadcast internally over NASA television

Secretary Gale Norton, center, with young visitors in audience during Department of Interior headquarters event, commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr., including a performance by the choir from Alice Deal Junior High School, Washington, D.C.

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

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.

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

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 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

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

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

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

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - DC Summer Initiative

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

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

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

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday commemoration event in the South Interior Auditorium, featuring remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service (NPS) Deputy Director Lindi Harvey, NPS National Capital Parks Region Director Joseph Lawler, and NPS National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Margaret O'Dell, along with an appearance by the National Park Service Honor Guard, performances by choirs from Washington, D.C.'s Kimball Elementary School and Dunbar Senior High School, and readings by students from Washington, D.C.'s Watkins Elementary School

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

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

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - 2002 Support Staff Day Program and Awards Ceremony

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics Analyzing Labor Statistics Graduation Ceremony

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

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

Technology Administration - COMSCI PROGRAM GRADUATION

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

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Congressman Culberson and Kentucky High School Children

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 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) - Bell Multicultural High School, Earth Day 2007 Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

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

Office of Civil Rights - Women's Leadership Program

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH DEAN KAMEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION

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

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) speaks to students, faculty and guests at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla. Kennedy made the tour to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was accompanied by astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf. 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.

Earthquake Flooding Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, November 6, 2009 James Shebl, external affairs officer, foreground, takes notes as a newspaper reporter shoots still photos and American Samoa government TV crew videotapes news conference updating progress of recovery since the September 29th earthquake, tsunami and flooding disaster. It was the first news event at the Joint Field Office where employees of FEMA, federal partners and the American Samoa government work side-by-side to help survivors recover. Richard O'Reilly/FEMA.. American Samoa Earthquake, Tsunami, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bell Multicultural High School, Earth Day 2007 Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- KSC videographer Dave Stanley, at right, films the crew from India who are setting up their equipment. The crew spent several days at KSC filming at various sites for the movie Swades,” a story about India’s brain-drain. The writer and director is Ashutosh Gowariker (seen to the right of center). The lead actors are Shahrukh Khan and Gayatri Joshi. Sunita Gowariker is executive producer.

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester (left) and Dr. Adena Williams Loston, NASA chief education officer, address a group of educators assembled for the kickoff of 'The Science in Space Challenge' at the Doubletree Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The national challenge program is sponsored by NASA and Pearson Scott Foresman, publisher of pre-K through grade six educational books. To participate in the challenge, teachers may submit proposals, on behalf of their students, for a science and technology investigation. Astronauts will conduct the winning projects on a Space Shuttle mission or on the International Space Station, while teachers and students follow along via television or the Web.

Working Capital Fund - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Conference on Ocean Literacy

Asian Pacific Heritage Month program, Dean Acheson Auditorium

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

Holocaust Days of Remembrance event in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring presentations by Efraim Cohen of the Office of Civil Rights, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, Moises Behar of the Office of Civil Rights, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman, storyteller and actress Lisa Lipkin, and Ambassador at Large and Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Randolph Marshall Bell

Holocaust Days of Remembrance event in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring presentations by Efraim Cohen of the Office of Civil Rights, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, Moises Behar of the Office of Civil Rights, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman, storyteller and actress Lisa Lipkin, and Ambassador at Large and Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Randolph Marshall Bell

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with Take Pride in America (TPIA) officials and volunteers at signing event for order extending the authorization of TPIA within the Department of the Interior through the year 2010. Among officials and guests joining Secretary Kempthorne for the proceedings at Main Interior were Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett; TPIA Executive Director Katie Loovis; Appalachian Trail volunteer Scott Wilson; Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal National Historical Park volunteers Barbara Brown and Jane Collins; Hyattsville, Maryland Elementary School students Billy Kennedy and Jose Cruz, and Hyattsville teacher, Ms. Davis.

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. - KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. talks to students at Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School. He is visiting to the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Astronaut Leland Melvin(second from right) accompanied Whitlow, talking with students about the importance of teamwork and what it takes for mission success. Also on the visit was Dr. Julian Earls (far right), director of NASA Glenn Research Center, who discussed the future and the vision for space, plus the NASA careers needed to meet the vision. Whitlow talked 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.

A display in support of Fort McCoy's observance of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is shown May 19, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The heritage month recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Equal Opportunity Office.

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH DEAN KAMEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH DEAN KAMEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION

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

African American History Celebration, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring performance by Morgan State University Choir, and remarks by guest speakers including: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Bernard LaFayette, Jr., 1960's civil rights leader, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island; Dorothy Height, long time civil rights and women's rights activist, President Emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women; and Romeo Crennel, head coach of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns.

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

Dedication ceremonies at 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. School design, by architectural firm headed by Navajo member, incorporates Navajo cultural elements

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

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

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

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 wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium Select Images

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 presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

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

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

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

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (left) talks with staff members of Gainesville Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School in Gainesville, Ga. In the background are Bruce Buckingham (left) , NASA KSC News Chief, and Jim Jennings, deputy associate administrator for Institutions and Asset Management at NASA Headquarters. Jennings shared the new vision for space exploration with this next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked 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.

CR Community Based outreach with Urban League.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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 Lis Wiehl, lawyer, television commentator, author of Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH DEAN KAMEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION

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