a symposium on
250 Years of American Philanthropy
1:30 to 6:00 p.m. | SYMPOSIUM
6:00 to 7:00 p.m. | RECEPTION
1:30 PM
WELCOME
250 YEARS OF AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D.
Elizabeth MacMillan Director
National Museum of American History
1:40 PM
WOMEN, PHILANTHROPY & AMERICAN SOCIAL REFORM
Interviewer
Amanda B. Moniz, Ph.D.
David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy
National Museum of American History
in conversation with
Louise W. Knight
Author & Biographer
Northwestern University
Shannen Dee Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
University of Dayton
2:30 PM
Q+A
2:40 PM
STEWARDING THE PHILANTHROPIC LEGACY OF MADAM C. J. WALKER & A’LELIA WALKER
Interviewer
Nicholas A. Tedesco
President & CEO
National Center for Family Philanthropy
in conversation with
A'Lelia Bundles
Journalist & Biographer
Founder, Madam Walker Family Archives
3:20 PM
Q+A
3:30 PM
BREAK
Opportunity for guests to network and visit two museum exhibitions:
- The Philanthropy Initiatives’ Giving in America display
- In Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness, (museum-wide) an immersive exhibition featuring 250 objects from 1776 to the present exploring how Americans have come together to make change. Highlights: Thomas Jefferson’s portable desk (1776) used to write the Declaration of Independence, conservation of the Gunboat Philadelphia (1776), and the Star-Spangled Banner (1813).
3:55 PM
SUSTAINING WHAT DEFINES US:
AMERICAN CULTURAL PHILANTHROPY
Interviewer
Anthea M. Hartig, Ph. D.
Elizabeth MacMillan Director
National Museum of American History
in conversation with
David M. Rubenstein
Smithsonian Institution Regent Emeritus
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group
Oscar L. Tang
Private Financier
4:45 PM
Q+A
4:55 PM
PHILANTHROPY & the AMERICAN CIVIC FUTURE
Interviewer
James M. Ferris, Ph.D.
Professor, Emery Evans Olson Chair in Nonprofit Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Director, The USC Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy
in conversation with
Cecilia A. Conrad, Ph.D.
CEO
Lever for Change
Melanie Lundquist, LHD
Activist Philanthropist
Co-Founder & Board Vice Chair, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools and the Lundquist Institute
Board Member, News Literacy Project
5:45 PM
Q+A
5:55 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
Anthea M. Hartig, Ph.D.
Elizabeth MacMillan Director
National Museum of American History
6:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM ADJOURNS
6:00 PM
RECEPTION
7:00 PM
EVENT ENDS