This recording may be of interest to some of our members or with any contacts our members may have in local schools.
The Webinar
is Posted for Viewing and Sharing:
An insightful hour for EDUCATORS… and LEARNERS: Held on Friday, February 26, 2021, 1pm EST
We assembled a group of educators from different parts of the US to explore issues of teaching WWI in the 2021 classroom and community environment, presented from a real-world practical perspective:
How teachers are adapting in teaching social studies, during the Pandemic
How do differing State standards affect strategies for teaching WWI
Practical approaches, best practices, and integration ideas when teaching WWI
Educational community engagement through WWI field explorations
FREE RESOURCES:
We also reviewed some of the EdTech (Education Technology) tools created by the US World War I Centennial Commission and the Doughboy Foundation during and after the Centennial of WWI.
A WWI Education Resource Website on a USB drive for download
A 100-page electronic WWI Genealogy Research Guide
Smartphone Apps that bring the new National WWI Memorial into classrooms
The webinar is now posted and available for viewing and sharing by clicking the button below. This includes links to many resources and downloads, plus a bonus download:
“WWI History in 20-pages”.
A newsletter from one of our fellow veterans organizations in the Bay Area.
THIS MONTH: MARCH 2021
This month marks one year since we Californians were first given stay-at-home orders and this beloved gathering place, our Club and Hotel, fell silent for the first time ever. For the Marines’ Memorial, it has been a year of wrenching choices and adaptation, with a steady view toward keeping this Living Memorial alive for the generations to come.
If your extraordinary financial support and encouragement are any indication, we have a feeling that when it’s safe to travel and gather again, the Club will be bursting at the seams. We look forward to seeing you!
Watch your mailbox for the Spring 2021 edition of Crossroads of the Corps. Inside, you’ll find a review of our Virtual Birthday Ball, a peek into our building’s pre-Marines’ Memorial history, the details on this year’s scholarship offerings, and much more. Be sure to share your copy of the magazine, especially with Veterans who are not yet members.
We are celebrating the Marines’ Memorial’s 75th Anniversary Year with an engaging look back! Each month, a new installment of Marines’ Memorial: 75 Years in the Making, will land in your email inbox. Don’t miss it!
You can contribute your own memories to our celebration, too! Just follow the link below.
WITH MIKE CERRE, AS HE HOSTS IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS
WITH VETERAN LEADERS.
VIDEO SERIES: LEADING FROM THE FRONT
This month’s installment features VADM ANN RONDEAU, USN (Ret), President of the Naval Postgraduate School and former President of the National Defense University, exploring the theme of Women Leading Men.
Coming soon: Jake Harriman, former Marine and Founder of non-profit Nuru International, and Former National Security Adviser LTG H.R. McMaster, USA (Ret)
Not yet a Benefactor member? Make 2021 the year start enjoying these special privileges: Lifetime Membership, a special Benefactor Holiday (2 nights plus $50 for dinner in the Leatherneck Steakhouse), Suite Upgrades at no charge (based on availability), 15% Discount on Food and Beverage, 15% at Marine Club Store, and Advance Reservations for select MMC events.
Marines’ Memorial gift cards can be used for accommodations, meals and Marine Club Store items, and they never expire! So anytime is a great time to give the gift of MMC. Purchase gift cards by calling us at (415) 673-6672.
ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT MMA
Sign up for Amazon Smile, and Amazon will donate on your behalf with every purchase! Here’s how: On your computer, go to Smile.Amazon.com and follow the instructions. On your iPhone’s Amazon App, open the main menu, tap Settings, tap AmazonSmile, and follow activation instructions.
YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME
MMC RATED AMONG THE WORLD’S TOP HOTELS
Thanks to our high ratings and great reviews from guests, our hotel is listed among the top 10% worldwide! STAY TUNED for great new packages as we prepare to welcome you back to the Club!
With the Marines’ Memorial “MICRO WEDDING,” love wins! Our packages for small, intimate weddings (you + up to 10 guests) are elegant, memorable, and hassle free. Because your wedding story is important to us, we want you to relax, get married, and have fun!
Plan your next Reciprocal Club visit in TWO EASY STEPS!
1. Contact your destination club to confirm they are open and can accommodate you on your desired dates.
2. Generate a Letter of Introduction. Log in to your MMA Member account. Then click on “Request Letter of Introduction,” enter a date, and submit. Your destination club will receive your letter automatically by email!
Join filmmaker George Tombs for a discussion of his 2020 documentary The Blinding Sea. The film chronicles the life of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), the first person to lead a successful expedition through the Northwest Passage. It evokes the joys, sorrows, relationships, and missed opportunities in the life of Amundsen, who disappeared mysteriously during a polar flight in 1928. The film places a special focus on Amundsen’s relations with the Indigenous people he encountered on his voyages, particularly the Inuit.
The documentary will be available online tomorrow to registered attendees. We request that all participants watch the film prior to joining the director’s talk on March 9.
George Tombs is an award-winning author and filmmaker based in Montreal, who works in both English and French. He is currently writing a biography of Roald Amundsen. His past works include Robber Baron, a biography of controversial media tycoon Conrad Black, and his recent humorous novel Mind the Gap.
Big Give is next Thursday!
The big day is almost here! Big Give, Berkeley’s annual fundraising extravaganza, is next Thursday, March 11. Show your support for Canadian Studies by making a gift of any size to our program. 76% of our funding comes from donors like you, so your support is critical. And your Big Give gift could help us win $1000s of dollars in prizes at no cost to you – learn how here.
Joyeux mois de la Francophonie !
March is the month of La Francophonie, and Canadian studies is pleased to join with 88 countries and Canadians from coast to coast in celebrating French language and cultures this month. The Canadian embassy in the United States will be hosting and promoting several events that highlight Canada’s French language heritage – please see the full list of events to join in! (Please note that many events will be conducted entirely in French.)
In the News
Quebec River Granted “Legal Personhood” in Canadian First
In the first action of its kind in Canada, Quebec’s Magpie River has been granted legal personhood by regional authorities. As reported by the CBC, simultaneous resolutions adopted by the Minganie regional municipality and the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit grant the river nine rights, with appointed guardians able to sue on the river’s behalf should those rights be violated.
The move is intended to protect the river, which has great significance to the local Innu people, from development, particularly the threat of damming for hydropower. Environmental and Indigenous groups applaud the move, which they say recognizes traditional Indigenous concepts of land stewardship and preserves a valuable natural resource. The action is part of a global movement for “environmental personhood”, which advocates for the intrinsic rights of nature and recognition of Indigenous groups’ traditional relationship to their surroundings.
Image: Magpie River by The Canadian Press/HO-Boreal River
Join the Wilson Center for expert analysis on the future of Canada-US-Mexico relations. The Biden Administration made several steps to reach out to neighboring governments in its first days. To assess whether these steps portend a return to more active North American collaboration, the Wilson Center is honored to welcome distinguished representatives from the U.S., Canadian and Mexican governments to discuss the future of North America and regional cooperation on important issues such as pandemic response, border management and region migration. Learn more and view the speaker schedule here.
This event marks the launch the North America 2.0 project, in which the Wilson Center and partner organizations throughout the region will be releasing policy recommendations and analysis on North American cooperation throughout the first half of 2020.
Community Q&A: Facing Border Closure Together to Flatten the Curve
The Consulate General of Canada in Northern California and the Digital Moose Lounge invite you to an important conversation about the extension of border closure regulations. This is an open-format community discussion and opportunity to have your questions answered. Participants will include Consul-General Rana Sarkar; senior consular officer Marni Kellison; Pavan Dhillon, founder and principal attorney at Dhillon Immigration Law and a Berkeley Canadian Studies board member; and Shauna Chevalier, liaison officer for the Canada Border Services Agency.
The San Francisco Friends of the Commission on the Status of Women and Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco are pleased to present an American Association of University Women (AAUW) Work Smart Salary Negotiation webinar in observance of International Women’s Day. The seminar aims to train women to ask for equal and fair salary and benefits packages. Learn more here.
Last week Veterans Affairs Canada hosted a webinar entitled “Canada remembers CAF around the world” (if you are a member of Facebook, you can view the whole ~40-minute webinar at https://www.facebook.com/177183000662/>videos/436766764409326 ). As a part of that webinar, they shared the following video that they have designed to solicit feedback from Canadians:
The basic idea is that we are past the 100th anniversary for all of the WWI events and the 75th anniversary for all of the WWII events, plus the reality that there are no WWI veterans remaining (barely any citizens still alive who were even born by the end of the war), very few WWI veterans, and even a dwindling number of Korean War veterans. So these events – and even these veterans – are no longer a part of our collective memory or our communities. For most Canadians, they are events in a history book.
Veterans Affairs were very purposeful to state that this does not mean that we should forget about or not include these remembrances. But they were also clear that we need to do a better job of highlighting the experiences of Canadian veterans who were engaged in various Cold War, UN Peacekeeping, and NATO missions – many of which are starting to hit their 30th or 40th or 50th anniversaries and beyond (e.g., Operations Standard and Stable in Haiti began 25 years ago, the Gulf War was 30 years ago, Operation CALUMET in the Sinai was 40 years ago, our operation in the Congo ended 57 years ago, our presence in the Suez as a part of United Nations Emergency Force was 65 years ago).
Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 