TALK: “Telling Difficult Stories, Realizing DEI Values: The SUNY New Paltz Building Renaming Project, 2017-2018” with Reynolds Scott-Childress
Simple questions sometimes have difficult answers and monumental consequences. We are currently experiencing backlash from the current administration in Washington, D.C., regarding the place of DEI values in celebrating our nation's history. This talk will remind us of why there was nationwide questioning in the 2010s about statues and memorial naming. The focus is on the project to rename buildings at SUNY New Paltz. We will consider the values at the heart of the project and the historical practices of researching both the local Huguenot pioneers and the reasons for memorializing them. On this 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it is fitting to consider who our local heroes are and how best to remember them.
Reynolds Scott-Childress teaches history at SUNY New Paltz and the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia. His work focuses on the categories and practices of race and class in US history.
TALK: Cravings Aren’t About Willpower with Jackie Meyer, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES at Green Bar
A practical, science-based look at cravings, what causes them, and how to work with your body instead of against it.
Join us and learn to understand your cravings and to respond without guilt or restriction.
We’ve been taught to think of cravings as a lack of willpower. Something to ignore, control, or “be better” about.
But what if that’s not true?
In this session, Registered Dietitian Jackie Meyer brings nearly two decades of experience in women’s health and insulin resistance to a conversation most people haven’t had yet. Instead of fighting cravings, she’ll help you understand them.
We’ll break down the real drivers behind cravings, including blood sugar, stress, sleep, and habits, and why certain times of day can feel harder than others. More importantly, you’ll learn how to respond in a way that actually supports your body, without restriction, guilt, or starting over on Monday.
This is a realistic, science-based approach to feeling better in your body, built around foods you enjoy and habits that are actually sustainable.
As always, this isn’t a lecture. It’s a conversation.
The evening will include time for questions, discussion, and a Green Bar experience tied to the topic, featuring menu items like the Sunrise Sourdough and Solar Flare Smoothie.
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TALK: Fire and Freedom—The American Revolution in New York
Join contributor Thomas S. Wermuth in a discussion about the newly released book (May 15), Fire and Freedom. Showcasing New York's central role in the revolution, Fire and Freedom highlights the stories of people and events previously hidden from popular view, unveiling a new vision of this famous narrative.
TALK: “Spanning the Wallkill: The First Covered Bridges in New Paltz in the 1820’s and Now” with Ron Knapp
The New Paltz Historical Society welcomes Ron Knapp with his talk “Spanning the Wallkill: The First Covered Bridges in New Paltz in the 1820’s and Now.” This talk will present new information concerning three covered timber bridges erected along the Wallkill River in the 1820s, including the New Paltz Bridge, that once stood at the foot of Main Street, Perrine's Bridge, still standing on Route 213 in Rifton, and Phillies Bridge that crossed the Wallkill in Gardiner. The presentation will feature historical and recent information about these bridges over time, down to the present.
Ronald G. Knapp was an historical-cultural geographer at State University of New York at New Paltz, where he taught from 1968 to 2001, retiring with the rank of SUNY distinguished professor emeritus. For the past forty-five years his research has focused on China's frontier history and Chinese vernacular architecture, including two books on Chinese bridges, including covered bridges in China. While attending a conference on covered bridges in China in 2005, he met an American covered-bridge enthusiast, Terry Miller, which led to their decision to write a book on American covered bridges.
Ron, and co-author Terry Miller, along with photographer A. Chester Ong, published "America's Covered Bridges: Practical Crossings, Nostalgic Icons" in 2014. David W. Wright, President, National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges said "America's Covered Bridges" is a book every covered bridge enthusiast will want to own. Amongst numerous other virtues, the book is profusely illustrated with both historic and contemporary photographs."