The Way We Worked - I&M, Mar 2012

Heather Wickens, Project Coordinator for the Canal Corridor Association at Illinois & Michigan Canal, spoke about the Smithsonian's Museums on MainStreet Program. The smallest of the Smithsonian's traveling exhibit programs, Museums on MainStreet brings Smithsonian quality exhibits to small-town America. Heather shared how the Canal Corridor Association worked to bring the exhibition "The Way We Worked" to one of the counties within the I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor.

Museums on MainStreet: http://museumonmainstreet.org/"The Way We Worked" exhibit at I&M Canal http://www.iandmcanal.org/twww/

For more information, contact Heather Wickens, hwickens@canalcor.org.

Making Tracks - Motorcities, Jan 2012

Brian Yopp, Director of Operations & Community Liaison at MotorCities National Heritage Area, spoke about Making Tracks, a video-website education project coordinated by MotorCities that allows students to explore the African American Experience in the Auto Industry. http://www.makingtracks.org/

For more information, contact Brian Yopp, byopp@motorcities.org

Skype Book Club - Freedom's Frontier, Jul 2011

Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area partners love to get together to discuss their shared history, but are hampered by long distances that separate them. They began a book club centered on the interpretive themes of Freedom's Frontier that met via Skype.

For more information, contact Julie McPike at jmcpike@freedomsfrontier.org.

Utilizing NPS Resources, Sep 2011

As a former NPS employee, Heather Wickens, project coordinator at the Canal Corridor Association I&M Canal, shared resources available through the National Park Service. These included the following: 

NPS Digest http://www.nps.gov/applications/digest/
Harpers Ferry Center http://www.nps.gov/hfc/
NPS River, Trails & Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA) http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/
National Park Service 101 http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/index.htm
NPS Call to Action http://www.nps.gov/calltoaction/

For more information, contact Heather Wickens, hwickens@canalcor.org