Presented by Valerie Marvin
For more than 150 years, Michigan women have proudly preserved state and local history in libraries, museums, community centers, clubs, and public buildings. They’ve suffered horrific defeats – like the loss of old Grand Rapids City Hall – and won magnificent victories, including the preservation of Michigan’s Capitol. Valerie Marvin, Michigan State Capitol Director of Education and History) shares the work the female preservationists, their legacies, and the tools they’ve left behind for their daughters.

Join us for our Reception and Annual meeting,(this year in May) as we partner with the Grand Rapids Historical Society to welcome Valerie Marvin, Michigan State Capitol Director of History and Education.

To help us plan for food and beverages, please register in advance here

Agenda:

5:30–6:30: Reception
6:30–6:50: Annual meeting and election of new board members.
7:00–8:00: Keynote address

Pew Campus Parking Map
Free parking available in the Mt. Vernon lot at the Seidman School of Business (Lot 17)
Take a ticket when you enter and bring it in for validation.

Mary Stiles Kimmell (pictured protesting the demolition of old city hall) was well known in Grand Rapids for her local activism in the late 1960s.