Our Northwest Coordinator Judith Kenny produced the second video in a planned series, “Mapping New Deal Oregon,” funded by the Kinsman Foundation. The CCC’s Legacy at Eagle Creek Recreation Area does a fine job of showing off the popular park and its New Deal legacy.
In Los Angeles, Research Assistant Natalie McDonald was selected by the American Historical Association as the AHA Summer Columnist, reporting on aspects of New Deal history in the LA area. Our Social Media Director Sophia Gimenez has been catching the public eye with a well-planned series of posts about LND activities and news.
Living New Deal founder and Project Scholar Gray Brechin continues to keep a busy speaking schedule. In addition to his talks around the Bay Area, Gray recently did a radio interview with writer David Kipen about the New Deal in Los Angeles.
LND Director Dick Walker gave an in-person talk to a conference of park rangers on the New Deal in California parks and several virtual talks for audiences in the Bay Area, Washington DC and Los Angeles, as well as interviews for podcasts and newspapers.
