We received a major grant from The Better Angels Society to relaunch and reintroduce the “Latest Generation Film Contest” for Midwest filmmakers (ages 14-22). For more: bit.ly/3wAnkh3
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So proud of our team! Our second documentary series has won its first awards!

Don't miss our event with Doris Kearns Goodwin!
On June 11th at 7 PM CT at the Hoogland Theater in Springfield, IL., Goodwin will share insights from 'An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s,' with Foundation CEO Erin Carlson Mast.
For tickets: bit.ly/4as0Ygp

Capped off the week with a tour of The Obama Presidential Center construction site. It's always exciting to see a new museum in creation! Thanks to the good folks at The Obama Foundation for the tour.

Looking forward to our program featuring the incomparable Doris Kearns Goodwin on June 11th!

Join us this Wed. April 10th at 7pm central for a live webinar featuring our short documentary series followed by a discussion with featured scholars Dr. Angela Ray Northwestern and Manisha Sinha UConn moderated by our CEO Erin Carlson Mast.

Register Here: bit.ly/3UatTPt

#CivicLearningWeek might be ending, but the civic learning continues. Check out this new teacher webinar taking place April 4th!

Don't miss tonight's live webinar and screening of 'Fortifying Our Democracy: Lincoln's Lyceum Address' with Dr. Kate Masur Northwestern and Dr. Saladin Ambar Rutgers University led by our CEO Erin Carlson Mast.
Live TONIGHT March 12th 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CT
Register: bit.ly/3V49xco

A1 #sschat Lincoln Presidential Foundation created a new short (under 30 min) film series “Fortifying Our Democracy: Lincoln’s Lyceum Address” exploring the alarming events that inspired the speech and its timeless and urgent pro-civics message. lincolnpresidential.org/lincoln-resour…

Check out our article in Teen Vogue created with Made By Us! Our CEO Erin Carlson Mast and co-author Kathryn Harris share the connection between the 1908 Springfield Race Riot and the founding of the NAACP on the Centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. teenvogue.com/story/the-forg…

What a fantastic day! On Friday, I was down in Springfield, IL for the grand opening ceremony and ribbon cutting for our new exhibit 'Lincoln's Springfield,' created with our partners at Lincoln Home NHS. This is the first-ever exhibit for a youth audience at the site!

We were honored to work on this project! The six people whose histories are featured in the exhibit offer an incredible illustration of the promise and premise of the American experiment.

Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s President and CEO, Erin Carlson Mast, and Board Chair, Sergio Pecori, were featured in Illinois Times about our Julius Rosenwald exhibit project. illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/h…

Mark your calendars to catch our CEO Erin Carlson Mast and a stellar lineup of historians on CSPAN on Feb. 17 and 24 starting at 2pm EST! CSPAN CSPANhistory Harold Holzer TheLincolnForum Ronald C. White Kate Masur Jonathan White Ed Achorn

A big thanks to all who were able to join us for this memorable event!

If you haven't read Inskeep's newest book, Differ We Must, I highly recommend it for its perspective on history and applications to our own time.

We won!!!

It was a joy and an honor to be part of this for American Association for State and Local History and to be in the historic Egyptian Theater. Thank you to program chairs Noelle Trent and Chris Miller for your leadership!

Two more awards for our documentary film series!