Stephany has over 10 years of marketing experience, nearly four of those years being in AEC. Having worked in several different industries prior, she’s been able to utilize all of the skills she learned in her more recent roles, advancing the marketing efforts with each firm she’s worked at.
Stephany has been an SMPS member since she joined the AEC industry and encourages everyone to attend events –big or small. She enjoys all of the networking opportunities because it's a great way to branch out of her comfort zone and meet new people. Everyone has something new to share, and learning from AEC professionals (on all levels!) is the best way to keep up with an industry that's known for keeping you on your toes.
She also handles all of the SMPS social media posts the majority of the week, so we can all thank her for keeping our feeds up-to-date and engaging. Thank you for all that you do, Stephany!
SMPS Atlanta celebrates and honors Native American Heritage Month by recognizing the important contributions, culture, traditions and rich history of the original inhabitants in the Western United States. What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose.
One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the “First Americans” and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens.
In 1990, President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including “Native American Heritage Month” and “National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month”) have been issued each year since 1994.
More information can be found at the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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