Eleanor Roosevelt "Small Places" Commemoration in Tivoli All Weekend

Events throughout the weekend

Friday, October 11, 6pm, Watts-De Peyster Hall, 86 Broadway, Tivoli.
Reception and celebration of Mrs. Roosevelt’s 135th birthday, featuring a talk by
Jeffrey Urbin, Director for Education at the FDR Presidential Library, “Becoming Eleanor”

Saturday, October 12 , 10am,  St. Paul’s Church, 39 Woods Road, Tivoli
Ribbon cutting and remarks by Tivoli Mayor Joel Griffith,  Mrs. Roosevelt’s granddaughter Laura Roosevelt, The Right Reverend Allen Shin, Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, The Rev. Canon James Elliot Lindsley, and others

Picnic lunch at the Harris-Smith Post of the American Legion, 86 Broadway, Tivoli
Hot Dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers

Presentations begin at 1pm at Watts-De Peyster Hall, 86 Broadway, Tivoli
“Eleanor Roosevelt: The Evolution of a Leader”
Franceska Macsali-Urbin, the Supervising Ranger at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site aka Val-Kill and Sally-Dwyer McNulty, Professor of History at Marist College

“The Meaning of Human Rights in Eleanor’s Time and Ours”
Larry Cox, former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA

“Human Rights in the Hudson Valley”
A panel discussion lead by Jen Drake of the Dutchess County Commission on Human Rights, including DCCHR Chair Jody Miller, Deputy Commissioner for Special Needs Toni Ciarfella, Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center Director Jeff Rindler, and the Worker Justice Center of New York’s Human Trafficking Specialist Cecilia Cortina among others.

Sunday, October 13, 10am, St. Paul’s & Trinity Parish, 39 Woods Road, Tivoli
A Festive Service Commemorating the Life and Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt,
celebrated by The Rev. Masud Ibn Syedullah

• Friday, Feb 21^st, 2020
  Hudson Valley Gospel Festival 2020 - 4:00 pm
• Saturday, Feb 22^nd, 2020
  2020 Fishkill Polar Plunge - 8:30 am
• Saturday, Feb 22^nd, 2020
  Tea & Talk "Art on Ice: Gilded Age Figure Skating" at Staatsburgh State Historic Site - 1:00 pm
• Saturday, Feb 22^nd, 2020
  Hudson Valley Gospel Festival 2020 - 4:00 pm
• Sunday, Feb 23^rd, 2020
  Hudson Valley Gospel Festival 2020 - 4:00 pm

• Sunday, Aug 2^nd, 2020
  12th Annual "La Guelaguetza" Festival in Poughkeepsie - 1:00 pm
• Sunday, Sep 27^th, 2020
  Sunrise Stroll at Walkway Over The Hudson - 6:30 am
• Saturday, Apr 25^th, 2020
  50th Annual Wappinger Creek Water Derby - 8:00 am
• Saturday, Apr 11^th, 2020
  MET Live in HD @ Bardavon 1869 Opera House "Tosca (Puccini)" - 12:30 pm
• Saturday, Jun 6^th, 2020
  County Players Theater Presents CP2 Series "The Children" - 8:00 pm