<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Robert G. Stanton joined the National Park Service as a seasonal ranger and rose through the ranks to become the agency's first African American Director. In this episode, he reflects on the need to tell a more honest and inclusive history of America. He also speaks about his current work for the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Preservation in Practice&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;program that brings young African American professionals into historic preservation and as an expert member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Transcript: &lt;a href= "https://tinyurl.com/npi0102"&gt;tinyurl.com/npi0102&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;This episode is sponsored by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Maria Marable-Bunch, Fred McCoy, Darwina L. Neal, Gail C. Rothrock, Carol Shull, and Charlene Dwin Vaughn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;This episode was written, edited, and produced by Hannah Hethmon for Better Lemon Creative Audio. Additional editing by Julia Letts. Narration and hosting by Jane I. Seiter, Ph.D. Research and support from Jere Gibber. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/278558/NPI-Podcast_Promo_Episode2.jpg" alt="" width="650" height="366" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Preservation Profiles

National Preservation Institute

Preserving Resources and Fostering Diversity with Robert Stanton

JUL 28, 202034 MIN
Preservation Profiles

Preserving Resources and Fostering Diversity with Robert Stanton

JUL 28, 202034 MIN

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Robert G. Stanton joined the National Park Service as a seasonal ranger and rose through the ranks to become the agency's first African American Director. In this episode, he reflects on the need to tell a more honest and inclusive history of America. He also speaks about his current work for the Preservation in Practice program that brings young African American professionals into historic preservation and as an expert member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Transcript: tinyurl.com/npi0102 This episode is sponsored by Maria Marable-Bunch, Fred McCoy, Darwina L. Neal, Gail C. Rothrock, Carol Shull, and Charlene Dwin Vaughn. This episode was written, edited, and produced by Hannah Hethmon for Better Lemon Creative Audio. Additional editing by Julia Letts. Narration and hosting by Jane I. Seiter, Ph.D. Research and support from Jere Gibber.