Joy Lyons of Mammoth Cave sent me this email and asked if I would pass the information on - which I am pleased to do. Sandi The Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning in partnership with Western Kentucky University Center for Cave and Karst would like to announce an upcoming workshop entitled Mammoth Cave: A Slavery Perspective. This intensive, weekend workshop will be held at Mammoth Cave National Park on February 8, 9, and 10, 2008. The workshop will focus on the rich African American history associated with Mammoth Cave. Guest speakers include: * Dr. Gerald L. Smith, University of Kentucky, * J. Mark Lowe, Certified Genealogist, * Norman Warnell, author and local historian * Joy Medley Lyons, Mammoth Cave National Park Supervisory Park Ranger and award winning author, * Chuck DeCroix, Mammoth Cave National Park Ranger, and * Jerry Bransford, Mammoth Cave National Park Seasonal Ranger and descendant of Mat Bransford. Educators, historians, and anyone else interested in Mammoth Cave’s African American heritage are encouraged to attend. Participants will enter the cave to walk in the footsteps of cave guides Stephen Bishop, Mat and Nick Bransford, and others. They will visit various landmarks in the Park representative of home sites, final resting places, and the beneficial work of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s. Statewide resources and genealogy techniques will also be discussed. Due to the active nature of this workshop, all participants must be capable of walking up to three miles on tourist trails in the cave and of hiking on sometimes uneven terrain on the surface. Thanks to Mammoth Cave National Park for providing us with access to the sites and allowing us to conduct this workshop at the park.