From time to time, SUGA organizes field trips for the further enrichment of its students.  Below, we would like to share some of what has been experienced.

May 12, 2025
​Centers for Disease Control - Atlanta

Anita Eidex organized a tour of the Centers for Disease Control Museum.  The tour took the group through the founding of the CDC, explained many of the important advancements made, and the worldwide impact their work has had.  It was a fascinating tour!  To learn more about the CDC museum, you may visit www.cdcfoundation.org/what/program/david-j-sencer-cdc-museum.

Following the tour, some of the group went to lunch at the The General Muir. 

March 4, 2024
​Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum​

After moderating a a class about the The Carter Center, Ann Levine provided the opportunity for SUGA members to go on a guided tour of the The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum.  This well attended event, gave insights from long time Public Affairs Director and personal friend of the Carters, Tony Clark.

To see the course presented on The Carter Center, please visit The Carter Center - YouTube.  
To see more photos from this field trip, please visit ​https://www.facebook.com/SUGASeniorUniversity. 

December 2, 2023
​Booth Western Art Museum
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Henry Rosenthal was generous to organize an outing to the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, GA.  The group was lead on a curated tour of two floors of the museum and outdoor sculptures.  The Booth Museum is a Smithsonian affiliate.  "The Booth’s permanent collection covers more than a dozen galleries, showcasing legendary artists such as Frederic Remington and Charles Russell to contemporary masters Howard Terpning and Andy Warhol. Unique to the Booth, the Millar Presidential Gallery displays a portrait and original hand-signed letter from each U.S. President, George Washington through Donald Trump. Supplementing the permanent collection are several temporary galleries, hosting 10 to 12 exhibitions per year."

Below, please enjoy a sampling of what the group saw:

July 15, 2023
​Michael C. Carlos Museum

A local outing was arranged to go to Michael C. Carlos Museum, an art museum located on Emory University's main campus. The Carlos Museum has the largest ancient art collections in the Southeast, including objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, Africa and the ancient Americas. The collections are housed in a Michael Graves designed building.

May 18, 2023
​The Legacy Museum, National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Pannie-George's Kitchen

A group of participants left from the Atlanta area, and met up with additional participants in Montgomery, AL, to visit The Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and broke bread at Pannie-George's Kitchen.  ​

Photo credits are given top to bottom, left to right.  May of the photos may be clicked on for a larger view. 

The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, founded by the Equal Justice Initiative, is a museum that displays the history of slavery and racism in America. This includes the enslavement of African-Americans, racial lynchings, segregation, and racial bias.  It's partner site, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, is a national memorial to commemorate the black victims of lynching in the United States. 

Visited together, these sites provide a sobering and insightful look into the issues of racial terrorism in the United States.  

Below, are some of the impressions our SUGA participants came away with.  

The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration

Aileen discusses important topics with Charlene and her sister Leah.  Once in the museum, photography is not allowed. 

~ Photo credit: Lauren Wood-Viscardi

​The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

~ Photo credit: Douglas Nichols. Lauren Wood-Viscardi

~Photo credits:
Lauren Wood-Viscardi, Lauren Wood-Viscardi, Lauren Wood-Viscardi
Ann Levine, Ann Levine, Phyllis Bearden

The site includes 800 six-foot monuments to symbolize thousands of racial terror lynching victims in the United States and the counties and states where this terrorism took place.  They are arranged by county within each state. 

~Photo credits: 
Ellen Patrick, Ellen Patrick, Douglas Nichols,
Douglas Nichols, Norman Slawsky, Lauren Wood-Viscardi

~Photo credit: Lauren Wood-Viscardi

~Photo credits:
Phyllis Bearden, Phyllis Bearden, Lauren Wood-Viscardi

~Photo credit: Norman Slawsky

~Photo credits: Lauren Wood-Viscardi, Norman Slawsky, Norman Slawsky

Participants George W, Jeff W,  Aileen W, Sal D, Kay C and Sally M, share the very powerful experiences that they have just had.  

~Photo credits:
Phyllis Bearden, Phyllis Bearden, Phyllis Bearden
Ann Levine, Lauren Wood-Viscardi, Lauren Wood-Viscardi
Douglas Nichols, Norman Slawsky, Ann Levine

Traveling is wonderful, but there's no place like home. 

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