Nobody Gives Us Sovereignty: Busting Stereotypes & Walking the Walk

Suzan Shown Harjo at the Atlanta History Center

Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee Activist and Keynote Speaker

About: Native American Heritage, Activism, and Visibility

Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Woodruff Auditorium, McElreath Hall,
Atlanta History Center
Guest Capacity: 400

Schedule
Check-In 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote Speaker: Suzan Shown Harjo 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Intermission 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Keynote Speaker: Suzan Shown Harjo (continued) 11:20 AM - 12:30 AM

Optional Lunch 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Optional Meet and Greet 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Ticket Information

Tickets provide entry into the Keynote Speaker event. Guests may also add on Lunch and a Meet and Greet with
Suzan Shown Harjo for an additional cost. The Ticket will also allow guests to explore the museum and grounds on
lunch, during the meet and greet, until closing time. Tickets are sold online at the Atlanta History Center Website on
a First-Come, First-Serve basis.

Senior First Responder / Youth (12 Child (3 and

Cost per Category Adult Student
(65 and Up) Military / Veteran and Under) Under)

Ticket (Keynote
Speaker Entry)
50.00 40.00 40.00 35.00 30.00 Free

Lunch and
Meet & Greet
30.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 Free

Notes: All children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

 Suzan Shown Harjo Biography

Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) is arguably the most consistent and effective advocate for
Native American rights over the last five decades. As executive director of the National Congress of American
Indians (1980s) and president of The Morning Star Institute (1984-), she has helped develop critical legislation,
including the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, the National Museum of the American Indian Act, and the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. A founding trustee of the Smithsonian National Museum
of the American Indian, curator, poet, and columnist, Harjo has been at the center of almost every legislative, legal,
and cultural issue of import to Native Peoples, including protection of cultural rights and sacred places and the
return of over one million acres of Indigenous lands. Recipient of a 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United
States’ highest civilian honor, she is Editor and Guest Curator of the book (2014, Smithsonian Books) and
award-winning exhibition (2014-2021, NMAI Museum on the Mall) of the same title, “Nation to Nation: Treaties
Between the United States and American Indian Nations.”

Topics: Native American Heritage, Social Activism, Authors, Diversity, Political, Poetry, Cross-Cultural
Understanding, Social Issues, National Affairs, Commencement, Social Justice, Women, Literary

Lunch Details

Lunch will be an optional option, paired with the Meet and Greet. The two sections may overlap or coincide, or they
may be kept separate. They are, however, meant to be a package deal to more easily track the coverage of lunch and
profits.

Lunch will be catered by Souper Jenny on site. Guests will have the option to choose from the list of daily
sandwiches and choose either a soup or salad to pair with it. They will also have the choice of a bottle of water,
Coke, Diet Coke, or Sprite. Each guest that chooses to have lunch will be charged the same amount, regardless of
the price of the beverage (or if they choose something cheaper like a PB&J).

The cost of lunch is combined with the cost of the Meet and Greet to accentuate the experience of meeting and
chatting with Suzan Shown Harjo.

Meet and Greet Details

The Meet and Greet is intended to be an optional, add-on experience for guests to have the chance of a close
connection with Suzan Shown Harjo. This period may be divided into groups, sessions, or other ways of
organization to promote the efficiency of the event. It will also be an opportunity for guests to take photos. Photos
may be a personal experience or something facilitated by a photographer. If a photographer is added, though, the
budget will need to be altered.

The Meet and Greet may be combined with the lunch as well.
 Budget and Cost Break-Down

Category Sub-Category Details Cost

Keynote Speaker Speaking Fee https://www.amacad.org/person/suzan-sho 15,000.00

wn-harjo

Hotel SpringHill Suites by 139.00 per night x 2 278.00

Marriott Atlanta nights
Buckhead

Travel Delta Comfort Plus Roundtrip, Nonstop 468.00

from and to New York

Per Diem 2 Travel Days, 1 Travel Days: 55.00 184.00

Full Day (Saturday, each
Sunday, Monday) Full days: 74.00
each (GSA.gov for
Atlanta)

Total 15,930.00

Lunch (Optional Souper Jenny 400 guests Soup / Salad (4.50) 5400.00 for
per Guest) + Sandwich (9.00) everyone;
13.50 per guest

Drinks (Coca-Cola All guests get Dasani = 6.98 per 90.74 for everyone;
brand) Dasani Water 32 pack case x 13 0.23 per guest
cases

All guests get can Coke = 12.78 per 24 217.26 for

(Coke, Diet Coke, pack case x 17 cases everyone;
or Sprite) 0.55 per guest

Total 5490.74 - 5617.26

(if all guests get lunch - range base on drink choice)

Total Costs Range 21,420.74 -

Contingent on Lunch 21,547.26

*Note: If no guests choose to get lunch, the cost will only be for the Keynote Speaker, at 15,930.00. The range
for the cost is then 15,930.00 - 21,547.26. The cost of the program will depend on if guests choose to have lunch
and what they choose to drink at lunch. The profits for this will be broken down below in the Profit Break-Down
Section.

Price Sources

Speaking Fee https://www.amacad.org/person/suzan-shown-harjo

Hotel https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/atlab-springhill-suites-atlanta-buckhead/overview/?scid
=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0

Delta Travel https://www.delta.com/flight-search/search-results?cacheKeySuffix=4ca80feb-b6b0-402f-b1b6

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Per Diem https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates/per-diem-rates-results/?fiscal_year=2023

&state=GA&perdiemSearchVO_city=Atlanta&action=perdiems_report&zip=&op=Find+Rate
s&form_build_id=form-tru6GgAgXaJnWco_i3JtfqALLnLm_K5AfkE8SdrUvtw&form_id=pe
rdiem_form

Souper Jenny https://www.souperjennyatl.com/buckhead

Coke https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coca-Cola-Soda-Pop-12-fl-oz-24-Pack-Cans/10535216?athbdg=
L1600&from=searchResults

Dasani https://www.walmart.com/ip/DASANI-Purified-Enhanced-Mineral-Water-16-9-fl-oz-32-Count
-Bottles/43285802?athbdg=L1600&from=searchResults

Guest Payment Break-Down

Cost per Adult Student Senior (65 First Youth (12 Child (3 and
Category and Up) Responder / and Under) Under)
Military /
Veteran

Ticket 50.00 40.00 40.00 35.00 30.00 Free

(Keynote
Speaker
Entry)

Lunch and 30.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 Free

Meet &
Greet

The Lunch and Meet & Greet will cover the cost of lunch listed above in the budget with a profit that will
contribute toward the cost of the Keynote Speaker and other unanticipated expenses. This is detailed below in
the Profit Break-Down Section.

Profit Break-Down

Keynote Speaker Cost: 15,930.00

Anticipated Guest Payments (Tickets Onlys): 20,125.00

We anticipate mostly adults because the program will be geared toward adults, so an estimated margin is as follows:

200 Adults (50%), 100 Students (25%), 50 Seniors (12.5%), 75 First Responders, etc. (18.75%), 50 Youth (12.5%),
25 Children (6.25%) = (200 x 50) + (100 X 40) + (50 x 40) + (75 x 35) + (50 x 30) = 20,125.00

Lunch (Optional):
Each Adult will bring in a profit of 15.95 -16.27, depending on drink choice.
Each Discounted Guest will bring a profit of 5.95 - 6.27, depending on drink choice.
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