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Join us for a virtual conversation between author Robin Wall Kimmerer and Sekile Nzinga followed by an audience Q&A.Visit our website to access the Zoom link at saic.edu/vap
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. Kimmerer’s newest book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.
Presented in partnership with SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program and Office of Campus Enrichment on the occasion of SAIC’s Shared Read, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants. She will discuss her work with Sekile Nzinga, SAIC’s vice president of the Office of Campus Enrichment.
This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access
Image Credit: Robin Wall Kimmerer. Photo by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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