Session F - A Decolonizing and Indigenizing Cohort: One Model to Work Towards a More Equitable, Inclusive and Culturally-Competent Campus (University of Minnesota Morris)

Session Information

Title: A Decolonizing and Indigenizing Cohort: One Model to Work Towards a More Equitable, Inclusive and Culturally-Competent Campus
Session: 11:30 - 12:20 P.M.
Location: FCSI 121
Author(s):
- Becca Gercken, Associate Professor of English and Native American Indigenous Studies and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion
- Simon Franco, Assistant Director of Student Activities and Leadership

Abstract

The University of Minnesota Morris offered a 6 part series devoted to indigenizing and decolonizing our curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular work through a series of listening sessions and roundtables. The cohort leads provided resources and support for faculty and staff interested in expanding their knowledge of indigenous epistemologies and lifeways in order to create change on our campus. This session will detail the 6 sessions including methods, readings, and desired outcomes, and will also share results of the cohort’s efforts and on-going plans to continue this transformative work. The cohort was made possible by a humanities-led Environmental Stewardship, Place, and Community Initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation. The initiative focuses on centering Indigenous epistemologies and other ways of knowing to shape how we think about relationships with the planet and each other.

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Webinar ID

839 1425 2141