<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Hello Sustainability Practice Net members,</div><div><br></div><div>This is hopefully a first in a series of webinars initiated by our Indigenous Knowledge, Perspectives & Environmental Justice Across the Curriculum Seminar. </div><div><br></div><div>We will post future webinars with more advanced notice. </div><div><br></div><div>Take Care and Be Well,</div><div><br></div><div>Paul </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We are pleased to invite you to attend virtually a conversation of the John Jay College CUNY IKPEJ Across-the-Curriculum Seminar participants with honored guest Lenape Ramapough Munsee Waywayanda Territory Chief Steward DeGroat.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(244,244,244)">Zoom </span><a id="m_-2720789113123590718m_-2779242613977067284m_8726204287446477616gmail-LPlnk578048" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87601183972" style="color:rgb(24,116,164);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(244,244,244)" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87601183972</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(244,244,244)"> Meeting ID: 876 0118 3972. </span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_lpso3hen0" alt="cropped-ramapologo_original.png" width="243" height="240" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><b><font size="4">Lenape Ramapough Munsee</font></b><br><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://ramapomunsee.net/" target="_blank">https://ramapomunsee.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">IKPEJ Seminar Aspirations</div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:13.5533px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Indigenous Knowledge, Perspectives & Environmental Justice Across the Curriculum Seminar </b>(F23-Sp24)<br></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:13.5533px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Teaching & Learning Center, Gina Foster Director, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:13.5533px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Facilitator: Paul Bartlett, Environmental Justice & Sustainability Program;Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) Teaching Fellow, John Jay College, CUNY; Natural Sciences & Economics Departments Fordham University; Environmental Education Fund Research Fellow; Advisory Council, AASHE.<br><br>Description: Indigenous Knowledge / Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IK/TEK) and Perspectives place value and importance on realizing regenerative culture and earth, environmental, generational, and epistemological justice is becoming recognized in our professional academic societies (e.g., AASHE, AERA, ESA, NARST), research (e.g., AMAP.no) and action, but has yet to become widespread and embedded across the university curriculum. The Western worldview and mindset separate humans from nature and exploit nature, other humans, and nonhuman beings, whereas indigenous languages and world views are cooperative, relational, and embedded in nature with respect for nonhuman relatives. Indigenous relational ontology and epistemologies were denigrated and destroyed by colonization and cultural genocide and need to be revived to meet our current environmental degradation and injustice challenges. Indigenous peoples are environmental and climate justice action leaders as water and forest protectors and efforts to end fossil fuel use and contamination of our common home. This Seminar builds on John Jay College's leadership in environmental and earth justice curriculum and integrating sustainability in our college's strategic plan and AASHE STARS self-assessment.<br> <br>The Seminar builds upon the work and experience of the AASHE Earth as Relative workshop hosted by the University of Minnesota Bemidji, the Canadian Native American Reconciling Ways of Knowing series, and Indigenous Special Interest Groups of AERA, NARST, and ESA.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt">The aspirational charge of our seminar faculty participants:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Collect, curate, and create Indigenous curriculum content and guides for JJay and CUNY faculty.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Expand and deepen Indigenous curriculum content in current or proposed courses Seminar particpants teach. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Invite an Indigenous speaker to their Spring 2024 course and record for use on a JJay CUNY YouTube channel. (Question and response of 5-8 minute segments recommended). Request JJay course enrichment speaker funding. Collaborate with other classes with same schedule  pooling resources and students.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Educate, share, and assist faculty in their home department to include Indigenous content in their discipline. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contribute to an Indigenous Curriculum white paper.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contribute to an Indigenous Curriculum CUNY (Commons?) toolkit </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contribute to an Indigenous speaker bureau list.</span></p></div></div><div><br></div><div></div><br>
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