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more detail on Decolonizing Sustainability:
Description: This speaker series will highlight and unpack intersections of settler colonialism, white supremacy, and systems of power/privilege/oppression within the discourse and rhetoric of contemporary sustainability, environmental, and climate change movements. Each event will feature a broad overview of a selected sustainability topic delivered by Humboldt Native American Studies faculty, and then will move into an intimate panel discussion among experts from the field. Audience members are encouraged to engage with a parallel recommended reading for each talk and will be given time for questions at the end of each discussion. This series is intended to serve as a deep dive into problematic and harmful discourse(s) of sustainability with the goal of moving toward a decolonial sustainability movement that amplifies Indigenous sovereignty and experience.
Dates & times:
Each session will offer structured content from roughly noon- 1:15pm; the last 15 minutes of each session will serve as time for Q&A from audience members
Session #1
We Have Always Been Scientists: Western Science, Sustainability & the Delegitimization of Indigenous Knowledge Systems
(Indigenous Peoples Week)
Date/time: Oct 13, 2021 - 12pm - 1:30pm
Panel Chair: Kaitlin Reed (Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, Humboldt State University)
Panelists:
Zoe Todd (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University)
Deepti Chatti (Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Department, Humboldt State University)
Recommended Reading: Deloria, Vine. Red earth, white lies: Native Americans and the myth of scientific fact. Fulcrum Publishing, 1997.
We will be giving away a copy of Vine Deloria’s book Red earth, white lies: Native Americans and the myth of scientific fact to one lucky participant!
Session #2
Nobody Asked You John Muir: Settler Colonial Environmentalism, White Supremacy & Sustainability
Date/time: Oct 20, 2021 - 12pm - 1:30pm
Panel Chair: Kaitlin Reed (Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, Humboldt)
Panelists:
Sarah Ray (Department Chair, Environmental Studies, Humboldt)
Heather Ponchetti Daly (Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, Muir College-Environmental Studies, Ethnic Studies)
Recommended Reading: Pulling Down Our Monuments by Michael Brune https://www.sierraclub.org/michael-brune/2020/07/john-muir-early-history-sierra-club
We will be giving a copy of Sarah Ray’s book The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture to one lucky participant!
Session #3
Colonialism Is Not Over: Green Colonialism & Sustainability from the TMT to the Terra Gen Wind Project
Date/time: Oct 27, 2021 - 12pm - 1:30pm
Panel Chair: Cutcha Risling Baldy (Department Chair, Native American Studies, Humboldt State University)
Panelists:
Melinda Adams (Ph.D. Candidate in Native American Studies, UC Davis)
Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar (Assistant Professor, University of Texas Austin)
Recommended Reading: Goodyear-Kaopua, Noelani, Ikaika Hussey, and Erin Kahunawaika'ala Wright, eds. A nation rising: Hawaiian movements for life, land, and sovereignty. Duke University Press, 2014.
We will be giving away a copy of Noelani Goodyear-Kaopua’s book A Nation Rising: Hawaiian movements for life, land, and sovereignty to one lucky participant!
Session #4
Indigenous Knowledge Cannot Be Treated as a Back Up Plan: Indigenous Collaboration, Sustainability & Decolonization
Date/time: Nov 3 - 12pm - 1:30pm
Panel Chair: Cutcha Risling Baldy (Department Chair, Native American Studies, Humboldt State University
Panelists:
Brittani Orona (Ph.D. Candidate in Native American Studies, UC Davis)
Esme G. Murdock (Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies and Associate Director of the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs, San Diego State University)
Recommended Reading: "The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth" by the Red Nation.
We will be giving away a copy of: The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save our Earth to one lucky participant!
Please register at hsu.link/DecolonizeSustainability
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DANZA AZTECA
Dance, Music, Regalia, & Cultural Program
October 14-17, 2021
Workshops given by Maestros
Juan Ruiz, Milagros Ayoltzin, and Raymond Ramirez
Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 14th6-8 pmLecture on Spiritual Aspects of Danza Azteca (Goodwin Forum) Nelson Hall East - Presented on Zoom and in person
Friday, October 15th12 noon Performance on quad (Juan, Raymond, Milagros, Frank)
ALL THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HELD IN THE JOLLY GIANT COMMONS ROOM 113
4 – 6 pmHeaddress/ Copili Featherwork, Assembly and Care (JGC 113)
7 – 9 pm Drumming and Dance Workshop (JGC 113)
Saturday, October 16th11 am – 1 pm
Drumming and Dance Workshop (JGC 113 3 – 5 pm)
Workshop on Regalia and Music (JGC 113) 7 – 9 pm
Dance and Drumming Workshop (JGC 113)
Sunday, October 17th11 am – 1 pmCulminating Workshop (JGC 113)
___________________________________________________________________________Thinking about graduate school? Registered to take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)?
The GRE is a standardized test required by many graduate programs. Your GRE scores can play a role in admissions, fellowships, and financial aid.
This Zoom SkillShop will provide a broad overview of the GRE.
Learn about the three parts of the GRE
Focus on test-taking basics and strategies
Practice and learn from one another
Connect with others taking the exam to form study groups and share resources
Monday, October 11, from 4 pm - 6 pm. Free for Humboldt Students. Register here.
For information about registering for the GRE itself, visit www.ets.org/gre or talk to the Testing Center.
Flu Vaccine Clinics
Wednesday, Oct 13 9-4pm Humboldt Quad
Thursday, Oct 21 9-4pm Humboldt Quad
Wednesday, Nov 10 9-4pm Humboldt Quad
Influenza vaccines — though not 100 percent effective — significantly reduce the risk of the flu and its complications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone 6 months of age or older be vaccinated annually against influenza, and take these additional steps to help protect yourself from the flu and other viruses.
Getting the influenza vaccine will reduce the number of coughs and fevers on campus. It will reduce the burden on local health care resources including Humboldt Student Health and Wellbeing Services and on local hospitals. For individuals, getting the flu vaccine may prevent a fever and cough that will lead to quarantine and isolation while covid testing is pending.
Wash your hands often and thoroughly with soap and water.
Use an alcohol-based sanitizer on your hands if soap and water aren't available.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth whenever possible.
Avoid crowds when the flu is most prevalent in your area.
Practice good health habits. Get plenty of sleep, exercise regularly, drink plenty of fluids, eat a nutritious diet and manage your stress.
You can also help prevent the spread of the flu by staying home if you do get sick. Individuals who miss one of the scheduled on-campus vaccination clinics are encouraged to contact their local pharmacy or primary care physician directly.
Please remember to wear a face covering and safety guidelines. Read the Health & Safety guide of the Campus Ready website for more details. And don't forget to bring your ID.
Contact Mira Friedman for more information mira.friedman@humboldt.edu or
https://wellbeing.humboldt.edu/coughs-colds-sorethroats
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Humboldtenvironmentalstudies
Instagram: @environmental.studies.hsu
Students, what have you been working on? We invite you to share your accomplishments (publications, presentations, grants, awards, creative activities, academic competitions and the like) with the Humboldt community via Humboldt Now. Do you know any alumni doing interesting things? We'd love to know what they're up to! Ask them to submit an alumni update here. And if you have poems, songs, or other news or announcements you'd like to share with the ENST community, please email Sarah.Ray@humboldt.edu.
Faculty- please send your announcements to Sarah Ray for inclusion in the next Monday digest!
Sarah Jaquette Ray (she/her)
Professor & Chair, Environmental Studies, Cal Poly Humboldt