Support also comes from the David & Laura Merage Foundation.

Miles Trust, in conjunction with Bank of America, Cathey and Dick Finlon, CBS Colorado, and Rose Women’s Hospital at Rose Medical Center. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

students, no or low income households).īold Women. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall. Please use the discount code Access40 if you experience financial hardship and the price of the ticket is a barrier to your participation (i.e. book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. In-person tickets are available with complimentary onsite childcare available for children ages 6-12. A book signing will follow her presentation. Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings-asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass-offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. History Colorado Center | In-Person Only (Not available via livestream)Ĭelebrated author, Robin Wall Kimmerer will discuss her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

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