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Established in 1968, 51ÁÔÆæ’s Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) has focused on the significance of interdisciplinary work in building a community of scholars to address the pressing issues of our time. Under new leadership, C21 has taken this longstanding mission …

Nourishing Trust: Trust in Theory Roundtable. A conversation about the philosophies behind equitable food production systems built on trust. Featuring Elizabeth Gabriel (Soul Fire Farms Speakers Collective), Cherie Rivers (UNC Chapel Hill), and Martice Scales (Full Circle Healing Farms). Thursday, …

Cuentos de Confianza: A Digital Storytelling Event, April 3-6, Digital Humanities Lab, Golda Meir Library (2nd Floor) A bilingual (Spanish/English) digital storytelling exhibit that hosts the stories of promotores de salud (health promoters) on the path toward reproductive justice.  Experience …

Play to the Polls! Monday, April 3, 6:00 - 8:00 PM.  Wisconsin Room Lounge in the 51ÁÔÆæ Student Union. Join us for an evening of board games, card games, and snacks the night before Milwaukee's April election polls open! Hosted …

Arboreal Humanities: A Roundtable Conversation, April 14, 3:30 PM, Curtin Hall 175 Join us for a conversation about trees and their significance in art, philosophy, and community engagement. In-person presentations and roundtable discussion in Curtin Hall 175, followed by a …

Folk Arts for Peace: A public talk on craft and globalism, Dr. Deborah Dorotinsky Alperstein (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas & Universidad Autónoma de México) will discuss HemisFair '68 and the Cultural Olympics in Mexico's 1968 Olympiad during the Cold War.  …

Nourishing Trust: Trust in Action Roundtable.  A conversation about how trust operates in current food and land justice efforts.  Featuring Linda Black Elk (United Tribes Technical College) and Anton Seals, Jr. (Grow Greater Englewood), and Brittany Koteles (Nuns & Nones …

Quilting Bee, Friday, April 21, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Learn about quilting by contributing a stitch to finish the backing of a quilt.  Featuring artists Heidi Parkes and Molly Hassler.  Visit and contribute a stitch, no experience is necessary, and …

The Power of Stories in Advancing Reproductive Justice, Monday, April 24, 5-7 PM, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center A community networking event featuring projects from the C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory and a panel of community experts.  We will celebrate storytelling as a …

Nourish. Food & Trust. 18th Annual Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference   Held virtually on April 28-29, 2023 (Schedule below), this year's MIGC conference centers on issues of food and land justice through an intersectional, interdisciplinary lens in alignment with the …