IEW 2023: Local-Global Sustainability

Braided Knowledges for a Sustainable Future:
Rivers, Indigenous Communities, Justice

November 13-17, 2023

International Education Week 2023

Pre-week Engagement • Daily Programming • Week-long Inititatives • IEW Fair • Faculty/Staff Partners

Each November, in recognition of International Education Week, the UR community "meets in another culture" here on campus. This year, we undertake a week-long summit with shared experiential learning on local-global sustainability topics from perspectives of Richmond partners and colleagues from around the world. The goal is to bring local and global scholars and activists into dialogue, held on a university campus with expertise bridging knowledge sets and worldviews for sustainable change.

IEW 2023 Highlights

Speakers & Presentations

IEW Speaker Chief Brown — Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown, Cheroenhaka Tribe
Presentation: Cheroenhaka History

IEW Speaker Steve Deroy — Steve Deroy, The Firelight Group
Presentation: Indigenous Mapping

IEW Speaker David Orr — David Orr, Oberlin College (emeritus)
Keynote: Summit Summation

IEW Speaker Wewito Piyako — Wewito Piyãko, Amazon rainforest
Presentation: Defending the Aamazon

IEW Speaker Jacinta Ruru — Jacinta Ruru, University of Otago (New Zealand)
Keynote: "I am the River, the River is me"

IEW Speaker Daniel Wildcat — Daniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University
Keynote: "Water is Life"

Pre-week Engagement Opportunities

Get engaged early and often!

NOVEMBER is National Native American Heritage Month
NOV. 3-5 - Cheroenhaka Indian Corn Harvest Powwow
NOV. 10 - CCE Perspectives - Sustainable Cities: a discussion on local sustainability initiatives and the global challenges facing an increasingly urban population (with leaders from RVA's Sustainability Office)

IE Week Daily Programming Calendar

Monday
November

13

IEW Opening Plenary
9 & 10:30 a.m. INTC Commons
"Water is Life" by Daniel Wildcat and "I am the River, the River is me'" by Jacinta Ruru; brief panel and audience discussion
Zoom link
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Tucker Boatwright Festival Keynote
4:30 p.m. Humanities Commons
Address by Kiara Vigil
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Consider This
6 p.m. Chaplaincy Dinner
(by invitation only)

Tuesday
November

14

Virtual Gallery Talk & Breakfast
8:15 a.m. INTC Gallery
"Fragile Interconnectedness: Greenland & the Amazon"
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Plenary Session
9 a.m. INTC Commons
Addresses by Wewito Piyãko & Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown
Zoom link
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Discussion Roundtables
10:30 a.m. INTC

Community Climate Adaptation
Indigenous Leaders as Defenders of the Environment
Community Science & Collaborative Learning

FILM: Headwaters Down
Screening & Discussion
7 p.m. INTC Commons

Wednesday
November

15

Discussion Roundtables
9 a.m. INTC

Building Sustainability into Education
Technology & Storytelling
Gender Equity & Sustainability Leadership

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Coffee & Maps
10:15 a.m. Spatial Analysis Lab (3rd floor INTC)
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GIS Day Plenary Session
10:45 a.m. INTC Commons
"Empowering Mapping and Justice" addresses by Steve DeRoy; the Transboundary Commission of the Juruá/Yurúa River
Zoom link
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IEW Local-Global Sustainability Fair
3:30-5:30 p.m. Alice Haynes Room, THC
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International Dinner
4:30-8 p.m. Heilman Dining Center
"Hyper-local sourcing, global cuisine"

Thursday
November

16

IEW Summation
9 a.m. INTC Commons
60-second videos by UR's Green Spiders Abroad

Summit summation address by David Orr
Zoom link

iNaturalist Bioblitz
4 p.m. Eco-Corridor

Week-long Programming & Resources

Opportunities to engage at your own pace, on your own timeline

The sixth annual Ecochallenge (Co-sponsored by the Office for Sustainability)
Library Guide - Curated by Boatwright Memorial Library
Music Library - Exhibit, playlist, and blog on rivers and music
Photo Exhibit "Fragile Interconnectedness: Greenland & the Amazon" - International Center Gallery
Dining Hall - Lunch specials on Monday and Tuesday; International Dinner on Wednesday
Passport Café Specials -All week: smoked salmon Niçoise salads; Tuesday breakfast: breakfast sandwiches on local Chewy's Bagels; Thursday and Friday: soup inspired by ingredients found in RVA Community Fridges