November 13-17, 2023

International Education Week 2023

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.

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)

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)

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

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"

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