Please join us on Thursday, May 16, 2024, from 5:30-7:30pm in the Main Dining Room of Building 9000 (PUB) for an enlightening and artistic evening with Matika Wilbur, A National Geographic Explorer, and 2023 International Photography Hall of Fame Visionary Award Winner. She will be leading a talk entitled: “Changing the Way We See Native America: Dismantling Native American Stereotypes.” 

This event is free and open to all. 

Please Click Here to RSVP. 

Matika Wilbur is a critically acclaimed social documentarian and photographer from the Swinomish and Tulalip Peoples of coastal Washington. Project 562, a crowd-funded initiative to visit, engage, and photograph people from over 562 sovereign Tribal Nations in North America, is her fourth major creative venture elevating Native American identity and culture. She co-hosts the All My Relations podcast with Dr. Adrienne Keene as a platform that invites guests to delve into subjects facing Native peoples today and explore the connections between land, non-human relatives, and one another. She has offered over 300 keynotes at such places as Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Google, TED Talks, and the National Education Association. She is a National Geographic Explorer. https://iphf.org/inductees/matika_wilbur/   

We hope that you can join us at 5:30pm on Thursday May 16^th for this very special event. 

Join us in the library for a poetry workshop and reading from award-winning poet Vincent Rendoni. Food will be provided. 

The workshop/reading will take place:

• Tuesday 5/14/24
• Time: 3:00-5:30pm
• Location: Library Building, 4212

Please note that the workshop will be conducted during the first hour and then the author will read his own work and that session will move to Room 4237 for the 2nd hour.