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SUMMARY:Keynote Event: Succ(S)eeding in Volatile Times
DESCRIPTION:Refreshments will be provided    Event held in collaboration with The Equity & Inclusion in Engineering Program    For many seeds, darkness is a prerequisite for germination. And though it may feel counterintuitive right now, it's precisely in these dark times when the most essential and subversive thing we can do is sow and cultivate seeds, both literal and imaginal, for the future we want to live in. What we pay attention to grows. So, what do you want to cultivate? What does it mean to you to succ(seed)? What do you need to succ(seed)? Who do you need to succ(seed)? How will you know when you've succ(seed)? Why must you succ(seed)?     This session explores the symbolism of seeds and growth, where the act of planting seeds mirrors the practice of setting intentions. In this "ritual for (succ)seeding," students will be guided to think about those seeds that came before them, enabling them to store the potentials they have today. This practice of remembering ancestral seeds- biological, cultural and intellectual ones- is the soil that nourishes our seeds, and provides us with affirmations/ incantations which water those seeds. The seeds are themselves the promises/declarations/intentions of flourishing.    Facilitator: huu nguyen Ph.D., UIC Alumni, Cultural Architect/Worker and Circle Keeper. Director of Youth Organizing and Programming at Logan Square Neighborhood Association  | Event post: https://grad.uic.edu/events?page_id=33774
LOCATION:SELE Science and Engineering Laboratories East 2260 950 S. Halsted Street  Chicago IL 60607
CLASS:PRIVATE
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