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Please join us as we celebrate the collective work of speakers + poets + organizers + artists + musicians + filmmakers whose land-based practices center and inspire conversations around environmental protection and cultural connections.
Nurturing Roots is aÌýgathering of speakers + poets + organizers + artists + musicians + filmmakers whose land-based work centers around and inspires conversation about environmental protection and cultural connections.ÌýAttendees will have an opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions and in activities with those committed to protecting the land, life, and culture in their communities. The event aims to strengthen our individual and collective work while we have fun, network, and share in entertainment.
Featuring: short presentations / poetry / music / information tables with local and regional organizations, silk screening, interactive networking opportunities, and a meal.
Nurturing Roots builds on prior iterations and collaborations with Indigenous communities, poets, filmmakers, and musicians who recognize deeply the challenges facing our environment. It is a celebration with others committed to protecting the next generation’s ability to live in balance with our changing environment. These roots grow deep below the surface and strengthen our connections. ÌýThe organizers work in the humanities (film, art, poetry), education and organizing, and land-based work.Ìý
DATE: November 11, 2026 (6-9PM) *Ìýor on the Ìý
LOCATION: St. Cajetan’s 1190 Ninth Street, Denver, CO (on the Auraria Campus)
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PARTICIPANTS (BIOS on website):
Crisosto Apache, Colorado Poet LaureateÌý
Che Christ,ÌýPiiÌýPaash/Quechan, poet andÌýhiphop Ìý
Rosy Campanita, Photographer and Artist, Rebel Axolotl CollectiveÌý
Valentine Espinoza, ÌýCollective
David Farrell, MSU Associate Prof of Music,Ìý
Giselle Hersfeld + Chris Allred with
John Ibarra and Ìýrecording platform featuring educational, cultural, and scientific content
Mato White Plume, Organizer, Oglala Lakota Indigenous Youth CouncilÌý
, MSU Associate Professor of Art, Ìý
ORGANIZERS:
SureeÌýTowfighnia,Ìý + Faculty, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï, Journalism and Media Production (Video Production), [email protected]
Reuben Cruz, poet and MC, Ìý[email protected]
DPhi- Gabriel Grinsteiner,ÌýAssistant Director, Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï
303-434-9562 – [email protected]
*For more information, to RSVP, or to inquire about tabling, please visit the .ÌýÌý