The agave plant was used by Native peoples for numerous utilitarian items. Mescal served as a valuable food source still being harvested and prepared to this day by many Indigenous groups. For millennia people have pit roasted the heart of the plant yielding a nutritious food staple rich in calcium and zinc. This talk includes […]
Learn about the Funeral/Wake traditions of Ireland and celebrate Women’s History month while enjoying a day outside with family and friends. Introducing new self-guided tour brochures containing some fascinating history of our Women and Children. Saturday March 27, 2021 10 am until 2 pm 1317 West Jefferson St Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Contact pioneercem@yahoo.com for more […]
During the night of Christmas Eve in 1944, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These men were hardcore Nazis, ex U-boat commanders, and submariners, who had successfully dug a nearly 200-foot underground tunnel that took four months to complete. Many […]
Assertion Films and Black Barrel Media are pleased to announce the premiere of the Frontline Women mini-series podcast in March for Women’s History Month! Join Us for two podcast episodes premiering as part of the Legends of the Old West podcast. Episode 1 is available March 24, 2021 Episode 2 is available March 31, 2021 […]
Based on over 30 years of facilitating groups in conflict nationally and internationally, Dr. Krondorfer will talk about the dynamics of such work and how to bring groups together: Germans and Jews; Palestinians and Israelis; Christians, Jews, and Muslims; ethnically diverse students; Bedouins and indigenous people. This presentation is about responsibility: What it takes to […]
Each year The School of Social Transformation at ASU sponsors a film festival to engage ASU and the greater community in a discussion of human rights issues through film. ASU's 10th Annual Human Rights Film Festival is here! The mission of the Human Rights Film Festival is to raise awareness of human rights issues worldwide […]
Roden Crater is a cinder cone volcano near Flagstaff, Arizona where, for the past 40 years, artist James Turrell has been working on his magnum opus. Here he has built dramatic ‘sky spaces,’ rooms and tunnels with openings oriented toward celestial and atmospheric events. The place invites visitors to explore perception itself, and to question […]
Consider the taco, that favorite treat, a staple of Mexican and Mexican American cooking and an old standby on an Arizonan’s plate. The corn in the tortilla comes from Mexico, the cheese from the Sahara, the lettuce from Egypt, the onion from Syria, the tomatoes from South America, the chicken from Indochina, the beef from […]
What is an ally? What is white privilege? As a White person, do you struggle with how to respond to racism at work, at home or in your community? If so, you are not alone. Many allies seek effective tools to engage in honest and productive conversations about race. How do you talk to White […]
Turquoise has a long standing tradition amongst Native cultures of the Southwest, holding special significance and profound meanings to specific individual tribes. Even before the more contemporary tradition of combining silver with turquoise, cultures throughout the southwest used turquoise in necklaces, earrings, mosaics, fetishes, medicine pouches, and made bracelets of basketry stems lacquered with piñon […]
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