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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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