{"id":1,"date":"2025-01-09T15:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-10-22T23:24:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:24:52","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/2025\/01\/09\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>STORIES FROM THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 400\">A conversation with Indigenous water and land protectors.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">April 10, 2025 at the CAVEA Theater at MSU Denver, Jordan Student Success Building (JSSB), Room 420.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>More info below, <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9P3zUVog1xpN37CC6\">RSVP HERE.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSU Denver is located on the lands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota, and Ute and other Indigenous peoples\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">who maintain a relationship with this land.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background);color: var(--global--color-primary);font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);font-size: var(--global--font-size-base)\">Confirmed Panelists include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leona Morgan, Panelist [Din\u00e9 community organizer and Haul No! activist working in the southwest]<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Louise Benally, Panelist <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Din\u00e9 cultural knowledge keeper, human and environmental rights\u2019 activist]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reuben Cruz, Moderator [PiiPaash (Maricopa) and Quechan poet and activist from Arizona]<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Woman Stands Shining [Din\u00e9 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mother and grandmother, artist, activist, international speaker, water advocate]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>INFORMATION FOR CLASSES ATTENDING<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>+Potential Syllabus Language:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Week 11, Thursday 4\/10, 2-3:15: Meet at the CAVEA for Panel on the Colorado River featuring Indigenous water protectors working on restoration and protection of the Colorado River in the southwest region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>+Prep Work, Homework for Students\/Faculty:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/\">WordPress Site<\/a> for the event. <\/span><b>NOTE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: this will be updated by week 3 and will provide information about the panelists, moderator, and topic. Students will generate and post to our Google Survey 3 questions to inform the panel discussion (due 4\/8). *A survey link will be included in the Canvas Module shared in week 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students should complete the Week 11 Canvas Module that will have readings and screenings that will prepare them for the panel discussion.\u00a0 <\/span><b>NOTE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Canvas module will be shared with faculty in the classes attending in week 3. The module will have approx. 45-90 minutes of homework (reading and short video options, a google survey for their discussion questions, and 2 discussion board assignments that faculty have the option of using prior to and\/or after the panel). This will be completed by week 3 and shared with faculty who can import the <\/span><\/i><b><i>Week 11 Canvas Module <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">into their course site.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>+RSVP: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Classes that have confirmed participation will be on the list for the panel.<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9P3zUVog1xpN37CC6\">RSVP HERE<\/a> to attend the lunch or post-panel discussion. All are welcome, but space may be limited.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12:30-1:45 Community Welcome Lunch for those attending the Panel, RSVP required to reserve a space.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2:00-3:15 Moderated Panel &#8211; no RSVP for confirmed classes, RSVP for general public or other MSU\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3:45-4:45 Small Group Discussion with Panelists &#8211; for attendees to engage in deeper discussions, RSVP required to reserve a space. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For more information contact:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suree Towfighnia, Asst. Professor Video Production, JMP, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:sutowfighn@msudenver.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sutowfighn@msudenver.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lorien Dancer, IDP Major and Student Coordinator, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ldancer@msudenver.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ldancer@msudenver.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gabriel Grinsteiner, Asst. Director, Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry [DPHI],\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ggrinste@msudenver.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ggrinste@msudenver.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5 \" src=\"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/01\/WCU4b-Logo-2016-scaled-e1736462151688-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/01\/WCU4b-Logo-2016-scaled-e1736462151688-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/01\/WCU4b-Logo-2016-scaled-e1736462151688-1014x1024.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/01\/WCU4b-Logo-2016-scaled-e1736462151688-768x776.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/01\/WCU4b-Logo-2016-scaled-e1736462151688-1521x1536.jpg 1521w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/01\/WCU4b-Logo-2016-scaled-e1736462151688-1568x1584.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/499\/2025\/01\/WCU4b-Logo-2016-scaled-e1736462151688.jpg 1719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>This event is part of an ongoing series about water protection and restoration. This iteration is made possible with the support of the Dean\u2019s Innovation Grant and is hosted by community members, MSU faculty and staff in Journalism + Media + Production, History, Political Science, Native Studies and Environmental Science, along with\u00a0the One World One Water Center (OWOW) and DPhi faculty and staff and students. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STORIES FROM THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN A conversation with Indigenous water and land protectors. April 10, 2025 at the CAVEA Theater at MSU Denver, Jordan Student Success Building (JSSB), Room 420. More info below, RSVP HERE.\u00a0 MSU Denver is located on the lands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota, and Ute and other Indigenous peoples\u00a0who maintain&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/2025\/01\/09\/welcome\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/thewatersconnectus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}