Events
Spring Virtual Talking Circle
March 20 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm CDT
Please join us for our Spring Virtual Talking Circle on March 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. CT. Our featured presenter will be Tesia Zientek, Tribal member and Senior Program Director at AISES.
AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) is a national nonprofit organization focused on substantially increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers.
Following Tesia’s presentation, we will hold a talking circle.
The talking circle, which is often used in Potawatomi and other tribal ceremonies, is a conversation method that ensures everyone’s voice can be heard. In a talking circle, only one person speaks at a time. There is no interrupting or agreement or disagreement. Only one person at a time has the floor to share their thoughts. Please know that if you don’t have anything to say, that is perfectly ok; you are empowered to say as much or as little as you’d like. Everyone else will focus on active listening.
In a ceremonial context, we’d be seated in a circle and pass an eagle feather or other object to our left to know who is speaking. In a virtual context, that isn’t possible in the same way. A moderator will post an order list in the chat box.
Participants are asked to make this virtual circle a place of respect by listening carefully and refraining from sharing any stories that are not yours after we wrap up. Stories stay, lessons leave.
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