*Event Postponed
In light of public health guidelines and after thoughtful consideration for the health and wellness of our community, we are postponing the Kelly Lecture and 5-year anniversary celebration of the opening of w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House. While deeply disappointing, this preventative action allows our speakers and community to avoid communal contact and ensures that all those who have been looking forward to seeing these great speakers will be able to do so at a future date.
We will work with the speakers and venue to reschedule to a later time this year. You will be first to learn about the new date as soon as it is confirmed, at which point you can reregister for the event.
If you have specific questions or concerns, please contact omadevnt@uw.edu.
Charlotte Cot茅, associate professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, will present the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity鈥檚 (OMA&D) 16th annual Thurs., March 12, 2020 (Postponed date TBD), at w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House.
Held in conjunction with the five-year anniversary of w菨色菨b蕯altx史, the event will feature Cote鈥檚 lecture titled 鈥溾�業ndigenizing鈥� the 91探花: Lessons from the w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House.鈥� The lecture will be followed by a special panel discussion reflecting on the first five years of the longhouse.
The evening begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m., and the lecture will be held at 6:30 p.m. The event is free, but registration is requested .
On March 12, 2015, (Postponed date TBD) w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House opened its doors, creating an Indigenous intellectual and cultural space at the 91探花. Cot茅, who served as the chair of the Intellectual House Advisory Committee, is an Indigenous food studies scholar born and raised in her Nuu-chah-nulth community. In her lecture, she will discuss how the w菨色菨b蕯altx史 is connected to Indigenous decolonization by making Indigenous scholars and scholarship visible, and making the campus accessible to the larger Indigenous community.
Cot茅 has dedicated her personal and academic life to creating awareness around Indigenous health and wellness issues, taking an active role in working with Indigenous peoples and communities to address health disparities through the revitalization of traditional foodways and ancestral ecological knowledge. She is the author of numerous publications including 鈥淪pirits of Our Whaling Ancestors. Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions,鈥� which raises issues concerning Indigenous self-determination, eco-colonialism and food sovereignty.
Cot茅 is the recipient of numerous awards including the Na鈥檃h Illahee Fund鈥檚 Spirit of Indigenous Leadership Award, Women of Color Empowered: Future Builder鈥檚 Award, UC Berkeley鈥檚 President鈥檚 Research Fellowship Award and the Canada-US Fulbright Fellowship. She is the founder and chair of the UW鈥檚 鈥淭he Living Breath of w菨色菨b蕯altx史 Indigenous Foods Symposium,鈥� and serves on the boards of the Seattle-based Native-led nonprofit organizations Potlatch Fund and Na鈥檃h Illahee Fund.
Established in 2005 and named in honor of the first vice president for OMA&D, Samuel E. Kelly, this lecture series acknowledges the work of faculty whose nationally-recognized research focuses on diversity and social justice. Kelly was an educational advocate who opened doors for hundreds of underrepresented students at the UW. Many of the programs and services he established during his six-year tenure still exist today. Kelly passed away on July 6, 2009.