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Artist/activist Danielle SeeWalker kicks off Adams State Women’s Week

ADMAS State University Women’s Week special guest artist, writer, and activist Danielle SeeWalker will present, “Art + Activism” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 27, in McDaniel Hall 101. The event is free and open to the public.

SeeWalker is Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta and citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. She is an artist, writer, activist, and mom of two boys, based in Denver. Alongside her passion for creating visual art, SeeWalker is a freelance writer and published her first book, “Still Here: A Past to Present Insight of Native American People and Culture,” in 2020. SeeWalker stays connected and involved in her native community and serves as city commissioner for the Denver American Indian Commission. She received the 2022 Arts and Culture Innovation Award by the Denver Mayor’s Excellence in Arts and Culture. 

Additional Women’s Week events include:

  • Kindred Spirits lunchtime presentation “The Contradictions of Feminism,” by Caroline Gabe, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology, at noon March 27 in the Student Union Building Banquet Room. The day also includes a community art project near the Japanese/American Memorial Garden in the afternoon.
  • Join Ellen Novotny, Adams State English instructor, for yoga at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in the Rex Activity Center Grizzly X Room.
  • Wednesday, March 29, the Men Advocates for Gender Equity (MAGE) will host an information table from 1-5 p.m. at the Japanese/American Memorial Garden.
  • In collaboration with Adams State CAMP, a Farmworkers’ Awareness Week Bandana Project will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in the Student Union Building Atrium. CAMP will host a Kindred Spirits Farmworkers’ Awareness luncheon at 12 p.m. Friday, March 31, in the Student Union Building Banquet Room.
  • Make some signs at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 31, in McDaniel Hall 301, in preparation for the annual Women’s March. Then make some noise at the SLV Women’s March at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 1, starting at the corner of Main Street and Richardson Avenue. Following the Women’s March, a reception is planned for 11 a.m. in McDaniel 101.

For more information contact Natasha Liebig, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy and WHE chair, at nliebig@adams.edu.

TOP PHOTO: The Adams State Women’s Week keynote address “Art + Activism” by Danielle SeeWalker begins at 7 p.m. March 27 in McDaniel Hall 101. The event is free and open to the public.