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Story Cart: Attention with Adam Carr – Beach Class
Sep 27, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Welcome to Beach Class!
Among the waves, sand and stones, this morning will be devoted to “attention experiments” along Lake Michigan. Our time together will include a series of facilitated beach combing activities — inspecting what’s on the beachfront, spending time with lake rocks and other treasures, cleaning up after the flood and more.
After time spent noticing and seeking, we will chat about our experiences, sharing where our attention and curiosity was drawn.
Please bring your curiosity, playful spirit and beach-appropriate footwear.
This event is free and open to the public. Questions? Email c21@uwm.edu.
Adam Carr is an independent writer, artist, journalist, community historian and organizer based in Milwaukee. Carr was director of strategic partnerships at Milwaukee Park Foundation from 2022-2025 and producer at 88Nine RadioMilwaukee from 2008-2011. Working in communities throughout Milwaukee, his work ranges from journalism to public art, film/photography to coalition building, dialogue facilitation to community history, writing to in-depth tours.
Story Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme, record participant responses to those questions, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention.