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SUMMARY:Story Cart: Attention with Symphony Swan – Memory Activation 
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 8\, 12-2 PM\n\n\n\nTHE CR8TV HOUSE\, Old North Milwaukee\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Memory Activation\n\n\n\nMemory Activation\, led by artist and THE CR8TV HOUSE founder Symphony Swan Zawadi\, focuses on the celebration and reconciliation of family histories through archival photographs\, artifacts\, and other forms of ephemera.  \n\n\n\nThe work invites participants to tap into memory—unearthing and documenting personal and collective stories—as a way of building archives that reflect the full spectrum of the Black experience\, particularly in Milwaukee. This reflective practice is intentionally slow\, requiring quiet time with oneself in order to truly re-member. \n\n\n\nWe ask that participants bring photographs—old or new—from their personal collections as a starting point for their memory activation. Participants may bring original photographs\, physical copies of originals\, or print-ready digital images. Participants with digital images can share them with C21 in advance so that C21 staff can print them prior to the event’s start. Any original photographs brought to the workshop can be duplicated onsite to ensure the originals remain unharmed. \n\n\n\nBeyond the act of sitting with memory\, the impact of revisiting personal artifacts with others lies in sparking connection. By sharing and weaving together their experiences and stories\, participants create a sense of belonging that culminates in a collective mini-exhibition for the group. As bell hooks reminds us in Art on My Mind: “the word remember (re-member) evokes the coming together of severed parts\, fragments becoming whole.” (In Our Glory: Photography and Black Life\, p. 64). \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Space is limited; 7 open spots remain as of November 6. Prior registration is required (below). \n\n\n\nPlease arrive no later than 12:00 PM and plan to stay for the duration of the workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Symphony Swan\n\n\n\nSymphony Swan Zawadi is an artist\, cultural strategist\, and founder of THE CR8TV HOUSE\, an arts and community institution reimagining space\, storytelling\, support and memory keeping for Black and Brown creatives. With over a decade of experience spanning arts education\, nonprofit leadership\, and philanthropy\, Symphony brings a deep commitment to equity\, imagination\, and community care.   \n\n\n\nSymphony channels her interdisciplinary expertise into building creative ecosystems that honor legacy\, foster healing\, and invest in future generations. Her work has earned her recognition as the 2023 Milwaukeean of the Year by Shepherd Express\, 2024 Gener8tor Art Fellowship Recipient and most recently the 2025 City of Milwaukee Friends of the Arts. She also serves as a trustee for the Milwaukee Art Museum. She continues to advocate for artist-led systems change that reflect the communities they serve.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout CR8TV HOUSE & Story Cart\n\n\n\nTHE CR8TV HOUSE is a community art centered third space\, providing a platform for Black and Brown artists to explore\, critique\, celebrate\, and address community issues and triumphs through their artistic practices. \n\n\n\nStory 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.
URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-symphony-swan-memory/
LOCATION:The CR8TV HOUSE
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Attention,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,UWM Campus Events,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Story Cart with Madeleine Doelker Berlin - The Listening / Soundbath of the Ordinary
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 15\, 2:30-4:30pm (retreat runs 12:30-4:30pm)\n\n\n\nHaggerty Museum of Art\, 1234 W Tory Hill St\n\n\n\nPart of the Community Art & Wellness Retreat; registration requested\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Listening / Soundbath of the Ordinary\n\n\n\nAt the Haggerty Museum of Art’s Community Art & Wellness Retreat\, we’ll attend to silence\, noise\, and everything in-between.  \n\n\n\nThen\, we’ll talk about it\, recording our conversations for the Story Cart’s digital archive.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Community Art & Wellness Retreat\n\n\n\nThe Haggerty Museum of Art invites you to become inspired\, rejuvenated and reminded of the powerful role art plays in our collective well-being.  \n\n\n\nRunning from 12:30 to 4:30pm\, this day of overlapping programming includes a talk by installation artist Jan Tichy\, a reflective artmaking activity led by art therapists Emily Drenovsky (Marquette University Wellness Center) and Jodi Brown (Mount Mary Graduate Student)\, contemplative dialogue with spiritual guide Heather Schmidt\, printmaking with art therapist Erica Browne\, weaving with artist Bryana Bibbs\, a performance by Catey Ott Dance Collective\, a sound bath by Melissa Blue Muhammad\, and attention activism with C21’s Story Cart. \n\n\n\nThe retreat celebrates the Haggerty’s No One Knows All It Takes\, an exhibition of work by four artists (Bryana Bibbs\, Raoul Deal\, Maria Gaspar\, and Swoon) who explore the effects of concealed trauma and the inextricable ties between personal health and collective wellness. By addressing issues like addiction\, incarceration\, immigration\, and a lack of systemic support for caregivers\, the artists emphasize the power of personal stories to illuminate problems that are often overlooked or purposefully hidden from view. Moving beyond self-care and individualized treatments\, the work directs us to some of the root causes of trauma and highlights systemic issues that undermine societal well-being. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Prior registration for the Community Art & Wellness Retreat is requested by the Haggerty Museum of Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Madeleine Doelker Berlin\n\n\n\nMadeleine Doelker Berlin (LPC-IT) is an Associate Licensed Professional Counselor\, Social Scientist\, and a few other things—like an immigrant\, a parent\, and someone who’s lived through big transitions. Born\, raised\, and partially professionally trained in Germany\, she has a background in social inequality research and a professional path that weaves through mental health\, public service\, and community advocacy. In both her life and work\, Madeleine brings an intersectional\, systems-aware lens to understanding how people move through the world. Her current work draws on liberation psychology\, existentialist psychology\, and feminist psychology to explore how personal healing is connected to social context\, meaning-making\, and resistance. She’s especially interested in the stories we carry\, the cultures that shape us\, and the quiet\, radical act of paying attention. Madeleine holds graduate degrees in Social Sciences and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Her approach is grounded\, curious\, and deeply human. \n\n\n\nAbout Story Cart\n\n\n\nStory 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.
URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-mdb-the-listening/
LOCATION:Marquette Haggerty Museum of Art\, 530 N 13th St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53233\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Attention,Health and Well-being,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,Student Life,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Call for Graduate Public Humanities Programming
DESCRIPTION:DEADLINE: November 16\, 2025\, 11:59 PM \n\n\n\nAPPLY NOW \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaster’s and Doctoral students in any discipline at UW-Milwaukee are invited to propose an event or program to the Center for 21st Century Studies for the Spring 2026 semester. Selected submissions will be developed in collaboration with C21 staff and will be provided with a working budget of $1\,000. This event programming offers a hands-on opportunity that will make a strong addition to any graduate CV. Applications may be submitted by individual students or groups. C21 reserves the right to have final approval of all projects.   \n\n\n\nC21 is seeking proposals that take up the theme of Slow Care. The theme invites graduates to investigate critical questions surrounding slowness\, attention\, and practices of care for the self\, community health\, and mutual aid. Proposals might consider how thoughtful and deliberate care can support resilience\, foster collective well-being\, or address the social and health needs of Milwaukee communities.   \n\n\n\nProposals MUST: \n\n\n\n\nBe rooted in\, or linked to\, humanities practices\n\n\n\nInclude a component that is accessible to the public\n\n\n\nBe achievable by May 17\, 2026 with a $1k budget\n\n\n\nMust comply with UWM rules\, regulations\, and spending restrictions\n\n\n\n\nPossible events might include (but are not limited to): \n\n\n\n\nPublic workshops \n\n\n\nSymposium  \n\n\n\nVisual art exhibitions \n\n\n\nOriginal live performances \n\n\n\nFilm screenings \n\n\n\nExperimental museum education programming \n\n\n\nOther public humanities programming\n\n\n\n\nIn addition to funding\, C21 staff can provide in-kind support in coordinating logistics\, making connections\, and communicating about the project or any public events\, and limited graphic design support. The event(s) will be included in C21’s event calendar and promoted as a C21-supported program. C21 can also provide a dedicated working space for programming endeavors\, which may include private office space and/or access to one of three reservable meeting spaces. \n\n\n\nPlease note that funds are provided by UWM. Expenditures must therefore adhere to any regulations\, guidelines\, or restrictions mandated by UWM and the College of Letters & Science. \n\n\n\n**C21’s theme for 2025-2026 is Slow Care. Across health\, climate\, labor\, technology and more\, we ask how pacing affects the institutions\, policies\, cultural infrastructures\, and social and political processes that support or disassemble an ethic of care. We welcome multiple interpretations of this open topic\, including explorations of time\, pace\, and speed as they relate to pressing issues oof our time and/or work inside and outside the university. Methodological\, pedagogical\, and research topical interests are all welcome in relation to this theme. 
URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/call-for-graduate-public-humanities-programming/
CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Academic Dates and Deadlines,Career and Leadership Development,Career and Leadership Development,Graduate Students,Students,Students
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SUMMARY:Slow AI: A Human Training Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 21\, 2:00 – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nGolda Meir Library Fourth Floor Conference Center\n\n\n\n\nPrompting isn’t just for ChatGPT. In this workshop\, we’ll return our attention to older ways of writing and thinking that get hijacked by – but are also prototypes for – contemporary productivity models.  \n\n\n\nThe first ten attendees to register will receive a notebook and pen. \n\n\n\nThis event is brought to you by the Human Club\, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece\, Ann Hanlon\, and Anne Pycha. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required.
URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-ai-a-human-training-workshop/
LOCATION:Golda Meir Library Fourth Floor Conference Center\, 2311 E Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Faculty and Staff,Human Club,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Students,UWM Campus Events,Workshops
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