{"id":13203,"date":"2025-08-22T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/?page_id=13203"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:14:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2025\/08\/Banner-Carousel-1500px650px_01-e1760537698923.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of people attending C21's Attention Activism Workshop stand on a city sidewalk facing the street, with their backs to the photographer's camera. 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There will be a panel talkback featuring prominent members of Milwaukee\u2019s Muslim community\u2014Waheed Ahmed, Othman Atta, Amal Azzam, Janan Najeeb, and Brother Will Perry\u2014moderated by Fahed\u00a0Masalkhi, PhD. Free and open to the public. 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C21 graduate fellows selected the featured interviews. Audio was edited by Graduate Fellow Yuchen Zhao. From September &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/slow-digest-time-to-take-a-break\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2026\/04\/SD-Taking-a-Break-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2026\/04\/SD-Taking-a-Break-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2026\/04\/SD-Taking-a-Break-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2026\/04\/SD-Taking-a-Break-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/359\/2026\/04\/SD-Taking-a-Break.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/slow-digest-time-to-take-a-break\/\">Slow Digest: Time to Take a Break<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">As the C21 staff prepares for next week\u2019s Slow Digest, which will preview our Story Cart: Attention interviews highlighting how Milwaukeeans practice slow care through deliberate attention, this week &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-md uwm-c-link--arrow\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/category\/news\/\">All News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator\" id=\"h-events\">Events<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-u-events uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border\"><li><div class=\"event-datebox\"><span class=\"event-datebox--month\">Jun<\/span><span class=\"event-datebox--date\">6<\/span><\/div><div class=\"event-content\"><div class=\"event-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/event\/mycollective-slow-growing-in-the-time-of-trees-artist-reception\/\">mycollective: Slow Growing in the Time of Trees &#8211; Artist Reception<\/a><\/div><div class=\"event-date\">June 6, 2026, 2:00pm - 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