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Moderator: Kirsten Helmer, UMass Amherst
Kelly Mack, VP for Undergraduate STEM Education and Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) at the American Association of Colleges and Universities
Thomas Kling, Professor of Physics, Bridgewater State University on behalf of the MA PKAL Regional Network
Catherine Dignam, Professor of Chemistry, Framingham State University on behalf of the MA PKAL Regional Network
Ashley Smith, Program Associate, PKAL/STEM at the American Association of Colleges and Universities
Kirsten Helmer, Director of Programming for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with the Center for Teaching & Learning, UMass Amherst
Paula Rees, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering, UMass Amherst
Join us to kick off the conference with a warm welcome and summary of the day.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst acknowledges that it was founded and built on the unceded homelands of the Pocumtuc Nation on the land of the Norrwutuck community.
We begin with gratitude for nearby waters and lands. We recognize these lands and waters as important Relations with which we are all interconnected and depend on to sustain life and wellbeing. The Pocumtuc had connections with these lands for millennia. Over 400 years of colonization, when Pocumtuc Peoples were displaced, many joined their Algonquian relatives to the east, south, west and north. That includes Mashpee and Aquinnah Wampanoag, Nipmuc, Narragansett, Mohegan, Pequot, Mohican, communities and Abenaki and other nations of the Wabanaki Confederacy. These Native peoples still maintain connections and relationships of care for these lands today. We also acknowledge that the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a Land Grant University. As part of the Morrill Land Grant Act, portions of land from 82 Native Nations west of the Mississippi were sold to provide the resources to found and build this university.
As an active first step toward decolonization, we encourage you to learn more about the Indigenous homelands on which you live and work. We also invite you to deepen your relationship to these living lands and waters.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MODERATORS/HELP THROUGHOUT DAY:
Should you need any further information or support during this meeting, please email pkal-networks@aacu.org or notify the moderator of your session.
Moderator contact Information for Presenter/Session attendee assistance:
pkal-networks@aacu.org
Catherine Dignam <cdignam@framingham.edu>
"Kling, Thomas" <TKLING@bridgew.edu>
Sam Wojda <swojda@umass.edu>
Kirsten Helmer <khelmer@umass.edu>
Revati Borkhade <rborkhade@umass.edu>
Paula Rees <rees@umass.edu>