VIRTUAL EVENT

Dr. Daniel Mourlam, Chair of the Division ofTeacher Education at the University of South Dakota,  and Dr. Kyle Kopplin, Assistant Professor ofEconomics at Black Hills State University, join SDHC to discuss  the ongoing issue of South Dakota’s teachershortage. Scholars: Dr. Daniel Mourlam and Dr. Kyle KopplinLink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85001125966?pwd=c1B3NnhQK1AzUVhBQVFTcE1QTVdGUT09Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities CouncilPlease let us know what you [...]

Christina Oey, Executive Director of the South Dakota Humanities Council, and Jennifer Widman, Director of the South Dakota Center for the Book, join in conversation to talk about the current challenges facing humanities programming, the effect that funding cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities will have on the SDHC, and what can – [...]

This event is the second of two similar "prep sessions" for those who are curious about the upcoming April 25th event featuring a discussion focused on the book Higher Powers, with co-authors China Scherz, George Mpanga, and Sarah Namirembe.  Peter Hoesing, with assistance from Anna Simonson, will facilitate a discussion about the medical sector in Uganda [...]

Invited guests join SDHC to discuss why South Dakotans have the highest medical debt in the nation…and what can be done to turn that around. Scholars: TBALink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85001125966?pwd=c1B3NnhQK1AzUVhBQVFTcE1QTVdGUT09Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities CouncilPlease let us know what you thought of the program!https://sdhumanities.wufoo.com/forms/r10zvgvg124kfm2/

This event features a discussion focused on the book Higher Powers, with co-authors China Scherz, George Mpanga, and Sarah Namirembe.  Audiences will learn about the medical sector in Uganda with special attention to how traditional healers in particular, and religious communities more generally, shape the landscape of addiction care in Kampala, Uganda as well as beyond [...]

Dr.John Little, Director of Native Recruitment & Alumni Engagement at theUniversity of South Dakota, filmmaker, and enrolled member of the Standing RockSioux Tribe, and Megan Red Shirt Shaw, Director of Native Student Services at theUniversity of South Dakota, founder of Natives in America magazine, and enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, joinSDHC to discuss [...]

Dr. Richard Kyte, author, Director of the D. B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership, and Endowed Professor of Ethics at Viterbo University, joins SDHC to discuss why Americans are seemingly so cruel to each other, what happened to empathy, compassion, understanding and community, and how we can work to get it all back.Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85001125966?pwd=c1B3NnhQK1AzUVhBQVFTcE1QTVdGUT09Sponsored By: [...]

Invited guests join SDHC to talk about a move toward increased Native Tourism in South Dakota – what it is, what it means, and why it's so important to the state.Scholars: TBALink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85001125966?pwd=c1B3NnhQK1AzUVhBQVFTcE1QTVdGUT09Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities CouncilPlease let us know what you thought of the program!https://sdhumanities.wufoo.com/forms/r10zvgvg124kfm2/

Julie Garreau, Director of the Cheyenne River Youth Project, joins SDHC to talk about the annual RedCan Graffiti Jam and its important role in community-building and cultural healing. Scholars: Julie GarreauLink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85001125966?pwd=c1B3NnhQK1AzUVhBQVFTcE1QTVdGUT09Sponsored By: South Dakota Humanities CouncilPlease let us know what you thought of the program!https://sdhumanities.wufoo.com/forms/r10zvgvg124kfm2/