Community Reads Gathering: "Sitting in a Circle"

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 6:00–7:00 PM

Location
W.W. Knight Preserve
Description
Join us for "In The Round’s" community read gathering led by Sarah Emery, Director, Center for Great Lakes and Watershed Studies and Enrique Gomezdelcamp, Associate Professor, School of Earth, Environment and Society. The discussion will feature essays from Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s best-selling book, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching Plants.”Why attendExplore the intersection of Indigenous wisdom, ecology and storytellingBe part of a campus-wide series unpacking the powerful lessons in Braiding SweetgrassThis is the fourth in a series of Community Reads events, each highlighting a different chapter from Braiding Sweetgrass and led by faculty across BGSU
Website
https://events.bgsu.edu/event/community-reads-gathering-sitting-in-a-circle

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