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SUMMARY:Other:Wonder Walk: Nature Nurtures
DESCRIPTION:Time spent in nature helps us build resiliency and compassion for ourselves and others.  Join us for an evening of self-care and creativity in the warmth and green spaces of the conservatory.  Guided tours\, watercolors\, and easy crafts.   \n\nMatthaei Botanical Gardens is hosting free guided nature walks on select Wednesdays and Sundays.  These walks are FREE\, no registration is required. Wonder Walks are designed for all ages to inspire curiosity and learning from each other through activities that model curiosity and honor nature. If we have a sizeable mixed-age group\, we may separate into two sets to offer the same content at different levels of engagement.
UID:144842-21896006@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144842
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Nature,Nature Rx,Sustainability
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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DTSTAMP:20260206T145216
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SUMMARY:Film Screening:Calls from Home Film Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Carceral State Project invites you to a free public screening of Calls from Home\, an award-winning short documentary film about a longstanding radio program that broadcasts messages of love through prison walls\, to reach people incarcerated far from home. The film follows the weekly broadcast through prison walls\, portraying the many forms of distance that rural prison building creates—and the ceaseless work to end this racist system of mass incarceration and family separation.\n\nThe screening will be followed by a discussion with the film’s director\, Sylvia Ryerson (Assistant Professor in American Culture and Postdoctoral Scholar in the Michigan Society of Fellows)\, Ken Nixon (Safe & Just Michigan)\, and Chuck Warpehoski (Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration) on current efforts to address the realities of mass incarceration across Michigan.\n\nThis discussion comes at a pivotal moment: In 2025\, the Michigan Department of Corrections accepted bids for a new statewide contract deciding how thousands communicate with their families—through phone calls\, messages\, tablets\, and video visits. Hear firsthand about local advocacy for more just\, transparent\, and affordable prison communications\, and why these systems must serve incarcerated people and their families.\n\nThe event is co-sponsored by the Carceral State Project\, the University of Michigan Department of American Culture and the Michigan Society of Fellows with support from MI-CEMI and Safe & Just Michigan.\n\nTickets can be reserved in advance through the State Theater events page.
UID:144977-21896231@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144977
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy,Ann Arbor,Anti-racism,film,film screening,filmmaker,In Person,Social Impact,Social Justice
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Theater 1
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