SAEA 2021 Online Convening - Friday, July 23, 2021 2-5pm (EST)


As parts of the world emerge from the global pandemic amid the heightened confluence of economic uncertainty, severe heat waves, racial inequities, and the ongoing colonialism that produces these violences, the call to “get back to normal” is stronger than ever. But what if our pre-pandemic “normal” is at the root of the global patterns of harm that we are experiencing today? We are excited and honoured to welcome Chief Ninawa Huni Kui as keynote speaker and Dr. Vanessa Andreotti as discussant on the intersections of Indigenous and decolonial perspectives on centering land, justice, and action, and implications for instructors and practitioners in sustainable agriculture and food systems education programs in post-secondary institutions in North America. Their collective teachings will provide a valuable opportunity to expand frames of reference for what is possible in sustainable agriculture and food system education classrooms and programs as we transition out of the pandemic and work towards refusing “normal”.


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Ninawa Huni Kui is the President of the Federation of the Huni Kui people in Acre, Brazil. He is the spokesperson for nearly 15,000 Indigenous people in 104 villages across 12 Indigenous territories, considered the Guardians of the Amazon forest in Brazil.

Dr. Andreotti’s research examines historical and systemic patterns of reproduction of inequalities and how these limit or enable possibilities for collective existence and global change. Her academic work is committed to protecting the public role of the university as critic and conscience of society and as a space of independent, multi-voiced, critically informed, and socially accountable debates about alternative futures.



Convening Schedule
2:00   Welcome
2:20   Keynote Roundtable with Chief Ninawa Inu Huni Kui & Dr. Vanessa Andreotti 
3:35   Open Space breakouts (two)
4:40   Ohio 2022 Preview & Wrap Up
5:00   *Bonus* Happy Hour