10-12 APR 2025

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Dictionary Definition:

an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence

In HOPES:

cultural resurgence, reconnecting communities, building & rebuilding communities with joy and purpose

Culture has long been used to embed knowledge of land stewardship practices that have been ignored, overlooked, and erased. Resurgence is about bringing this knowledge back to the surface as a way to combat climate change.

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Our Theme Resurgence:

Dictionary Definition:

an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence

In HOPES:

cultural resurgence, reconnecting communities, building & rebuilding communities with joy and purpose

Culture has long been used to embed knowledge of land stewardship practices that have been ignored, overlooked, and erased. RESURGENCE is about bringing this knowledge back to the surface as a way to combat climate change.

Schedule of Events

Subject to Change

Thank you to AIA Oregon for providing AIA CE

Thursday, April 10th

5:15-5:30 PM: Welcome to HOPES [30] RESURGENCE

Lawrence Hall Room 177

5:15-6:30 PM: "Weaving Our Stories"

Speaker: Lisa + Leaf Hillman, Land Resource Stewardship + Indigenous Storytelling

Lawrence Hall Room 177

AIA Continuing Education Course

6:30-6:45 PM:

Music + Poetry: Hossein + Azar Salehi 

Lawrence Hall Room 177 

6:45-7:15 PM: "State of the Urban Farm"

Harper Keeler + Ignacio Lopez Buson

Lawrence Hall Room 177

7:15-8:00 PM: Dinner

Provided by Falling Sky Brewery

Lawrence Hall Hearth 

Friday, April 11th

12:00-1:30 PM: "Native Placemaking and Reconnecting Foodways: A Participatory Design Workshop"

Workshop: Marina Figueroa-Rowan + Eric Alipio

Lawrence Hall Room 206

1:30-2:15 PM: Break

2:15-4:00 PM: "Challenging Patterns of Supremacy: Provocation from Collective Pedagogy, Practice, and Organizing"

Workshop: Dark Matter U, Shalini Agrawal, Lisa C. Henry, Bz Zhang

Lawrence Hall Room 206

AIA Continuing Education Course

4:00-4:15 PM: Break + Transition

Move to Lawrence Hall Room 177

4:15-5:00 PM: "Shrinking Gracefully: Finding Sustainable Transitions in a Shrinking City"

Speaker: Fernando Ortiz-Moya

Lawrence Hall Room 177

AIA Continuing Education Course

5:00-5:15 PM: Break

5:15-6:15 PM: "Reviving What Connects Us: Libraries as Hubs for Cultural and Community Resurgence"

Speaker: Shamichael Hallman

Lawrence Hall Room 177

AIA Continuing Education Course

6:15-6:30 PM: Break

6:30-7:30 PM: "Reclaiming Life Behind Bars: The Prison Cell as a Creative Place"

Lawrence Hall Room 177

7:30-8:15 PM: Dinner

Provided by Falling Sky Brewery

Lawrence Hall Hearth

Saturday, April 12th

9:00-9:30 AM:

Coffee + Pastries

9:30-10:45 AM: SPLIT EVENTS

Student Panel: Material Innovations

Student Panel: Food and Landscape Futures

10:45-11:00 PM: Break

11:00-12:15 AM: SPLIT EVENTS

Student Panel: History + Current Cultural Political 

Workshop: Grove Urban Garden

12:15-1:30 PM: "30 Years Later, They're Back: HOPES Founders Tell the Origin Story and Where it's Taken them Since"

HOPES [1] Alumni: Carina Pastor, Renner Johnston, Bian Murtaugh, Liz Caraker, Julia Lave Johnston, Peg Butler, Rob Pena

1:30-2:15 PM: Lunch

Provided by Falling Sky Brewery 

2:15-2:30 PM: Trashion Fashion Show

Sponsored by: MECCA

Trashion Designer: Cheri Moritz

Lawrence Hall Room 206 Confluence

 

2:45-3:00 PM:

Poetry: Dorothee Ostemeier

Lawrence Hall Room 177

3:00-4:00 PM: "Stop Building"

Speaker: Bailey Morgan Brown Mitchel, Tribal Law, Property, Housing, and the Importance of Tribal Sovereignty in Early Design Education

Lawrence Hall Room 177

AIA Continuing Education Course

4:00-4:15 PM: Break

4:15-5:15 PM: "Sustainable Cities and Landscapes"

Speaker: Jaime Andrade Lopez

Lawrence Hall Room 177

AIA Continuing Education Course