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The 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 (UBP) at UTSA, funded by the Mellon Foundation, successfully began a new Fall 2023 academic team-taught course called 𝑪𝙤𝒎𝙢𝒖𝙣𝒊𝙩𝒚-𝑩𝙖𝒔𝙚𝒅 𝑹𝙚𝒔𝙚𝒂𝙧𝒄𝙝 & 𝙒𝒓𝙞𝒕𝙞𝒏𝙜 𝙞𝒏 𝑬𝙣𝒗𝙞𝒓𝙤𝒏𝙢𝒆𝙣𝒕𝙖𝒍 𝑱𝙪𝒔𝙩𝒊𝙘𝒆 where students will train to work in transdisciplinary and community-engaged research that centers Indigenous, Black, & Chicanx praxis in the borderlands.
This week on Day 1, university students enrolled in the course got to meet the Principle Investigators, staff member, and PhD candidates involved in running the project.
Day 2 began with a Land Acknowledgement followed by an Opening Blessing Ceremony provided by the Native American Inter-Tribal Group de Tejas and Danza Azteca de Yanaguana , to respectfully ask permission to begin a new academic year and enter into the space which the institution is built upon.
We look forward to a fruitful semester with our students and are eager to see their growth as scholars!
Stay tuned for more updates throughout the year!