You're Skating on Native Land! Affirming Youth of Color in Educational and Community Spaces through Skate Pedagogy
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, activities will begin at 4 p.m. in the UNLV Student Union Ballroom B&C with informal skateboard blank deck design and zine creation activities. The formal program begins at 4:30 p.m. with context setting and screening of the short film, Walls Cannot Keep Us from Flying. The event continues with a panel discussion featuring:
- Douglas Miles, Sr., the founder of Apache Skateboards, and members of the Apache Skate Team
- Noah Romero, assistantprofessor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Hampshire College
- Richie Savage, a local skate brand artist
- Lauren Meza aka Bash, a local skater affiliated with Death Drop Roller Skate Board Shop
As part of the panel, the short film, Mystery of Now will be shown and discussed. During the event local community partners from Fifth Sun Project and Mojada, Inc., will share information about their community-embedded work and services; additionally, there will be skateboarding related t-shirt and professionally designed skateboard deck raffles and food!
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