Cultural Appropriation: A Roundtable

Museum of Culture and Environment 1200 N. D St., Ellensburg, WA, United States

What is “cultural appropriation”? Can the use of cultural designs, materials, or techniques that are not from your own community ever be “appreciative” and respectful? To discuss this, we have invited scholars from throughout our community to gather together and have a conversation about cultural appropriation, what it is, why it is harmful, and how… Continue Reading Cultural Appropriation: A Roundtable

Honoring Transgender Day of Remembrance with Stories from Transrural Lives

Museum of Culture and Environment 1200 N. D St., Ellensburg, WA, United States

Please join the CWU Museum of Culture & Environment (MCE) as we partner with TransRural Lives, a community-rooted digital storytelling project, funded in part by a Humanities Washington Stories Fund Grant, that explores and celebrates the rich lives of rural Transgender adults. We'll mark the loss of trans and gender-diverse people and create a space… Continue Reading Honoring Transgender Day of Remembrance with Stories from Transrural Lives