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“Technology without a Soul”

“I see STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) as technology without a soul,” reflected James Mason, Ph.D., Manager of Diversity Education and Cultural Competence for the Oregon Region Providence Health and Services.

Dr. Mason and his Assistant Francesco Copp visited last Friday morning with Wisdom’s Rose High Bear as they discussed his upcoming keynote at “An Evening with Wisdom of the Elders” on Friday evening, June 20.

The partnership between Providence Health and Services and Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. has developed over the past year and continues to blossom. Dr. Mason, who was introduced to Wisdom’s newest initiative, Discovering Yidong Xinag, in January, will present a stirring keynote at Wisdom’s fundraiser. He is a national leader in equity and cultural competence policy, also serving as Senior Project Consultant for Georgetown University’s National Center on Cultural Competence.

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Wisdom Native Art Auction Is Open Online

Wisdom supporters, check out Wisdom’s online auction of Native American art items.

The auction is open online and will be finalized during our silent auction this Friday evening.

If you can’t attend “An Evening with Wisdom of the Elders” you can still bid on these items online.

Visit http://givingworks.ebay.com/charity-auctions/charity/wisdom-of-the-elders-inc/68058/

Internship, Week 1

Wisdom intern William Cawley (Lock Haven University) has joined Wisdom’s team for this year’s Summer Field Science Camp. He expressed his enthusiasm for his service learning internship:

For my internship, I am helping peer mentors with video production and post-production for ‘Discovering Yidong Xinag’. So far, it has been an incredible experience. After only a few days, I have learned a lot about Native culture just being immersed in it, and have realized how important Native American cultural preservation is.

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Wisdom of the Elders Radio

For those anxiously awaiting the fourth series of Wisdom of the Elders Radio Program featuring indigenous perspective on environmental and climate issues from Alaska and the Northwest, intern Rick Keffer (Apache) provides a past radio segment you might enjoy from the collection of three series that Wisdom has produced since 2002.

This Elder Wisdom segment features Pulitzer Prize winning author and poet, N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) from Southwestern Oklahoma, known for its soaring mountains and rippling streams. Momaday describes his experience of the sacred through the physical world around him.

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