Join Us for a Virtual Conversation Between Author Robin Wall Kimmerer and Sekile Nzinga Followed by an Audience Q&A. Free and Open to the Public
February 20, 2026 | Source: SAIC
Join us for a virtual conversation between author Robin Wall Kimmerer and Sekile Nzinga followed by an audience Q&A.
Click HERE to join via Zoom at 6:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Explore the Visiting Artists Program homepage for recordings of past events and more.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. Kimmerer’s newest book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.