**To attend this event, you must attend the public talk at 11:00 AM.** Using Nishnaabe storytelling, theory and aesthetics, this presentation explores the themes of relationality, reciprocity, resistance and resurgence. With excerpt from her books, As We Have Always Done, The Gift is In the Making, and This Accident of Being Lost, Simpson uses the practice of making Maple Syrup to immerse audiences in a contemporary Nishnaabe world that rejects colonialism, white supremacy and heteropatriarchy and collectively works towards building an alternative. The presentation ends with a screening of the short stop motion animated film Biidaaban - a collaborative work between Simpson and Métis filmmaker Amanda Strong. This talk is part of the Spring 2021 'Thinking Freedom from the Global South' series addressing "the question of human freedom from the perspective of the "the damned of the earth," those on the underside of history. Each speaker, engaged in radical intervention across different emancipatory, anti-colonial struggles, will consider how communities are thinking about and forging alternative futures." Sponsored by AU's Antiracist Research and Policy Center (ARPC), AU Dept of Critical Race, Gender, & Culture Studies (CRGC), and AU Women's Initiative (WI). Register for the series here: https://american.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5sSLCFCe056AGQl ***To receive credit 1) answer the reflection questions on this form: https://forms.gle/a3FuUYZiRYgMEf8T8 and 2) email a screenshot of your registration to president@auapo.net***