risd | public engagement

This series combines some of the best elements of old fashioned fund-raising and community development.  Soup is $3. Conversation is free. All profits go to a fund to support RISD student community projects.

TONIGHT: 6:30PM // Carr Haus Cafe

Claire Andrade Watkins , Director of the Fox Point Cape Verdean Project and Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America — 15 January

*Read more about the series on our website!

Last Friday was our first wintersession Soup Seminar with guest Susan Sakash of What Cheer Brigade and the development director of Southside Community Land Trust.  She spoke about her role in the growth of the Land Trust and the new and exciting programs that they are gearing up for in the coming season and for the 30th anniversary next year. If you are interested in planting, social justice around nutrition and education or just want to learn more about urban gardening or composting then Susan is a great person to talk to.

With such a great turn out we hope that the money we are raising for a mini-grant will be a substantial amount for a student to make an impact with a socially minded project. We will post more information about what kinds of projects can apply for the grant as the semester progresses. And if you are interested in reviewing the applicants then start coming to the seminars- if you attend three you can help choose the recipient in the spring!

Next seminar this Friday is Claire Andrade Watkins, Director of the Fox Point Cape Verdean Project and Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America — 15 January. Don’t miss it!

Sara