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Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, is December 21 for those in the Northern Hemisphere. Throughout the centuries, people around the world have celebrated the solstice in different ways – often by bringing light and warmth into their homes. In this session, Professor Elizabeth Buckner will show you a few homemade crafts she has used to decorate her home at this time of year. Best of all, because her family sticks to zero-waste principles, you won’t need any special supplies! She uses every day household items like recycled newspapers, popcorn, flour and water to make fun and stylish decorations.

Indigenous African educator Osholene Oshobugie will read from her new children’s book, "My Sleeping Dream: How I Learnt My Numbers", about African Indigenous peoples’ discovery of numbers as one of their many great contributions to humanity. Osholene, who is a PhD student at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, will show you how to use numbers to speak to the identity of African/Black children through their African ancestry and culture.

²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ students Gauravi Lobo and Laurel Bingman, hosts of the new podcast, Learning in a Time of Corona, take you through some of the remarkable insights they've gathered while speaking to teachers, parents and educators doing pandemic relief work in Mumbai and Houston, Texas – Gauravi and Laurel's respective hometowns.

Learn about the history of cryptography and cipher puzzles and some fun codebreaking challenges with PhD student Stacy Costa. Aimed at kids and teens, this episode also challenges adults to think about puzzles and cryptography in new and exciting ways.

"We take care of each other." You may have heard this a lot over the past few months — but, what does this mean and how does this play out in our communities? In this session, scholar, artist and activist Syrus Marcus Ware discusses disability justice, abolition and creative activisms through an exploration of how we can take care of each other into the future.