First Day at CRC SEED!

Welcome to the course everyone! It was a great first day, and as many of you reflected, a very unique start to a course here at UW-Madison.

During the first session,  we got to know a lot more about this course and what is expected of the community.

We had a fabulous opening (which began a lot of the technical difficulties) where Asia shared this video:



Then, we got to meet each other, and talk about where we might want to visit if we could go anywhere.

Next, we talked about food and had a family-style meal together. It was excellent to get to know each other a bit better, and share some family culture.

After dinner, we did an activity called "nine corners" where we walked around the room, and discussed different questions related to aspects of our identity.

Then, we shared our hopes and fears for the course. We also made ourselves a little vulnerable with Adrianne's "take in another person's humanity" exercise. Looking at the person across from us for 30 seconds at a time in silence, was a powerful experience for the group.

Finally, we went over parts of the syllabus in a really creative way.

If you want to share any comments about this first day, go ahead!