<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763">Dear students,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763">Some of you may be interested in these stories about climate change.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763">best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763">Sherryl</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Sherryl Vint (she/her)</font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Professor and Chair, Department of English</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="1" face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><i>"We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our </i><i>responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water, </i><i>and air: the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples and all of </i><i>their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this </i><i>meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, </i><i>including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the </i><i>opportunity to live and work on these homelands."</i></font></div></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Tory Stephens</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:tstephens@grist.org">tstephens@grist.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 08:59<br>Subject: Winners of Grist’s Third Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors<br>To: SGRN-faculty-group <<a href="mailto:SGRN-faculty-group@pdx.edu">SGRN-faculty-group@pdx.edu</a>>, SGRN-general-group <<a href="mailto:SGRN-general-group@pdx.edu">SGRN-general-group@pdx.edu</a>>, SGRN Adjuncts Voice <<a href="mailto:sgrn-adjuncts@pdx.edu">sgrn-adjuncts@pdx.edu</a>>, INST-Community-Group <<a href="mailto:inst-community-group@pdx.edu">inst-community-group@pdx.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:INST-group@pdx.edu">INST-group@pdx.edu</a>>, Indigenous Nations Studies Program <<a href="mailto:inst@pdx.edu">inst@pdx.edu</a>>, Black Studies <<a href="mailto:blackstudies@pdx.edu">blackstudies@pdx.edu</a>>, Women's Studies shared email <<a href="mailto:wgsssrch@pdx.edu">wgsssrch@pdx.edu</a>>, UNST shared email <<a href="mailto:askunst@pdx.edu">askunst@pdx.edu</a>>, UNST All Staff Group <<a href="mailto:UNST-All-Faculty-Staff-group@pdx.edu">UNST-All-Faculty-Staff-group@pdx.edu</a>>, UNST-shared-line-faculty-group <<a href="mailto:UNST-shared-line-faculty-group@pdx.edu">UNST-shared-line-faculty-group@pdx.edu</a>>, Stu-UISHE-Group <<a href="mailto:stu-UISHE-group@pdx.edu">stu-UISHE-group@pdx.edu</a>>, STU-AISES-Group <<a href="mailto:stu-AISES-group@pdx.edu">stu-AISES-group@pdx.edu</a>>, Taryne Taylor <<a href="mailto:ttaylor5@fau.edu">ttaylor5@fau.edu</a>>, Isiah Lavender Iii <<a href="mailto:Isiah.Lavender@uga.edu">Isiah.Lavender@uga.edu</a>>, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay <<a href="mailto:bodhisattva.chattopadhyay@ikos.uio.no">bodhisattva.chattopadhyay@ikos.uio.no</a>>, Grace Dillon <<a href="mailto:dillong@pdx.edu">dillong@pdx.edu</a>>, Chicano & Latino Studies <<a href="mailto:chla_psu@pdx.edu">chla_psu@pdx.edu</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:sgrn-faculty@lists.pdx.edu">sgrn-faculty@lists.pdx.edu</a>>, Andrea Hairston <<a href="mailto:ahairsto@msn.com">ahairsto@msn.com</a>>, Joy Sanchez-Taylor <<a href="mailto:jsanchez-taylor@lagcc.cuny.edu">jsanchez-taylor@lagcc.cuny.edu</a>>, Lysa Rivera <<a href="mailto:Lysa.Rivera@wwu.edu">Lysa.Rivera@wwu.edu</a>>, Blake Hausman <<a href="mailto:blake.hausman@pcc.edu">blake.hausman@pcc.edu</a>>, Kirby Brown <<a href="mailto:kbrown@uoregon.edu">kbrown@uoregon.edu</a>>, Billy J. Stratton <<a href="mailto:billy.stratton@du.edu">billy.stratton@du.edu</a>>, drew taylor <<a href="mailto:dhtaylor1@yahoo.com">dhtaylor1@yahoo.com</a>>, Pan Morigan <<a href="mailto:panmorigan@gmail.com">panmorigan@gmail.com</a>>, Sherryl Vint <<a href="mailto:sherrylv@ucr.edu">sherrylv@ucr.edu</a>>, Michelle Raheja <<a href="mailto:michrr@ucr.edu">michrr@ucr.edu</a>>, Brooks de Vita, Alexis <<a href="mailto:Alexis.BrooksdeVita@tsu.edu">Alexis.BrooksdeVita@tsu.edu</a>>, Debra Yepa-Pappan <<a href="mailto:dyepapappan@fieldmuseum.org">dyepapappan@fieldmuseum.org</a>>, Bronwyn Carlson <<a href="mailto:bronwyn.carlson@mq.edu.au">bronwyn.carlson@mq.edu.au</a>>, Annabelle Dolidon <<a href="mailto:dolidon@pdx.edu">dolidon@pdx.edu</a>>, Tony Wolk <<a href="mailto:wolkt@pdx.edu">wolkt@pdx.edu</a>>, Carl Abbott <<a href="mailto:d3ca@pdx.edu">d3ca@pdx.edu</a>>, Yves Labissiere <<a href="mailto:labissy@pdx.edu">labissy@pdx.edu</a>>, Steven Shaviro <<a href="mailto:shaviro@shaviro.com">shaviro@shaviro.com</a>>, John Rieder <<a href="mailto:rieder@hawaii.edu">rieder@hawaii.edu</a>>, Cristina Bacchilega <<a href="mailto:cbacchi@hawaii.edu">cbacchi@hawaii.edu</a>>, Isabella Piacente <<a href="mailto:bellapiacente9@gmail.com">bellapiacente9@gmail.com</a>>, pedro neves marques <<a href="mailto:pedronevesmarques@gmail.com">pedronevesmarques@gmail.com</a>>, Doris Peltier <<a href="mailto:peltied@mcmaster.ca">peltied@mcmaster.ca</a>>, Wendy G Pearson <<a href="mailto:wpearson@uwo.ca">wpearson@uwo.ca</a>>, John-Paul Chalykoff <<a href="mailto:jp.chalykoff@gmail.com">jp.chalykoff@gmail.com</a>>, Elizabeth LaPensée <<a href="mailto:elizabethlapensee@gmail.com">elizabethlapensee@gmail.com</a>>, Graham Murphy <<a href="mailto:grahammurphy@trentu.ca">grahammurphy@trentu.ca</a>>, Sharp, Patrick <<a href="mailto:psharp@exchange.calstatela.edu">psharp@exchange.calstatela.edu</a>>, Mark Trahant <<a href="mailto:mntrahant@mac.com">mntrahant@mac.com</a>>, Mark Bould <<a href="mailto:mark.bould@gmail.com">mark.bould@gmail.com</a>>, Karen Walasek <<a href="mailto:karen.walasek@student.prescott.edu">karen.walasek@student.prescott.edu</a>>, Gerry Canavan <<a href="mailto:gerry.canavan@marquette.edu">gerry.canavan@marquette.edu</a>>, Bryan Kuwada <<a href="mailto:kamaoli@gmail.com">kamaoli@gmail.com</a>>, Ida Yoshinaga <<a href="mailto:ida@hawaii.edu">ida@hawaii.edu</a>>, Ken Tadashi Oshima <<a href="mailto:koshima@uw.edu">koshima@uw.edu</a>>, Kenrick Yoshida <<a href="mailto:kenrick.yoshida@gmail.com">kenrick.yoshida@gmail.com</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:darcielittlebadger@gmail.com">darcielittlebadger@gmail.com</a>>, Joseph Eschrich <<a href="mailto:jpe@asu.edu">jpe@asu.edu</a>>, Nisi Shawl <<a href="mailto:pearlescent11@gmail.com">pearlescent11@gmail.com</a>>, Zainab Amadahy <<a href="mailto:amadahy@rogers.com">amadahy@rogers.com</a>>, Sheree Thomas <<a href="mailto:wanganegresse@yahoo.com">wanganegresse@yahoo.com</a>>, Arkady Martine <<a href="mailto:arkady.martine@gmail.com">arkady.martine@gmail.com</a>>, Canavan, Gerry <<a href="mailto:gerard.canavan@marquette.edu">gerard.canavan@marquette.edu</a>>, Moana Theodore <<a href="mailto:moana.theodore@otago.ac.nz">moana.theodore@otago.ac.nz</a>>, Blaire Topash-Caldwell <<a href="mailto:Blaire.Topash@pokagonband-nsn.gov">Blaire.Topash@pokagonband-nsn.gov</a>>, Roberta Hunte <<a href="mailto:hunte@pdx.edu">hunte@pdx.edu</a>>, Nalo Hopkinson <<a href="mailto:nalohop@gmail.com">nalohop@gmail.com</a>>, Justice, Daniel <<a href="mailto:Daniel.justice@ubc.ca">Daniel.justice@ubc.ca</a>>, Malka Older <<a href="mailto:molder1@asu.edu">molder1@asu.edu</a>>, Sri Craven <<a href="mailto:nair@pdx.edu">nair@pdx.edu</a>>, Walidah Imarisha <<a href="mailto:walidah@pdx.edu">walidah@pdx.edu</a>>, adrienne brown <<a href="mailto:adriennemaree@gmail.com">adriennemaree@gmail.com</a>>, Tiffany Werth <<a href="mailto:twerth@sfu.ca">twerth@sfu.ca</a>>, Driskill, Qwo Li <<a href="mailto:Qwo-Li.Driskill@oregonstate.edu">Qwo-Li.Driskill@oregonstate.edu</a>>, David Higgins <<a href="mailto:dmhiggin@gmail.com">dmhiggin@gmail.com</a>>, Oghenechovwe Ekpeki <<a href="mailto:ekpekichovwe@gmail.com">ekpekichovwe@gmail.com</a>>, HUDSON, BRIAN <<a href="mailto:bhudson11@cnm.edu">bhudson11@cnm.edu</a>>, Best, Brianna <<a href="mailto:briabest@indiana.edu">briabest@indiana.edu</a>>, Brian Attebery <<a href="mailto:attebria@isu.edu">attebria@isu.edu</a>>, Celu Amberston <<a href="mailto:celu@shaw.ca">celu@shaw.ca</a>>, <a href="mailto:sfra-l@wiz.cath.vt.edu">sfra-l@wiz.cath.vt.edu</a> List <<a href="mailto:SFRA-L@charlemagne.cddc.vt.edu">SFRA-L@charlemagne.cddc.vt.edu</a>>, SAIL Discussion Group <<a href="mailto:ASAIL-L@listserv.uga.edu">ASAIL-L@listserv.uga.edu</a>>, Pawel Frelik <<a href="mailto:pawel.frelik@gmail.com">pawel.frelik@gmail.com</a>>, De Witt Douglas Kilgore <<a href="mailto:dkilgore@indiana.edu">dkilgore@indiana.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Dear Friends of Grace Dillion,</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Today, I am thrilled to share with you the winners of Grist’s third </span><a href="https://grist.org/imagine2200-climate-fiction-2024/?mc_cid=538b6b5ca1&mc_eid=UNIQID" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors</a><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> short story contest, and to offer you 12 brand-new climate fiction stories featuring vivid, hope-filled, diverse visions of our future.</span><div><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><img src="cid:ii_lrtgk5hf0" alt="Imagine2200-2024-cover.jpg" width="521" height="293"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Climate fiction can be a powerful climate solution. It invites us to look beyond the current moment to envision the world that could be, and empowers us to work toward it. The stories in this year’s Imagine 2200 collection are not afraid to explore the challenges ahead, but ultimately offer hope that we can work together to build a more sustainable and just world. Through rich characters, lovingly sketched settings, and gripping plots, these stories welcome you into futures that celebrate who we are and what we can become.</span><br></p></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Here’s an excerpt from </span><a href="https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-to-labor-for-the-hive?mc_cid=538b6b5ca1&mc_eid=UNIQID" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">“To Labor for the Hive,”</a><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> one of the winning stories:</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><em style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Support: i’m glad you got to visit, it’s a special place. somewhere that makes you feel less lonely.<br><br>Right. Huaxin felt something bitter in her throat and grabbed a honey stick to swallow it down.<br><br>Bees never stopped working. Huaxin liked that about them. They knew the value of discipline and all played a role in their community. One day, as the haze of summer approached, Anshui asked her why she never took a vacation.<br><br>Huaxin: who will take care of the bees?</em><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">  [</span><a href="https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-to-labor-for-the-hive?mc_cid=538b6b5ca1&mc_eid=UNIQID" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Keep reading this story</a><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">]</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">This year’s contest was judged by such esteemed literary names as Paolo Bacigalupi, Nalo Hopkinson, and Sam J. Miller.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">“These writers have demonstrated that science fiction is not just about dystopias and disasters, but also about possibilities and opportunities. Their stories challenge us to think — and act — differently,” said Miller.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Celebrate an uprising of imagination with these 12 stirring, surprising, and expansive looks at a future built on sustainability, inclusivity, and justice. I hope you will enjoy reading these stories as much as we have.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px">With hope,</span></p></span></div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:600;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:79px;height:25px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7JT8qT9VtvSP_tNg-738mqlD4MVJ1EVuSGn9Dsv1NFCSWBVTpx7cnIy4Wi5MvOLXRn9OXLzKMDmAb-e0ddgCDrJVQd0bAX89n40IpKPldYjJSpL6tgQBckVSEQPdxWJX3Jqk4PcB" width="79" height="25" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(60,56,48);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Tory Stephens</b> | (he/him)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#3c3830" face="Georgia"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Climate Fiction Creative </span></font><font color="#3c3830" face="Georgia"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Manager</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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