Tuesday, February 18, 2025

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 11:30 am where Pastor Babette Chatman and student readers Stephen Nushann, Brandon Esole Gohole, and Princess Flomo will lead a liturgy based on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from the Birmingham Jail.”

submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu

Join the Minnesota Private College Council for Day at the Capitol 2025, where you can advocate for increased support for low- and middle-income college students. Your legislators need to hear from you about the Minnesota State Grant program!

What: 2025 Day at the Capitol
Who: Students who receive the Minnesota State Grant
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

During Day at the Capitol, you’ll attend a Minnesota State Grant advocacy and lobbying training with student advocates from Augsburg and other Minnesota private colleges. Then you’ll meet with legislators and have lunch at the Capitol. The Minnesota Private College Council will host a Q&A session with public policy experts and policymakers and will provide everything you need to be a successful advocate. We will take the light rail from campus to and from the Capitol together. Plus, free lunch!

Sign up by February 25.

Have questions or need help? Email farrisr@augsburg.edu.

Learn more and register for Day at the Capitol.

submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu

All faculty and staff are invited to attend the Spring 2025 All Hands meeting from 11:30–11:50 a.m. in Hoversten Chapel this Thursday, February 20. If needed, faculty and staff can also register to join via Zoom on the All Hands page on Inside Augsburg. A brief Q&A period will be held immediately following the meeting for those who wish to discuss recent federal policy changes.

All Hands | Inside Augsburg (login required)

submitted by rohlfsen@augsburg.edu

Come move your body, breathe deep, and be in collective space this Saturday, 2/22. Nichole Rohlfsen (Program Manager in the Center for Global Education & Experience) will be offering free community yoga classes online, about twice a month, typically on Saturday mornings.

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://augsburg.zoom.us/j/97938904296?pwd=BzRiGQn5dTx5W
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This Saturday we’ll slowly warm up from the inside out. We’ll build some heat to counter this deep freeze and also get into some gentle heart openers and backbends to invite in some renewed and uplifting energy. Winter will shift into spring eventually, and while we are in the last stretch we have tools to help us cope and to tend to our inner flame.

This space is an open invitation, and what I’m committed to offering is a space of refuge: for the sake of safety, spaciousness, deep rest and full permission, for myself and others.

For any accommodations, please email me in advance (rohlfsen@augsburg.edu) so I can do my best to support any requests.

I know many of us have been reflecting on how we want and are able to show up in this moment. What does it take for social change and transformation to really happen, especially under a growing reality of fascism bolstered by polarity and division? What might my role be in this moment, and in the long haul for more equity, justice, love and dignity? What skills and support might I be able to offer?

One of the ways I am intentionally stepping in for this moment is this very offering. When we are curious about what is happening in our bodies, we can also begin to be more curious about what’s happening in other living bodies and in the world around us. We get to practice being in relationship with ourselves, with others, and with our environment. So that what we practice and experience on the mat is what we practice everywhere we go. Presence, curiosity, awareness, breath, and connecting to our aliveness and belonging.

Class Zoom Link

submitted by truesmit@augsburg.edu

Join us for this event where creativity meets reflection!

Date: February 20, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:30 AM – 12 PM
Location: The Augsburg Room (Second floor of Christensen)

The prompt: “What is peace to you?” Come paint your vision of peace, enjoy some snacks, and express yourself in a relaxing atmosphere.

Afterward, we’ll host a small art show where you’ll receive your painting back and celebrate everyone’s unique creations.

Hosted by the Interfaith Department

A representative from the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota will be facilitating two “Know Your Rights” presentations on Friday, February 28 via Zoom.

Presentation #1 is taking place at 12:15-1:30 p.m. and will be geared a bit more toward students, however faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

Presentation #2 is taking place at 1:45-3:00 p.m. and will be geared a bit more toward faculty and staff, however students are welcome to attend.

Please Note:
-Check the Augsburg University calendar to copy the event to your calendar.
-Augsburg email addresses will be required to attend these presentations.
-Please feel free to invite your colleagues and students to these presentations.