Abstract: What does CU Boulder look like in 2051, after we have met our climate goals, and have worked for 25 years to build a campus that honors and reflects a culture that is built on the mission of the Center for Cultural Connections & Community? What evidence do we see in our mundane lives that says we have been about transformative educational opportunities, intersectional identities, personal and intercultural development, and are a historical community of scholars that have been committed to service, and social justice in action? Using design fiction to create artifacts from the future and other futures literacy tools, we will give ourselves insights into the world we are building. Inspiration will come from Afrofutures, methods of backcasting, and examples. No need to be “artistic”, and all disciplines welcome. 

Presenter Bios: 
Ašiihkionkonci Parker is a member of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and Chicanx student at the University of Colorado Boulder and writer/editor for El Diario de la Gente. Through their fields of study, cinema production and journalism, they hope to fight for a more just world by documenting and reporting on community struggles

SarahDawn was an active ENVS and GEOG student from 2005-08 and a founding member of the CU Environmental Justice Committee and has been full time staff since Jan. 2009. Over the years she has worn many hats, but her current role is focused on supporting students stepping into leadership across campus and student projects, microcredentials, class assignments, senior thesis projects, and interns on a variety of sustainability topics. In May she will complete her masters in Media and Public Engagement in CMDI. Her research interests include the nexus of Futures literacy through creating artifacts from the future as a media form to express hope and growing a vision for restoring our relations to each other and the planet.