As a past participant in the Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults course for educators, we’d like to invite you to a session with the one and only Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer!

January 19, 2026 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time for 75 mins on Zoom 

This session will be the first session in the upcoming Braiding Sweetgrass for Educators course that Monique Gray Smith is hosting again, but because Robin can attend, we thought we would also give you the opportunity to attend.

Or, if you’d like, you can sign-up for the full 4 session course again! And if you refer a friend or colleague to attend the full 4 session course, they can enter your email address as the ‘referrer’ at checkout, and you will automatically receive $20 that you can put towards any of these excellent Indigenous Learning Resources. 

All registrants for this session with Robin & Monique will receive: 

1. 75 minutes of learning & inspiration with Robin & Monique (includes time for reflection, discussion & Q&A)
2. Access to the recording (available for 3 weeks following the session)
3. A Certificate of Attendance

Your contribution: 

• Early Bird Registration: $40 until December 14 – please select this option if you are able to
• 50% Discounted Registration: $20 – please select this option if price is a barrier

Your course fee goes towards supporting our charity in covering the course costs, including ensuring that we compensate the course instructors adequately, and that we can continue to offer learning opportunities like these.

Facilitators:

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Robin will be joining us for the first session of this course. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants which was adapted into Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Monique Gray Smith.

Robin is a mother, scientist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She l is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. She is also the acclaimed author of Gathering Moss, The Serviceberry and Bud Finds Her Gift.

Monique Gray Smith

Monique is an award winning Indigenous author and educator. In addition to Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, she has authored many other books including Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation and Dreaming Alongside and The Journey Forward.

Monique’s books are used to share wisdom, knowledge, hope and the important teaching that love is medicine. Monique is Cree and Scottish and has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 33 years. She is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience.

Monique has hosted this course several times and has received very positive feedback from participants each time! “Monique is an inspirational speaker. I will listen to these lectures a few more times to help me fully internalize these teachings. She helped me to fully realize I have been on the right path…. I am always learning and am grateful for every opportunity to learn more about Indigenous ways of being. Miigwetch.” – Course Participant