Sean Sherman + Kate Nelson | Rock Your Mocs @ NYU Center CIRCL

Join us at NYU Center CIRCL (Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands) for our second annual Rock Your Mocs event, featuring a conversation with three-time James Beard Award-winning Oglala Lakota chef, Sean Sherman, and award-winning Tlingit editor/writer, Kate Nelson, to discuss their new book, Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America!

Globally, the first “Rock Your Mocs” event happened in 2011. Over the past decade-plus, organizers and participants have cemented it as a worldwide annual week-long social media campaign, always around the original day of November 15th and coinciding with the month of November, National Native American Heritage Month. This year’s “Rock Your Mocs” runs from November 10th through 16th.

Center CIRCL is excited to enjoy our second annual celebration with a conversation between the authors and Dr. Ashley Ngozi Agbasoga (NYU Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study). Their new book covers 13 culinary landscapes and regions of North America, highlighting Indigenous communities in conversation with the environments surrounding them. The over 100 traditional and modern recipes provided give us insight into their vision of the Indigenous food scene, and the knowledge shared around Indigenous foodways will inspire and teach everyone how to better connect with the natural world.

Sport those moccasins! If you don't have a pair, come dressed in festive apparel (e.g. Indigenous-made earrings or clothing) to celebrate!

Copies of the book (out on November 11th) will be available for purchase at the event through the NYU Bookstore.

This event will take place in person at New York University's Washington Square Campus. The exact location will be emailed to registrants in the days before the event. Photo ID and registration are required for access to New York University's campus. You will need to present both upon arrival.

Accessibility note: This venue is accessible for wheelchair users. There are all gender restrooms. If you have any access needs, please email CenterCIRCL@nyu.edu.