RED ALERT (RA) will bring together leading artists, Indigenous knowledge holders, scientists, sustainablists, and others over the course of two years in activities designed to honor existing and develop new paradigms and practices to better work through and transform beyond some of the most difficult challenges facing the world today. RA is just now in the beginning planning stages in collaboration with The Rising Voices Center for Indigenous and Earth Sciences based at NCAR/UCAR. RA is currently envisioned to include a series of interwoven and organically evolving activities designed to connect participants across sectors, disciplines, cultures, and geographic regions. Among the activities currently under consideration are online and in person discussions, talks, an exhibit, conference activities, and more. 

Our project title, RED ALERT!…. is based on the book Red Alert: Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge written by Dr. Daniel R.  Wildcat, one of our core planning team members. Wildcat is a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma. Among his many roles, he is director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies (HERS) Center and member of the Indigenous & American Indian Studies Program at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. which is attended by students from more than 100 Indian Nations. He and we believe that the arts and Indigenous knowledges and principles have essential and currently under-valued roles to play now and in the coming years, something that we and our many collaborators hope to remedy.

In addition to the activities co-evolved thanks to the primary collaboration with Rising Voices, other activities may be informed by other collaborators in sectors including  natural and social sciences, environmental and social justice, extreme event preparedness and recovery, network weaving, and other disciplines and approaches — all based in “challenge-centric” arts and Indigenuity-infused problem solving and healing.