Global Education Center

Chef Sean Sherman, an Oglala Lakota chef and founder of Owamni in Minneapolis, has sparked conversation for a powerful choice: he refuses to serve fry bread at his Native restaurant.

For many people, fry bread feels deeply connected to Native gatherings, powwows, family meals, and community traditions. But Sherman wants you to understand where it came from. Fry bread was not part of pre-colonial Native cuisine. It was born from survival, made with government ration ingredients like white flour, sugar, salt, and lard after Native communities were forced from their lands.

Sherman’s work asks you to look beyond the foods created by colonization and see the depth of Indigenous food traditions that existed long before it. At Owamni, his menu centers Native North American ingredients such as corn, beans, squash, wild rice, berries, fish, seeds, bison, and native plants.

His choice does not dismiss what fry bread means to Native families today. For many, it still carries memories of home, strength, and community. But Sherman’s mission is to bring attention back to older foodways rooted in land, season, culture, and Native knowledge.

His message is clear: Native cuisine is far older and richer than the foods forced onto Native people. Fry bread tells a story of survival. Sherman’s restaurant tells a story of return.

🪩 TODAY! Disco Grooves with Silver Sparkles is THIS AFTERNOON!
This is the grand finale and we're going out with ALL the sparkle. Beginner-friendly. Fun. Fabulous.
For LGBTQIA+ community members 50+.
📅 TODAY at 4:00 PM
📍 Global Education Center | 4822 Charlotte Ave
💲 $5 suggested donation
🔗 https://pci.jotform.com/form/210570811631143
Let's dance! ✨

🌍 TODAY IS THE DAY! Come find us at the Pizza Festival!

The Global Education Center is on-site right now at the A Slice of the Community Pizza Festival at Nashville PBS — and we want to see you!

Come experience culture, community, and connection with us, then enjoy an amazing afternoon of Nashville pizza, live music, kids' activities, and more.

Today is a great day to celebrate community. Come as you are. 🍕💛

📅 TODAY, Friday, May 30
🕚 11 AM to 3 PM
📍 Nashville PBS | 161 Rains Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
🎟 Tickets: WNPT.org/Events
👶🏾 Children 4 and under are FREE

We'll see you out there! 💛🌍

🍕 Tomorrow is the day! Come find us at the Pizza Festival!

The Global Education Center will be on-site at the A Slice of the Community Pizza Festival tomorrow at Nashville PBS — and we would love to see your face!

Stop by the GEC experience for interactive cultural activities and performances, then spend the afternoon enjoying incredible Nashville pizza, a live DJ, kids' zones, James Beard Award-winning chefs, and so much more.

This is community at its best. Come be part of it.

📅 Tomorrow, Friday, May 30
🕚 11 AM to 3 PM
📍 Nashville PBS | 161 Rains Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
🎟 Tickets: WNPT.org/Events
👶🏾 Children 4 and under are FREE

See you there! 💛🌍

🕺 One more dance! Silver Sparkles wraps up with Disco Grooves and we're going out with ALL the sparkle.

If you've been with us all series, come celebrate. If this is your first time, come see what the fun is all about!

A beginner-friendly disco dance class for LGBTQIA+ community members 50+. Great music. Great people. No experience needed.

📅 Saturday, May 30 at 4:00 PM
📍 Global Education Center | 4822 Charlotte Ave, Nashville
💲 $5 suggested donation
🔗 https://pci.jotform.com/form/210570811631143
Let's groove! 🪩

WNPT's A Slice of the Community Pizza Festival is in one week!

Join us next Saturday (May 30) at the station for a family-friendly afternoon of pizza, games, music, and more.

🍕 Use code PIZZA20 for 20% off tickets! www.eventbrite.com/e/1987089961566/?discount=PIZZA20

And remember, children 4 and younger are admitted free!

The colonizers saw hairstyles.

What they failed to see…were escape routes hidden inside the braids. 😳

Rivers.Mountains.Danger zones.Freedom.

History is deeper than most people were ever taught. 🌍

Humans Over Hate: Panel & Conversation https://www.eventbrite.com/e/humans-over-hate-panel-conversation-tickets-1989954411212?aff=facebook