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In anticipation of Central Oregon Community College's (COCC) 14th annual Season of Nonviolence, the college is convening a series of community book groups focused on Robin Wall Kimmerer's New York Times-bestselling "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants." COCC's Season of Nonviolence, which begins in mid-January and spans through mid-March, will feature a Jan. 24 livestreamed keynote event with Kimmerer, co-presented by the University of Oregon Common Reading program. A complete Season of Nonviolence schedule will be announced early next month; visit cocc.edu/seasonofnonviolence for more information. Coordinated by COCC's office of diversity and inclusion and the Nancy R. Chandler Lecture Series, the "Braiding Sweetgrass" book groups, staged throughout Central Oregon, will begin meeting in early January in advance of the free livestreamed author event. A botanist, distinguished university eco

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