Note: The Seize the Moment pilot program has ended, please stay tuned for future updates.

Extending impact and expanding reach

Take your impact outcome to the next level. Seize the Moment is pleased to offer current Humanities Lab students the opportunity to apply for up to $1,000 for Lab outcomes to enhance their vision, reach wider audiences, and expand public impacts. 

Through our mini-grant program, students have produced podcasts and videos, organized public events, built gardens, and more. 

To learn more about Seize the Moment Amplifier mini-grants, you can keep reading to view past and current mini-grants. If you're a current student in a Humanities Lab course, you can learn more about applying.

If you have questions, please contact Seize the Moment Initiative Coordinator Bri Noonan at blnoonan@asu.edu

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Actualizing ASU's Land Acknowledgement and Uplifting Settler Consciousness

Lab: Indigenizing Food Systems, Spring 2022
Type: Garden, Website
Team: Ashley Culbertson, Natalie Beyfuss, Andrea Castro, Cassidy Kyer, Bloom Sanchez, Juniper Neff

Our team will create a garden space at ASU Polytechnic Campus dedicated to cultivating Tohono O'odham seeds along with an interactive website with recipes and stories. A portion of the harvest will be returned to the Tohono O'odham, Akimel O’odham, and Gila River communities, while the website will center narratives around the sociocultural significance of the seeds and include indigenous recipes, planting guides, and indigenous art.

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Actualizing ASU's Land Acknowledgement and Uplifting Settler Consciousness

Lab: Indigenizing Food Systems, Spring 2022
Type: Garden, Website
Team: Ashley Culbertson, Natalie Beyfuss, Andrea Castro, Cassidy Kyer, Bloom Sanchez, Juniper Neff

Arizona Indigenous Food and Restaurant Magazine

Lab: Indigenizing Food Systems, Spring 2023
Type: Print Media
Team: Addie Hegde, Brandy Rios, Brian Mecinas, Gabriel Sheppard, Maddie Kirk, Maggie Throop

ASU Plastic Reduction

Lab: Food, Health and Climate Change, Fall 2021
Type: Campaign
Team: Sebastian Ching, John Stachnik, Madison Canon, Mitskui Tanigaki, Parker Philips, Jasmin Otto, Eliana Burns

ASU Sustainable Food Map

Lab: Food, Health and Climate Change, Fall 2021
Type: Map
Team: Sophia Schroeder, Jane Coghlan, Linette Kalandos, Kaitlyn Lee

Being with Water

Lab: Indigenizing Food Systems, Spring 2023
Type: Print Media
Team: Dana Fickel, Sasha Park

Between Tradition and New Horizons Migrant Music

Lab: Migration, Art, & Place: Berlin/U.S., Spring 2023
Type: Performance
Team: Bayley Helfrich, Calista Stanley, Emiliano Lahi, Justin Feldewerth, Kosta Katergaris, Mason Davis, Olivia Zeitlin

Chi'chil Countermap Project

Lab: Indigenizing Food Systems, Spring 2022
Type: Map
Team: Alycia de Mesa, Bianca Banuelos, Kevin Reza-Quirino, Janine Lopez-Fimbres, Jenna Bryant

Climate Change: Arctic to Desert

Lab: Indigenizing Food Systems, Spring 2023
Type: Podcast
Team: Ayden Clytus, Bailey Selover, Jazmin Nuñez, Priscilla Frankson

College Essay Workshop

Lab: Avanzando Education Pathways, Fall 2022
Type: Event
Team: Adrian Galan, James Porter