[OccupyCU] Please Share | 2nd Annual Campus Ecofeminism Summit

[Rachel Storm]

Occupy and SDaS,

I want to reiterate that this (tomorrow) Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday on
campus is the 2nd Annual Campus Ecofeminism Summit! Here is the full
schedule (including a teach-in about Flex n' Gate!) Please be sure to help
spread the word to your friends and networks and attend! All events are
free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided!

(There's also a nice lil' ARTS UNDERGROUND-style art-making night at Allen
Hall on Tuesday night!)

Hope to see you!
Rachel

*2nd Annual Campus Ecofeminism Summit*

*
MONDAY, MARCH 12TH*


*Teach-In | Environmental and Labor Organizing at Flex n' Gate*
La Casa Cultural Latina
Monday, Mar. 12th | 10am-11am
A discussion of the environmental and labor issues facing workers at the
Flex n' Gate plant in Urbana and information about the workers organizing
on their own behalf to keep their communities safe.

*Lunch + Lecture | Defining Ecofeminism in an Age of Consumption*
Women’s Resources Center | 703 S. Wright St. 2nd floor,
Come join us for a Dish It Up! Lunch on Us program featuring Dr. Ken Salo,
Department of Urban and Regional Planning.

*Lecture | After Sustainability: Permaculture and Liberation Ecology*
Women’s Resources Center | 703 S. Wright St. 2nd floor, MC-302 Ch.
Monday, Mar. 12th | 3pm-4pm
Rafter Sass Ferguson, PhD Candidate in Crop Sciences and Founder of
Liberation Ecology, will speak about linkages between challenging
patriarchy and environmental injustice.

*Composting 101 Workshop | Students for Environmental Concerns*
Monday, Mar. 12th | 5-6pm
University YMCA | Wahl Room 1001 S. Wright St. U.
Come out to the University YMCA to learn the basics of composting, how to
do it at home, and how to use the compost you create.

*Panel Discussion | Hot Topics: Exploring Local Food Networks*
Women’s Resources Center | 703 S. Wright St. 2nd floor, Ch.
Monday, Mar. 12th | 7pm-9pm
Join us for a discussion of local food networks in our community and how
you can tap into them. Panelists will come from various food network spaces.


*TUESDAY, MARCH 13*


*Morning Yoga + Fitness Class*
Women’s Resources Center | 703 S. Wright St. 2nd floor, MC-302 Ch.
Tuesday, Mar. 13th | 10am-11am *yoga mats provided
Come join us for a relaxing, centering yoga experience at the Women's
Resources Center.

*Teach-In | Facing Food Deserts: Building a Community Garden in South Urbana
*
Women’s Resources Center | 703 S. Wright St. 2nd floor, MC0392 Champaign,
IL 61820
Tuesday, Mar. 13th | 12pm-1pm
As part of the 2nd Annual Campus Ecofeminism Summit, community members of a
low-income neighborhood in south Urbana will speak about how they organized
to successfully gain access to fresh, organic produce in the face of living
in a food desert.

*Teach-In | Unpacking Environmental Racism: 5th and Hill Contamination*
YWCA Wahl Room | 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
Tuesday, Mar. 13th | 5:30pm-6:30pm
As part of the Racial Justice Dialogue Series, the YWCA is hosting members
of Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) and residents of the 5th
and Hill area to speak about the chemical dumping in northern Champaign
that had lead to increased contaminated groundwater.

*Film Screening + Scholar Commentary | Waste Land (2010), 92 min.*
Allen Hall Main Lounge | 1005 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801
Tuesday, Mar. 13th | 7pm-9pm
Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows renowned Brazillian
artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his
native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardin Gramacho,
located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

*Allen Hall Late-Nighter | Beautiful Trash Art-Making Workshop*
Allen Hall South Rec Room
1005 W. Gregory Drive, U.
Tueday, Mar. 13th | 9pm-11pm
Inspired by the screening of Wasteland, join us for an art-making workshop
devoted entirely to  re-envisioning “trash” as we know it.
   *WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14*


*Bike Workshop | The ABCs of Bike Care
*Campus Bike Project | 608 E. Pennsylvania Ave. U.
Wednesday, Mar. 14th | 12pm-2pm
Come learn about bike care basics. The first hour will be instructional and
the second hour will be a bike ride, a great way to get in exercise and
social time.

*Ecofeminist Dinner and Music Show feat. DJ Array
*Red Herring Vegetarian
Restaurant | Channing Murray
Monday, Mar. 12th | 5pm-6pm
Join the Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant for dinner and a show, featuring
music and readings from ecofeminist scholarship.

*Film Screening + Director Commentary | Tar Creek (2010)*
Bevier Hall, Rm. 180 | 905 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL 61820
Wednesday, Mar. 14th | 6pm *followed by commentary from Director Matt Meyers
Synopsis: Tar Creek is the story of the worst environmental disaster you’ve
never heard of: the Tar Creek Superfund site. Once one of the largest lead
and zinc mines on the planet, Tar Creek is now home to more than 40 square
miles of environmental devastation in northeastern Oklahoma: acid mine
water in the creeks, stratospheric lead poisoning in the children, and
sinkholes that melt backyards and ball fields. Now, almost 30 years after
being designated for federal cleanup by the Superfund program, Tar Creek
residents are still fighting for decontamination, environmental justice,
and ultimately, the buyout and relocation of their homes to safer ground.
As Tar Creek reveals, America’s Superfund sites aren’t just environmental
wastelands; they’re community tragedies, too. Until the community fights
back.
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