[OccupyCU] Awesome Events TODAY at the Ecofeminism Summit

[Rachel Storm]

*Please share widely!*

All events are free and open to the public. Here are today's events at the
Ecofeminism Summit!

 *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
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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.

*Rachel Lauren Storm, Program Coordinator**
**Women’s Resources Center | Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations
*703 South Wright St. MC-302, 2nd floor, Champaign, Illinois 61820
t. 217-333-3137 |  e. rstorm2 at illinois.edu  | w. www.go.illinois.edu/wrc
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