[OccupyCU] event / author takes us on a journey from coal and fracking to climate action.

[Karen Medina via OccupyCU]

author Jeff Biggers takes us on a journey from coal and fracking to climate
action.

event In Bloomington Illinois

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*This Thursday, October 30*

[image:
https://illinoispeoplesaction.ourpowerbase.net/sites/illinoispeoplesaction.ourpowerbase.net/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/jbiggerbio.jpg]*Illinois
People's Action invites you to a wine, cheese and dessert fundraiser
featuring award-winning journalist and cultural historian Jeff Biggers, as
he takes us on a journey from coal and fracking to climate action.   *

Biggers will read excerpts from his new book, *Reckoning at Eagle Creek:
The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland *and his experiences with the
extraction industry.  *Reckoning at Eagle Creek* is set in the ruins of his
family’s strip-mined homestead in the Shawnee National Forest in southern
Illinois.  Biggers delivers a deeply personal portrait of the largely
overlooked human and environmental costs of our nation’s dirty energy
policy over the past two centuries. *As we prepare for the probable rollout
of fracking in Illinois, it's important to see how the extractive industry
has already gone wrong in the Land of Lincoln.*

Our friends at S.A.F.E. (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our
Environment said Jeff's events in southern Illinois were "wonderful" and
that "he will entertain your guests at this book reading."

*What:  IPA Wine, Cheese and Dessert Fundraiser featuring award-winning
journalist and cultural historian, Jeff Biggers*

*When: 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Thursday, October 30*

*Where:  UU Church, 1613 E. Emerson, Bloomington, IL*

*There is NO admission charge for this event.  We will collect a free-will
offering.*
Reviews of Biggers new book:

   - *"This is a world-shaking, belief-rattling, immensely important book.
   If you're an American, it is almost a patriotic duty to read it."*—Elizabeth
   Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
    - *“As this fine book makes clear, coal has always and ever been a
   curse, poisoning everything and everyone it touches—right up to the climate
   on which we depend for our daily bread. What a story!”* —Bill McKibben,
   Founder 350.org and author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
    - *"...a tour de force."*--Amy Goodman, Democracy Now

*Come and meet Jeff and learn more about what we're up against with fossil
fuel extraction industries in Illinois.*
For more information, contact Illinois People's Action (309) 827-9627.

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Bloomington, IL 61701
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-- karen medina
"The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark
Twain
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