Earth Week Events and Teach-In for Earth Day

Wednesday, April 20

Chicago Campus, Atrium * Noon to 3:00pm
Get Out 2 Vote - Voter Registration Drive by League of Women Voters
Free and open to the NLU Community.

Lisle Campus, Public Forum Room * 11:00am to Noon
"Climate Disruption - The Path to a Sustainable Future" by Dr. Seth Darling from Argonne National Lab, introduced by NLU professor Xiaoning Chen, Ph.D.
Free and open to the public.

North Shore Campus,  Room 464 * 11:45am to 12:45pm
Lunch and Learn at Lifelong Learning
Showing of video "Climate Disruption - What we can Do" by Dr. Seth Darling, discussion led by NLU professor Kristin Lems, Ed.D.
Free and open to the public.

Friday, April 22

Wheeling Campus, Forum Room * 1:00 to 2:00 pm,
Showing of video "Climate Disruption - What we can Do" by Dr. Seth Darling, discussion led by NLU professor Virginia Jagla, Ph.D.
Cosponsors: Center for Civic Engagement, NLU Green Committee

Chicago Campus, Atrium * 9:30am to 4:30pm
A Call to Action: A Teach-in for Earth Day
Led by Todd Alan Price, Ph.D., Director of Policy Studies, and facilitated by Kristine Becker-Kristufek, AmeriCorps VISTA for ILCC at National Louis University's Civic Engagement Center

8:45 am Registration and Breakfast
9:30am Welcome/Opening Remarks
9:50 am  Stephanie Ochoa Fair Trade in Chicago
11:00am Jonah Wine/Ray Prieto "Using Alternative Transportation"
11:30am  Kristin Lems Singalong songs for a Greener Planet
Noon Lunch/Networking (lunch provided)
1:00 pm Savannah Hawkins "Systemic Change for Education" and Robin Schirmer "Community Supported Agriculture"
4:00 pm Closing Remarks/Survey Evaluation

Attendance at the April 20 and April 22 Teach-Ins (a national event!) are free and open to the public, but participants are asked to register in advance here:
RSVP HERE!<http://teachins.thenextsystem.org/national_louis>

Parking passes and lunch will be provided by registering. For more information, please contact:
Kristine Becker-Kristufek: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>