Next Meeting This Wednesday at 6:30

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SECS UIUC
September 15, 2025

First SECS Meeting This Wednesday at 6:30!

At the Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W Oregon Street, as usual. Come learn about what SECS does, and how you can get involved.

Here’s what the working groups are up to this week:

  • Action will be working on promoting the upcoming FFI climate march this Friday, putting up posters and chalking.

  • CFE will be planning the speech and tabling.

  • Education will be brainstorming new projects for the year.

  • Garden will be photographing and brainstorming off season projects.

  • Green Observer will be working on collages for the magazine.

  • Media will be collaborating with action to chalk the quad.

  • Policy will be collaborating with action to promote the march.

Community Building

No community building this week, but it will be returning next week, stay tuned!

Some Upcoming Events

Green Quad Day is a mini quad day focused on environmental and sustainable RSOs and organizations hosted by the Student Sustainability Leadership Council to bring people together and highlight sustainability on campus. RSOs can reserve their space to table at this link here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTRIxLWPllE8MNJjV4S3Ek4PJAXZi0INnI1d1jz1Hwb6PLMA/viewform

Join us as we will watch the Lorax on the Quad to celebrate nature! There will be free giveaways while supplies last including succulents, glass water bottles, stress balls, reusable cutlery, and sunflower kits.

Join the Discord

Discord is our primary method for members to communicate in SECS. We’ll be using this to share information during our meetings as well, so joining now gets you ahead. Stay up to date with our projects, help plan our next steps, and get to know us at the link below.

Green Observer

If you haven’t gotten the spring edition of the green observer pick it up Wednesday at the meeting, or get in touch with Sophia! The next theme, Remnants, has been announced. Read Currents at your leisure or submit to Remnants here. Drafts are due October 1st.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Visit TORIIS and take action


TORIIS.earth is an organization that makes transparent the University of Illinois Systems investments and visualizes this data through an environmental lens. Throughout TORIIS, you can explore in depth the University of Illinois Systems’ investments, understand the scope and impact of its investments in the fossil fuel industry, and take action by signing the open letter requesting fossil fuel divestment from the University of Illinois.

Listen to the SECS talk
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And finally, the song of the week. We’re keeping up with the feels from last week with some more angst.


Contact Us!
President — Averhy Sanborn (she/her)
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Vice President — Gabi DalSanto (she/they)
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Treasurer — Lukas Phillips (he/him)
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Secretary — Lincoln Dean (he/him)
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Action Coordinator — Grayson Hodson (he/him)
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Policy Coordinator — Raphael Ranola (he/him)
[email protected] Education Coordinator — Julia Spainhour (she/her)
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Media Officer — Natalie Reed (she/her)
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Editor-in-Chief of the Green Observer – Sophia Beem (she/her)
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Community Chair — Joya Weissman (she/her)
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Land Stewardship Officer — Bruce Beem (he/him)
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Outreach Coordinator — Izzy Wilder (she/her)
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer — Yesenia Adrianzen (she/her)
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