Next SECS Meeting This Wednesday at 6:30! 🌱

Thank you to everyone who came out last week for the teach-in! As a reminder, our board applications for the 2025-2026 year are OPEN! We encourage any and everyone to apply here for up to two positions. Note that we have created the new position of Policy Coordinator. Applications will close at 11:59 p.m. on April 8th (that’s tomorrow!).

We are anticipating having elections this week, so be sure to attend to cast your vote! We will be listening to brief statements from applicants and vote right afterwards. We will be in the basement this week!

If we have extra time, here’s what our working groups will be up to:

Action will be continuing outreach with other RSOs for an upcoming spring action event.

Media will be plarning!

Physical copies of the Winter 2024 edition of the Green Observer are here! If you pre-ordered, make sure you’ve paid and come pick up your copy at the meeting. If you haven’t, there will be extras available for purchase. For those who submitted to the Spring 2025 edition, look out for edits on rough drafts to be complete before the meeting. Final drafts will be due this Friday.

Education will plan an upcoming teach-in with Keramos.

Circular Fashion Expo will be working on their speech and picking a speaker.

Join us this Wednesday, April 9th at 6:30 p.m. at the Channing Murray Foundation (1209 W. Oregon Street) for our next meeting.

🚨WAIT, THERE’S MORE!🚨

Collaborative Rally April 18th

Mark your calendars! Join Fossil Free Illinois, YDSA, and Illini Dems on Friday, April 18th for a rally supporting students’ right to protest.

Come Camping with Us!

SECS is going on our semesterly camping trip the night of April 25th into the morning of April 26th! If you’re interested, fill out this form and be sure to either bring $5 cash for Joya Weissman or Averhy Sanborn at a Wednesday meeting or Venmo $5 to @jupiter_jpeg by April 20th. Don’t forget to fill out the carpooling sheet in the form!

Sign up to Table at Sustainapalooza on April 12th!

Join us at SSLC’s annual Earth Celebration, Sustainapalooza, on April 12th from 1-6pm. SECS will be tabling and would love for you to sign up to help us out whenever you can!

Come Bouldering with Us!

On Saturday, April 19th, we’ll be going to Urbana Boulders at 1pm. The special group discount rate is just $14 per person! Be sure to fill out this form so we have a headcount of who’s going.

Fossil Free Friday!

This Friday, from 2-3pm at the Channing Murray Foundation, come to Fossil Free Friday to advance the divestment movement.

Come to Book Club!

SECS is proud to announce our first ever book club! We’re currently reading Parable for the Sower and meeting every other Thursday. The next meeting is Thursday, April 10th at the Women’s Resource Center at 6:30. We are unable to offer free copies of the book at this time, but encourage anyone interested to check it out from a local library.

Show up on Wednesday! Go green or go HOME!

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OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Come to Illini Lights Out!

Sign up to help turn off lights in campus buildings and save energy on April 18th here!

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
Listen here to our sustainability-focused podcast, the SECS talk! The most recent episode’s guest is Lina Avalos, a student at UIUC and an environmental justice advocate from the Southeast side of Chicago.

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Contact Us!
President — Rudy LaFave (he/him)
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Vice President — Claire Sullivan (she/her)
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Treasurer — Averhy Sanborn (she/her)
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Secretary — Julia San Miguel (she/her)
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Action Co-Coordinator — Trey McCallister (he/him)
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Action Co-Coordinator — Gabi DalSanto (she/they)
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Media Officer — Natalie Reed (she/her)
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Editor-in-Chief of the Green Observer – Michael Gergeni (he/him)
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Community Chair — Joya Weissman (she/her)
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Land Management Chair — Liam Henry (he/him)
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Outreach Coordinator — Izzy Wilder (she/her)
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer — Fatima Naveed (she/her)
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