SECS Meeting This Wednesday 6:30-7:30!

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

Keep track of everything SECS does on our calendar!

Here’s what we’re up to this week:

• Action: Planning class reps and tabling for the divestment referendum.

• Education: Brainstorming for the WRC Ecojustice series.

• Garden: Planning the spring planting and writing the seed start wish-list.

• Green Observer: Working on Spring submissions, due Feb 11th, this Wednesday!

• Media: Making valentines for tabling.

• Policy: Wrapping up the bag fee.

Community Hour + Meet the Candidates

Before SECS meetings, from 6-6:30 in the Channing Murray Foundation, come hang out with us! This week meet candidates seeking SECS endorsements for positions in our student Government. We’ll discuss and vote on who we will endorse during the meeting.

Valentine’s Bake and Rose Sale

This Friday, 11-2 pm we’re selling sweet treat and roses! Sign up here if you want to make a treat or table. Come by and pick up something sweet and or a rose to give to your valentine!

Baily Scholarship

Our friends at the Y offer a scholarship for leaders at U of I. Applications close February 28th! You can learn more here.

Valentine’s Day Prom This Friday

Submit Your GO Piece by Wednesday

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Join the Discord

Discord is our primary method for members to communicate in SECS. Stay up to date with our projects, help plan our next steps, and get to know us at the link below.

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!

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And finally, the song of the week. In honor of Sunday’s performance:

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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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 Coordinator — 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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