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!

Here’s what we’re up to this week:

• Action: Outreach for the sustainable engineering campaign and planning expressive policy campaign.

• CFE: Finalizing club outreach list and drafting emails.

• Education: Outreach for teach-ins and other events.

• Garden: Planting new starts.

• Green Observer : Working on submissions, drafts due October 1st!

• Media: Making buttons with reused materials.

• Policy: Learning about the Illinois Environmental Council’s legislative agenda and how we’re going to lobby for their three flagship bills.

Community Building: Board Games

Before our meetings, from 6:00-6:30, come to the Channing Murray for some community building. Meet some new people in SECS or get to know them better. We’ll be playing board games this week, bring your favorite!

This Wednesday:

SECS will be tabling and and holding a bake sale at Green Quad Day this Wednesday. Come by and get a treat! If you want to make some goodies sign up below.

The SECS Talk is Back!

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.

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 getting enough songs for a playlist, keep your eyes peeled for that. Anyways, banger:

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)
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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 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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