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: Continuing freedom of speech campaign.

• CFE: Planning other clothing reuse events.

• Education: Planning new outreach events and reorganizing semester’s plans.

• Garden: Planting new starts.

• Green Observer : Working on drafts! First drafts due October 1st at 11:59pm!

• Media: Continuing button project.

• Policy: Doing research on IEC’s bills; civics 101; fact sheets and elevator pitches.

Community Building: Mafia

Before our meetings, from 6:00-6:30, come to the Channing Murray for some community building. We’re playing mafia this week to start off the Halloween season.

Bake Sale

Thursday, October 9th, 12-4, we’re holding a bake sale and tabling. On the quad, right by the union. Show off those baking skills! If you want to bake something, or table, sign up below:

Illini Lights Out: October 3rd

Help save energy by shutting off lights across campus! Join iSEE on Fridays at 5:00 p.m. in the Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building Lobby for Illini Lights Out. After a quick briefing, we’ll turn off lights in campus buildings for the weekend. Return by 6:00 p.m. to wrap up and log service hours.

The SECS Talk is Back!

Keep your eyes peeled for a new episode dropping soon!

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.

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And finally, the song of the week. I can feel the fall air coming, dispute the current temperature. This album always brings that autumn mood:

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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