Greetings, Community! On Monday, November 13th from 5:30pm – 8:30pm faculty from all five divisions (SSB, Core, ITS, CCM and EHS) will hold a cross-disciplinary discussion about the HBO film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017). We will first view the film together and then hold a dialogue that models inter-discourse analysis. That is, faculty will analyze the […]
Continue readingcourtesy of aashe October 31, 2017 News | Opportunities | Resources | Events | Jobs Submit | Subscribe | Advertise News of the Week U Edinburgh Invests Millions in Low Carbon Companies (U.K.) The university recently moved $79.3 million (60 million pounds) of its investments into two funds that businesses that support a cleaner, more sustainable and climate-friendly future. One fund invests in companies that tackle a […]
Continue readingIMportant info: spread the word! If students want to attend the upcoming Energy & Climate Summit, they can volunteer and get in for free. Sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054baca92aa2fa7-energy
Relay For Life is the signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Relay is staffed and coordinated by volunteers in more than 5,200 communities and 27 countries. Volunteers give of their time and effort because they believe it’s time to take action against cancer. Join us at these events to bring communities together to remember […]
Continue readingWe know it has been a tough year, and thinking about any one of our campaigns or priorities can be really depressing. And in these trying times, we have to work on more than ever — people are active on many campaigns, caring about a bunch of issues, and have so much work to do […]
Continue readingUpcoming Burack Lecture Monday, Nov. 6th, 5:00-6:15, Sugar Maple Ballroom LARISSA MacFARQUHAR New Yorker staff writer, author of Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help “Radical Goodness and the Urge to Help” Charity may begin at home, but where should it end? Should we help the worst off, even at the expense of people we […]
Continue readingOld Spokes Home is preparing for its 2017 Kids Holiday Bike Bonanza and we’re looking for volunteer groups to help us refurbish 140 kids bikes for low-income families by December 12th. I’m reaching out because it would be a great opportunity for students, whether they’re into bikes or just looking to get involved in a community effort. No mechanical experience […]
Continue readingHello friends and fellow climate champions! Please consider yourself invited to the 350VT Annual Convergence, happening Saturday Nov. 4th at Goddard College in Plainfield. I thought you might be really interested in 2 workshops we are offering this year: WORKSHOPS – 2:00 – 5:00 pm 1) Deepening our Nonviolent Resistance, a special training by Linda Capato and Sam […]
Continue readingfloating classroom program information: “The Floating Classrooms Winter Volunteer will serve as an educator for the Community Sailing Center (CSC)’s Floating Classrooms working independently, as well as alongside the Education and Outreach Coordinator. This is a mission-driven and standards-based educational program offered in partnership with local schools. The volunteer will be an ambassador of the […]
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