Tue, March 24 form 4pm to 7pm in Student Union Cafeteria. Join in for chance to get involved and make a difference while having fun in the EarthDay Energy Awareness running from March 24 to May 2 and anyone interested in joining us in a letter writing party: Gather with friends to write letters to our local legislators, or letters to the editor to our local newspaper about the need to bring clean energy back to Illinois. Our Illinois’ goal is getting to 25% renewable energy by 2025 in conjunction with efforts other groups like the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club. Limited Refreshments will be served + Bonus Free Vegetarian Pasta Meal to “First 40 NEIU students” who RSVP by March 19 to neiu.gcg@gmail Also afterwards at 7pm Place: Golden Eagles Room, Student Union, Northeastern Illinois University Presenter: Jonnell A. Robinson, MPH, PhD Assistant Professor and Director of the Syracuse Community Geography Program, Syracuse University Department of Geography Title: Points, Lines, and People: Plotting a Course for Community Geography Talk Abstract: Maps can be a powerful and provocative way to convey information about place. Citizen groups and community-based organizations are keen to use GIS mapping to build spatial awareness of important community issues. In an effort to foster community-based spatial knowledge production, Syracuse Community Geography—a unique university and community collaboration—was established in 2005 to assist grassroots groups in Central New York to frame research questions, generate, collect, manage, analyze and interpret geographic data, and use geographic information to create positive change. In this talk, Robinson will explain the conceptual framework of “Community Geography”; share results from community mapping projects, and discuss the value and challenges of Syracuse Community Geography’s participatory process.
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