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Ed Berthiaume

Author: Ed Berthiaume

Earth Week events planned on campus

A series of Earth Week events are being planned for next week, coordinated by the LUCC Sustainability Committee. April 22 is Earth Day. Among the highlights:

Tuesday, April 19:

  • Native seed planting, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
  • Screening of the film, Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock, 8 to 11 p.m., Warch Cinema

Wednesday, April 20:

  • Greenfire stargazing with physics professor Megan Pickett, 9 to 10 p.m., Kohler Hall roof.

Thursday, April 21:

  • Chalk art, 3 to 5 p.m., Memorial Hall

Friday, April 22:

  • Presidential signing of a climate commitment, outside Main Hall, 4 p.m.
  • Painting the Brokaw retaining wall, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., under Drew Street walking bridge

Saturday, April 23:

  • Annual Campus Clean-Up, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Bird walk with Kai Freuh, 1 to 2:30 p.m., outside Warch
  • Sustain-A-Ball, 9:30 to 11:30 p.m., Somerset

Sunday, April 24:

  • ORC Paddling the Fox River, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Greenfire Earthfest, 2 to 5 p.m., Main Hall Green

Björklunden application now available

The Björklunden Application is now available online! Check it out!

Here is a link to the General Info Page: http://www.lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/students

Here are the links to the instructions and application: http://www.lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/students/app_info

http://www.lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/students/form

We will be accepting applications until Oct. 30 for Winter and Spring Terms.

Björklunden weekends provide a distinctive and highly memorable integrative experience. Each weekend during the academic year groups from Lawrence gather to explore and reflect upon ideas, artistic expressions, and community issues. Topics are wide-ranging and students have the opportunity for intensive inquiry and discussion with faculty members and among themselves in an informal, intimate setting.

Looking forward to seeing you here at Björklunden!

Disability rights advocate talk April 8

Judy Heumann, a disability rights advocate who worked in both the Clinton and Obama administrations before launching her own business, will deliver a virtual Q&A at 12:30 p.m. April 8.

The Zoom session is open to the public; there will be live captioning. All participants must register for the Zoom session at this link:  https://forms.office.com/r/S2svG440S2. Once registered, they will receive a Zoom invite.

A viewing party will be held in the Nathan Marsh Pusey Room in Warch Campus Center. All attendees are asked to wear a mask.

Heumann is a lifelong advocate for the rights of disabled people. She has been instrumental in the development and implementation of legislation, such as Section 504, the Individuals with Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Her memoir, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, co-authored by Kristen Joiner, was published in 2020. She also is featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, directed by James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham. Heumann produces a podcast called The Heumann Perspective, which features members from the disability community.

Heumann serves on a number of nonprofit boards, including the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Humanity and Inclusion, Human Rights Watch, United States International Council on Disability, and Save the Children. She has 20 years of nonprofit experience working with various disability organizations, including being a founding member of the Berkeley Center for Independent Living. Prior to starting the Judith Heumann LLC, she served in the administrations of President Clinton and President Obama.

The Q&A is being presented by LUDWiG (Lawrence University Disability Working Group).