What’s Good & Growing on campus?
September 9, 2013
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location
Latino Cultural Center, Lecture Center B2
Address
803 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607
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Presented by the UIC Centers for Cultural Understanding & Social Change and Heritage Garden Student Task Force
Join the UIC Heritage Garden Student Task Force for a day filled with guided tours of the garden satellite sites, recipe collecting and storytelling, cooking demonstrations, and dance and poetry performances. Also, check out UIC resources working on environmental and cultural sustainability.
SCHEDULE:
• 11am – 12noon
Latino Cultural Center (LCC) – Share stories and recipes. Learn more about the UIC Heritage Garden, watch our photographic journey, and taste some salsa! Location: LCC – Lecture Center B2
Garden Tour – See our four satellites! Tour led by student interns. Location: Outside Lecture Center B2
Asian American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC) – Receive garden information, and pick up free butterfly-shaped seed paper to plant yourself! Quantities limited. Location: Outside Taft Hall
• 12noon – 1pm
Asian American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC) – Receive garden information, and pick up free butterfly-shaped seed paper to plant yourself! Quantities limited. Location: Outside Taft Hall
Kalpuli Nahualli Dance Group – Mazehual dancers will share their traditions that promote harmony, balance, and spiritual well-being. Location: UIC Quad
• 1pm – 2pm
Latino Cultural Center (LCC) – Share stories and recipes. Learn more about the UIC Heritage Garden, watch our photographic journey, and taste some salsa! Location: LCC – Lecture Center B2
Garden Tour – See our four satellites! Tour led by student interns. Location: Outside Lecture Center B2
Women’s Leadership & Resource Center and the Counseling Center – Be part of an activity to nurture and replenish yourself through gardening and nature. Location: Library Quad Garden Satellite
• 2pm – 3pm
Kuumba Lynx – Spoken word artists who bust the “isms” that exist in their communities. Location: UIC Quad Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) – Tastings and stories on how LGBTQ communities come together around food. Location: Outside BSB
Women’s Leadership & Resource Center and the Counseling Center – Be part of an activity to nurture and replenish yourself through gardening and nature. Location: Library Quad Garden Satellite
• 3pm – 4pm
Chef Tsadakeeyah – Cooking demonstration and sampling of vegan soul food prepared with fresh ingredients from the Heritage Garden Satellite sites! Location: UIC Quad
Garden Tour – See our four satellites! Tour led by student interns. Location: Outside Lecture Center B2 4pm – 5pm
Latin American and Latino Studies Program (LALS) – MeztiSoy Food Market shares community knowledge of medicinal and edible herbs. Location: Outside Lecture Center B2
Garden Tour – See our four satellites! Tour led by student interns. Location: Outside Lecture Center B2
African-American Cultural Center (AACC) – Share stories about a favorite dish a loved one made, recipes that you can’t live without, or steps that you take in maintaining your culture and taking care of the environment. Location: Outside Addams Hall
• 5pm – 6pm
Elephant Rebellion – Slam poetry performance that promotes social justice and youth empowerment. Location: UIC Quad
This is a project of the UIC Heritage Garden Student Task Force and Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change with funding by the UIC Green Fee.
If you require any accommodations please contact us at least three days before the event.
Co-sponsors: UIC Office of Student Affairs, Office of Diversity, Honors College, Office of Sustainability, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, and the Student Activities Funding Committee
Date posted
Jun 26, 2018
Date updated
Apr 14, 2020