Category Archives: social justice

Help Clean Up Bubbly Creek: RU Community Service Day on Wed 5/8

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

Members of the RU Community are invited to join students in Prof. Mike Bryson’s SUST 250 Sustainable University class @RooseveltU on a community service field trip to Canal Origins Park on Chicago’s Near Southwest Side. We’ll continue our yearly tradition … Continue reading →

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Join Us at the Annual SUST Symposium this Wed 5/1 @RooseveltU

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

Celebrate #EarthMonth2019 @RooseveltU by attending this week’s Spring 2019 SUST Symposium, which will be held on Wednesday, May 1st, from 2-5pm in Roosevelt University’s Wabash Building in Chicago (425 S. Wabash Ave.) and videoconferenced live via Zoom. Symposium 6.1 (Spring … Continue reading →

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Today & Tomorrow @RooseveltU: Learn about Compost, Explore a Farmers Market, & More!

Posted on April 25, 2019 by

This April is #RUEarthMonth2019, and there are lots of ways to go green at Roosevelt as part of our campus sustainability efforts — from recycling and composting promotional events to fun urban ag field trips to our annual sustainability symposium. … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Earth Day Today, & Go Green @RooseveltU this Week!

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

Earth Day is here! Get outside today if you can, rain or shine. Feel the sunshine on your face; or, the weather forecast holds up, bask in the overcast. (At least it won’t be snowing or sleeting.) Then, when you … Continue reading →

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SUST Symposium 2019 on May 1st @RooseveltU

Posted on April 21, 2019 by

Celebrate #EarthMonth2019 @RooseveltU by attending the upcoming Spring 2019 SUST Symposium, which will be held on Wednesday, May 1st, from 2-5pm in Roosevelt University’s Wabash Building in Chicago (425 S. Wabash Ave.) and videoconferenced live via Zoom. Symposium 6.1 (Spring … Continue reading →

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A Petition to Fight Environmental Classism on Chicago’s Southeast Side

Posted on April 9, 2019 by

By Jake Hanahan, SUST Student Associate Recently, the Southeast Environmental Task Force started a petition to stop the relocation of a major polluter to Chicago’s Southeast Side in a blatant case of environmental classism. The polluter in question, open-air scrap … Continue reading →

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FOIA Workshop @RooseveltU Tomorrow! (Mon 2/18)

Posted on February 17, 2019 by

This workshop is ideal for SUST and SOC majors as well as CDA graduate students. If you’re on campus tomorrow and free at 11, we highly recommend attending! However, if you’re unable to make it, no worries: there will be … Continue reading →

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