On Saturday October 1st, over 55 students from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, the University of Illinois Chicago, the University of Chicago, Depaul University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Loyola University, and the University of Iowa all boarded a bus to hear directly from community members and organizations in central Illinois’ […]
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Please Attend a Public Comment Session for the Wabash River Strategic Plan
Your input is important! Who: Illinois Lieutenant Governor’s Office and Prairie Rivers Network What: Public comment session for the Wabash River Strategic Plan When: Monday, October 17th, 2011, 5:30-7:30 PM Where: Danville Public Library, 319 N. Vermilion St. Danville, IL 61832 Earlier this year, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor partnered with the National Great […]
The Beehive Collective: Art Meets Activism at the IMC on October 6
A swarm is coming! The Beehive Design Collective will present a Graphic Workshop and Picture-Lecture at the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center on October 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to release their long-anticipated “True Cost of Coal” graphic campaign! This innovative graphic is a visual exploration of Mountaintop Removal coal mining and Resistance. Two years […]
Annual Dinner, October 14, celebrating our rivers and streams
You are Invited to Our 13th Annual Dinner Celebrating Our Rivers and Streams Where: I Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First Street, Champaign, IL 61820 When: Friday, October 14, 2011 By popular demand, our reception will be expanded to allow our guests more time to visit with staff, board, and fellow river friends. Reception – 6:00 […]
A Restorative Project on September 11
On the 10th Anniversary of September 11, Prairie Rivers Network staff spent the day doing something positive and restorative with Champaign community partners. We worked side-by-side with McKinley Church and Foundation and more than a dozen University of Illinois students who live at McKinley’s Presby Hall. The task at hand was to turn a “swampy” […]
