February 9-11 • Galesburg, ILKnox College, Ford Center for Fine Arts

www.knox.edu/Bioneers

Conference Schedule of Events

Special Thanks to:

Majority of events are located in the Ford Center for Fine Arts (CFA)

Additional events will be in:

Mirror Room, Fitness Center

Taylor Lounge, Seymour Union

A Bioneers Pollinator Event

Bioneers Pollinator gatherings/events are independently organized and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions or positions of the Bioneers organization. For more information, visit: www.bioneers.org.

Friday, February 94:00 pm Registration Opens Lobby, CFA4:30 pm Opening Ceremony Round Room, CFA5:00 pm Plenary Speakers (videos)* Round Room, CFA

Cities, Technology and the Power of Inclusive Thinking Victor PinedaA New “We The People” For a Sustainable Future Heather McGhee

6:30 pm Dinner with Conversation Tables Lobby, CFA7:30 pm Entertainment Taylor Lounge, Seymour Union Spoken Word by Madeline Simms Dance Performance by Terpsichore Music by Environmental Buddies Department

Saturday, February 108:30 am Registration Opens Lobby, CFA9:00 am Morning Activities (concurrent options) Option 1: Room 103, CFA Yoga with Laura Bush Option 2: Room 205, CFA Plant Your Own Microgreens with Sofia Tagkaloglou

Option 3: Meet in Lobby, CFA Bicycles? Give Me a Brake: An Introduction To Fixing Your Bike’s Brakes with Alex Davis

10:15 am Break Lobby, CFA10:30 am Plenary Speakers (videos)* Kresge Hall, CFA

Democracy Now! Covering the Movements Changing America Amy Goodman

Youth Leadership Keynote Naelyn Pike12:00 pm Lunch with Conversation Tables Lobby, CFA1:00 pm Local Workshops (concurrent options) Art Track: Room 205, CFA From Plastic Bag to Costume and Choreography Kathleen Ridlon, Knox College

Justice Track: Room 208, CFA Sanctuary: More than a name M.E.Ch.A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan / Chicano Student Movement from Aztlan)

Food Track: Room 209, CFA Building Healthy Community Food Systems Kim Keenan, Phd, LCSW, The gitm Foundation2:00 pm Break Lobby, CFA

2:15 pm Local Workshops (concurrent options) Art Track: Room 205, CFA Upcycle Workshop: Make New from Old Julietta Cervantes and Monica Martinez, Knox College Justice Track: Room 208, CFA Creating Community Through Education Abby Clayton, Kent School Services Network

Food Track: Room 209, CFA Japanese Beetles and Donald Trump: Curious Commonalities Craig Watson, Monmouth College and MC Educational Garden and Market Farm

3:15 pm Break Lobby, CFA3:30 pm Local Workshops (concurrent options) Art Track: Room 205, CFA A Footprint Tony Gant, Knox College

Justice Track: Room 208, CFA Promoting Collaborative Pro-Environmental Activism Within Your Relationships Sofia Tagkaloglou, Knox CollegeFood Track: Room 209, CFA La Sureña: Journey of a Latino Organic Veggie Co-op Cira Paz Valbuena, Guillermo Martin, and Julieta Cervantes, La Sureña

4:30 pm Break Lobby, CFA4:45 pm Plenary Speakers (videos)* Kresge Hall, CFA Taking on Coal & Nuclear Domination Mariel Nanasi Carbon Farming John Wick and Calla Rose Ostrander6:15 pm Dinner Lobby, CFA7:00 pm Keynote Kresge Hall, CFA

Robots, Refugees, and Revolutions: Climate Justice at the Tipping PointMeleiza Figueroa PhD Candidate in Geography at UC Berkeley and former National Press Director for the 2016 Stein/Baraka Green Party presidential campaign.

Sunday, February 119:00 am Registration Opens Lobby, CFA9:30 am Plenary Speaker (video)* Kresge Hall, CFA Strengthen Our Communities and Defend the Earth Kandi Mossett

10:15 am Break Lobby, CFA10:30 am Morning Activities (concurrent options) Option 1: Room 208, CFA What Now? A Discussion About Next Steps Students for Sustainability Option 2: Mirror Room, Fitness Center Yoga with Tina Hope12:00 pm Brunch with Conversation Tables Lobby, CFA1:00 pm Plenary Speakers (videos)* Kresge Hall, CFA We the People: Workers Rising for Fair Wages Saru Jayaraman Co-Creating Alternative Spaces to Heal john a. powell2:30 pm Break Lobby, CFA 2:45 pm Local Workshops (concurrent options)

Art Track: Room 205, CFA How an Activist Researcher became a Cartoon Character: HyperCapitalism, Values, & Environmental Sustainability Tim Kasser, Knox CollegeJustice Track: Room 208, CFA Methods for Practical Action: History, Theory, Strategy, Tactics Meleiza Figueroa, UC BerkeleyFood Track: Room 209, CFA Herbs to the Rescue : Herbal Remedies for Winter Woes Tina Hope, Tina’s Botanicals

3:45 pm Break Lobby, CFA4:00 pm Local Workshops (concurrent options)

Art Track: Room 205, CFA Landscape Photos that Connect With Climate Change Mike Godsil, Knox College Justice Track: Room 208, CFA Listen & Discuss: Code Switch Podcast: Being ‘Outdoorsy’ when You’re Black or Brown Monica Martinez and Julietta Cervantes, Knox College

Food Track: Room 209, CFA Greenlords Aquaponics Demarkius medley and Kelvin medley, Greenlords5:00 pm Break Lobby, CFA5:15 pm Closing Kresge Hall, CFA

*Plenary speakers presented at the 2017 National Bioneers Conference in California. The recordings of these presentations are rebroadcast for our audience on a large theater screen.