+Seneca Falls Dialogues – 2014

Unusual Suspects in Sustainability: Expanding Circles for Feminist Activism

By Krista Bailey, Grace Lidinsky-Smith, and April Lidinsky

+Organizing our time together:

1) Krista on community organizing from campus and city positionality

3) Grace on undergraduate campus organizing

2) April on campus-community organizing as a faculty member

All of us: Challenges and best practices. Brainstorm and sharing.

+Questions for our time together:

What does it mean to have a sustainable community, and why does it matter?

How do elements of sustainable communities align with feminist values and ideals, and how can they work together to create healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities?

How are we dialoguing as feminist sustainability champions?

+Unusual Suspects for Sustainability

+Greenhouse Community Garden

+Urban Garden Market

+Purple Porch Co-op

+Michiana Monologues – a campus-community theatrical fundraiser

+Feminist Federation of South Bend

+FFSB: One Billion Rising and Equal Pay Day … and more!

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Presenting to the City of South Bend

+Culture of Care on IU Bloomington’s campus:

+Campus activism: “Slut walk”

+Tabling for Take Back the Night; Bystander Intervention

+Group activity:

Introduce yourselves

Quick Share Local projects you’re working on Challenges of outreach to “unusual suspects”

What’s working for you? What do you need help with?

Share with the larger group Projects being addressed in your Group Strategies That Work (2) Challenge Facing Your Group(1)

+Thank you – let’s be in touch!

Krista Bailey: Sustainability Coordinator, Office of Sustainability, City of South Bend: kbailey@southbendin.gov

April Lidinsky: Director and Professor of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Indiana University South Bend alidinsk@iusb.edu

Grace Lidinsky-Smith, Student and Culture of Care Director of Sexual Well-being, Indiana University Bloomington glidinsk@indiana.edu