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Thursday, June 5 Open House & Ribbon Cutting

The Center will host a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house featuring speakers, sustainability workshops in the Eco-Fox Art Gallery at the Center, and eco/sustainability film screenings and discussions.
 
Open House Speakers Include:

• U.S. Representative Bill Foster, Illinois 11^th Congressional District
• City of Aurora Alderman Michael Saville, 6th Ward
• Kimberly Wasserman, chair of the Illinois Environmental Justice Commission
• Naomi Davis, founder & director of the minority-oriented environmental justice organization Blacks in Green

• Fran Caffee, past president of the Fox Valley Sierra Club and founder of Sierra Club Water Sentinels
• Mavis Bates, president of the Fox Valley Sierra Club and founder & director of Greenfest in Aurora
• Rev. Dr. Terrance Gallagher, a chief organizer of the Illinois Fox Valley chapter of the national Citizens Climate Lobby
• Mary Shesgreen, chairperson of the Northern Illinois Jobs With Justice coalition
• Charlie Zine, newly appointed chair of the Aurora mayor’s sustainability commission

• “Ordering Chaos,” New Art From Old Print Workshop: presented by Elisabeth Dzuricsko, an instructor and gallery director at Marmion Academy in Aurora
• How To Create Sustainable “Passive Homes” From Abandoned Properties: presented by John Laesch
• “Monkey Mind” Functional & Fine Art from Recycled Waste,  James Jenkins, Sculptor