Hello, everyone! Hope your week is off to a good start! Here are the upcoming events Coal Free IU has planned for this week, as well as a look at some future events.

Coal Free IU Upcoming Events

Monday, October 17^th

7:15-8:45pm - Weekly Coal Free IU Meeting, Ballantine Hall Room 146. We’ll be going over our end-of-October event, logistics for activist Larry Gibson’s visit in November, and the past week’s news and developments, among other thing.

Tuesday, October 18^th

7:15- 8:30pm - Midwest Powershift Logistics Meeting! Ballantine Hall Room 336. This is mandatory for everyone attending Powershift with our group, so PLEASE try to make it. We will be splitting up rides, talking about packing lists and how funds for travel will be distributed, and more! If you cannot attend the meeting please email coalfreeiu@gmail.com and try to attend Monday's regular meeting. 

Friday, October 21^st – Sunday, October 23^rd

Midwest Powershift! The conference will focus on energy issues, sustainability, and challenges we are facing in the Midwest. After we return we would love to share trainings, experiences, and information learned at the conference with anyone who is interested so please contact us!

Midwest Powershift Fundraising Update!

IU Powershift Coalition currently has over 23 students registered to attend Midwest Powershift this weekend! We have been working on collecting donations from community, businesses, and through creative funding efforts to support the cost of student’s registration, travel, and housing expenses! We would like to thank the Indiana University Student Association for granting funding to Coal Free IU to support students attending the conference. We are so grateful for the encouragement and continued support of this amazing community!

If you happen to be downtown and looking for lunch it would be wonderful if you could please mention “Midwest Powershift” when picking up a sandwich from Bloomington Sandwich Company, 20% of the sale will go to support students attending the conference!

Also, if you happen to be enjoying delicious food at Roots on the Square and are looking for a place to dump some spare change feel free to drop some cents in the change jar to support students trying to make a change by attending Midwest Powershift!

Coming Soon!

Tombstone Art Installation and Zombie Walk- Week of October 31^st

Movie Showing: On Coal River – November 9th

Keeper of the Mountains Larry Gibson- November 16^th

Also, remember the IU Energy Challenge is ongoing until November 5^th!

“Let’s Clear the Air” Recap of 100 Actions:

Last week we hosting our 100 Actions in October Day of Activities which centered around our campaign theme “Let’s Clear the Air” beginning with Monday’s Giant Inhaler event which demonstrated the correlation between coal and lung and respiratory health, and ending the evening with The Beehive Collective presentation on the True Cost of Coal. We collected 189 petitions in support of clean air, over 60 samples of hair for mercury testing, and met amazing people who had incredible stories to tell.

Check out these articles from Coal Free IU’s Lauren Kastner, and coverage in the IDS:

Giant Inhaler Demonstrates Coal is Making Kids Sick at Indiana University

CoalFree IU Launches “100 Actions” Event

Students raise concerns about IU heating plant

Activism through art encouraged by Coal-Free IU

Collective delivers coal-free message with mural

Hope to see you all at our meeting tonight!
Novella Shuck
Coal Free IU

"Public cost is greater than cost of coal itself"