2004 EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

An Educational Experience Linking
Health and the Environment
through Activism, Research and Art

April 12, 2004 - Ellison Campus Center + Charlotte Forten Hall

Theme: Creating Sustainable Communities

Overview

The goal of SSC (Salem State College) Earth Day is to present information about environmental concerns facing our local, state, national, and global communities to members of the SSC and the local community.  Faculty and students at SSC along with community representatives from HealthLink are working together to present this program.

In the evening local school children will display their artwork on environmental themes in Forten Hall. A reception for the students, their families and the community will be held from 6:30-7:30. All schoolchildren whose work is represented in the Earth Day Show will be presented with certificates of merit.

April 5-16

Art Exhibit by Local School Children: Library Well

Monday, April 12

10:30AM

·      Registration

11:00AM-1:00PM

·      Environmental Career Fair: Campus Center, Commuter Lounge

11:00AM-12:15PM

·      Environmental Poster Session Competition: Vets Hall, Campus Center

12:30-1:30PM

·      Presentation Results: "Healthy Communities Grant" study on air emissions and their health effects by SSC Nursing Students and High School Students: Underground Campus Center

1:30-3:00PM

·      Panel: "Building Sustainable Communities: Planning to Promote Livability"

6:00-9:00PM

·      Desert Reception and Presentation of Awards for Posters and Friends of the Earth Awards to Paul R. Epstein and Jill Stein: Charlotte Forten Hall, Library