Hutton Honors College

Making Change Happen
"Strategy" Lunch with Community Activist Ava Hernández

Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 * 12:30-2 p.m. * Harlos House, 1331 E. Tenth St. * SIGN-UP REQUIRED

In this "strategy lunch," community activist Ava Hernández and leaders from several IU student organizations will contribute to a discussion about social issues of concern to students and provide guidance on how they can develop effective plans for having a meaningful and perhaps long-lasting impact. Bring your issues and your goals to the discussion!

Born in New Orleans, Hernández graduated from Louisiana State University in 2004 with a degree in English. A student leader, she was heavily involved in the Student Environmental Action Coalition and the Progressive Student Alliance and has since worked for the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, non-profits that focus on helping communities preserve environmentally sensitive areas and organize for a sustainable and just balance between economic growth and ecological quality. Now based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she is program manager for Public Allies-Milwaukee and serves on the Steering Committee for Latinas en Acción, working to put together programs that enrich the lives of local Latina women and girls. Also participating in the lunch will be leaders from Y'ALL (Youth Advocating Leadership and Learning), a student organization established in 2005 to help rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina; STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition; Latinos Unidos; and other student groups.

Hernández will be on campus as the guest of La Casa and other programs and departments in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. She will give a public lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 29, on "The Evolution of an Everyday Activist" in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.

This lunch is co-sponsored by La Casa and the Wells Scholars Program.

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