Chicago Program welcomed three faculty from ACM colleges April 18-20. Corina McKendry (Colorado College), Carol Wickersham (Beloit College); and Ted Thornhill (St. Olaf College) became Chicago Program students, as they toured Chicago’s neighborhoods, including visits to LVEJO (Little Village Environmental Justice Organization) and Growing Power’s Iron Street Farm, an urban farm growing produce on the bank of the Chicago River in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
The faculty joined Chicago Program seminar groups in a tour of The Plant , a vertical farm and food-business incubator housed in a former meat packing plant in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. The goal of business residents in The Plant is not to waste anything. Small businesses are raising fish and growing organic produce in such a way that waste from one operation is recycled into another. An anaerobic digester is in the works, which will use food scraps to provide heat and electricity for the building.
The visiting faculty shared their expertise with the students as well. Carol Wickersham led a workshop with Chicago Program students on learning experiences and how to transfer skills and knowledge between campus and community. Professor McKendry led a discussion on sustainability with students participating in Chicago Program’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Human Rights and Social Justice seminars. And, Professor Thornhill lectured on "New Racism in the Post Civil Rights Era: Interpersonal vs. Institutional Racism.:"
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