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Film screening: The Power of Us​

confronting our climate crisis
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  • The Power of Us · April 3

The Power of Us: Confronting Our Climate Crisis

Sunday, April 3 from 2 - 3 PM
At Byron Colby Barn, Prairie Crossing Charter School, 1561 Jones Point Rd., Grayslake, IL
Join Brushwood Center and Prairie Crossing Charter School for the screening of The Power of Us: Confronting our Climate Crisis.  The climate crisis is a problem affecting people of all ages — and it needs an intergenerational, collaborative movement to fight it. 82-year-old retired Chicagoland engineer Jim Goodman and his wife Annie are alarmed about the climate change crisis, and know their generation has failed to adequately address it. With the environmental clock ticking, the Goodmans enlist the aid of some equally concerned young people, from those directly impacted by climate change’s disastrous impacts to those that are coming up with their own innovative solutions. The Power of Us underscores the urgency of the crisis and shows the power of an intergenerational climate movement, with youth leading the charge into the future. Executive Producers Annie and Jim Goodman and one of the film’s youth activists, Tess Russell, will be present for pre-screening conversation and post-screening Q&A. 
​Tickets are free, but please register below.
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About the Speakers:

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Jim Goodman, a retired mechanical engineer, and Annie Goodman, a former teacher, are life long environmental advocates.  Founders of the Glencoe Community Garden, Jim and Annie have been involved in local environmental activism for decades.  Alarmed at the rapidly increasing severity of the climate crisis, and concerned for the welfare of future generations, they enlisted other environmentalists and filmmaker John Block to tell the story of young activists and the work they are doing to save the planet.
​Tess Russell is an environmental engineer for the US EPA in the Air Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Branch. She graduated from Northwestern in 2020 with a bachelors and 2021 with a Master’s, both in environmental engineering. She first connected with Jim and Annie Goodman and began working on the project with them in 2017 when she was a sophomore in college. In her free time she enjoys coaching softball, learning ballroom dancing, and spending time with friends.

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