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  • LIGHTS! CAMERA! TAKE ACTION! Part 2 - Just Eats! | October 14, 2022

LIGHTS! CAMERA! TAKE ACTION! - Part 2: Just Eats!

October 14, 2022 | 6pm-8:30pm
College of Lake County - Lakeshore Campus
33 N Genesee St., Waukegan, Illinois

Free Admission but Registration Required


​Topic: Food Equity
Film: Greentown Grows
Filmmaker: Emmett Williams

Save the date for the next installment of LIGHTS! CAMERA! TAKE ACTION!!, a new film and community conversation series, at the College of Lake County Lakeshore Campus. The program is a collaboration between Cool Learning Experience, Brushwood Center, and College of Lake County with award-winning documentary filmmaker Emmett Williams. The second event of this three-part series will focus on solutions to food insecurity in Lake County. The evening includes a screening of two short films focused on local food justice solutions. Food Justice addresses questions of agricultural practices, distribution of technology and resources, workers' rights, and the historical injustices communities of color have faced. 
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The panel discussion will be moderated by activist David Toledo of Contemporary Farmer and include the following speakers: Demetrius Willis, Dietitian; Meryl Fury, Plant Based Nutrition Movement; Eliza Fournier, College of Lake County; Linda Belles, Greentown Grows. The event will also feature resources and demos with Mindful Waste, SWALCO, Plant Based Nutrition Movement, Waukegan Public Library, Greentown Grows, Cool Learning Experience, and Brushwood Center.
More About Emmett Williams
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After a decade in television, award winning producer, writer and multimedia artist Emmett Williams started Mission Man Media, a company that has produced dozens of inspiring educational documentaries, web series, and short films around the world. He has told the story of grieving mothers who lost their sons in Brazil, produced a web series about climate change in African nations, portrayed threatened fishing communities in Alaska, documented illegal logging in the Amazon, created a Black Lives Matter web series, been part of large- scale art performances in Europe, and filmed protests from Standing Rock to Washington, DC. He has produced films for every type of organization from small nonprofits to large corporations. More on Emmett can be found here: https://www.missionmanmedia.com
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Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods is committed to enabling the participation and enjoyment of our programming and events for all visitors. At Brushwood Center, you will have open access to accessible parking and entrance to the house, a gender neutral bathroom, and changing tables.

If you require certain accommodations in order to observe or attend our events, or have questions regarding accessibility of our facilities, please contact our Manager of Public Programs and Communications, Parker Nelson, at pnelson@brushwoodcenter.org or at (224) 633-2424 ext. 1.

Programming and events at Brushwood Center is available to everyone, including but not limited to age, disability, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, and sexual orientation.​
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