NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION RALLY

JOIN THE PROTEST!

In Englewood, at 11-12, show up at Dearborn and Indiana..

In Port Charlotte, at 10-11, show up at US 41 & Murdock Circle. (Charlotte County Democratic Party)

In Sarasota, at 10-12:30, show up at JD Hamel City Park, along Gulfstream Ave on the East side of Tamiami Trail (199 Bayfront Dr.). (Sarasota Democratic Party)

Bring your signs and enthusiasm!

BIOGRAPHY OF OUR SPEAKER

LOUISE HUFFMAN

Director of Education and Outreach, US Ice Drilling Program, Dartmouth College

Besides teaching children, Louise Huffman has been involved in teacher preparation, curriculum design, and teacher mentoring for more than 45 years. Currently Louise is the Director of Education and Outreach for the US Ice Drilling Program at Dartmouth College. She is also on the leadership team of the new National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center, COLDEX (Center for OLDest Ice EXploration) at Oregon State University. She leads a climate change professional development workshop for college faculty at OSU and Dartmouth each summer called the School of Ice.

Louise started her teaching career as a special education teacher and then moved to regular classrooms in grades 1-6. She ended her 35-year teaching career with highly gifted 7th and 8th grade middle school students.

As a teacher, she felt lucky to be selected for the National Science Foundation’s Teachers Experiencing Antarctica Program and went to the Dry Valleys of Antarctica where she spent 3 months in a tent in the highest, driest, coldest place on Earth! This was a bit out of her comfort zone because she had grown up in Florida and only camped when she was in Girl Scouts.

The second time she went to Antarctica was with ANDRILL (Antarctic geological DRILLing) where she coordinated the on-ice experiences of an international team of eight educators embedded on the ANDRILL field research team. The Antarctic research experiences were incredibly exciting and challenging and the reason her life veered onto a path of polar education and climate change research communication.

ENGLEWOOD DEMOCRATIC CLUB GENERAL MEETING

Wed., April 23rd @ 5:30 pm

Englewood Chamber of Commerce

601 S. Indiana Ave., Englewood

Please come to our general meeting. We meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at the Englewood Chamber of Commerce.

Louise T. Huffman, Director of Education & Public Outreach and School of Ice, NSF Ice Drilling Program, Dartmouth College, will be our speaker at this Wednesday’s meeting. The title of her presentation is, “I Live in Florida—Why Should I Be Concerned About Icy Places?”

Ice core science holds the keys to understanding the past climate history of the Earth and allows us to predict with more accuracy future changes. This presentation will give an overview of how we know what we know about climate change and will include a few personal stories about how the current federal administration is affecting science research in the US.

Ms. Huffman will then answer questions.

This will be followed by a brief business meeting and a social hour.

Please click here to sign up.