{"id":45779,"date":"2022-04-15T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=45779"},"modified":"2022-04-15T11:46:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:46:14","slug":"earth-week-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/15\/earth-week-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Earth in Mind & Heart: BSU Partners With Minnesota Colleges on Earth Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Each year, Bemidji State University hosts a series of events throughout April to recognize Earth Month. This year, BSU will partner with several Minnesota colleges and universities to offer Earth Week events from April 16-24 themed “Mother Earth in Mind and Heart: Hope and Healing.”<\/p>\n

After partnering with Minnesota’s North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park, the University of Minnesota, Morris, Augsburg University in Minneapolis, and the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Erika-Bailey-Johnson<\/a>, director of sustainability at BSU, said she hopes the activities throughout the week will inspire a greater awareness of environmental communities.<\/p>\n

“I’ve enjoyed working with folks from across the state to come up with a unified theme for this year’s Earth Week,” she said. “We hope to connect all of our communities with the interactive activities that we have to offer.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Earth week 2022 events will be held in-person and online throughout Minnesota. A powwow hosted by Minnesota’s Indian Education Programs will kick-off the week-long celebration on April 16 at 1 p.m in the Blaine High School Athletic Center.<\/p>\n

In addition to several new events co-hosted by Bemidji State, the university will hold it’s annual Take Back the Night<\/i><\/a>, an event dedicated to bringing awareness to sexual and domestic violence, Stride Into Spring<\/i><\/a> 5K\/10K and Voices of the Earth<\/i><\/a> short play festival. All events are open free to the public, registration is required<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Earth Week, Stride into Spring 5k\/10k<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earth Week 2022<\/h2>\n

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