Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
30 31 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 1 2 3
What is featured?

Thursday, 10 Nov 2022

Nature at Noon: A Forever Home

Nov 10, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Reiman Gardens

$6-$12

Reiman Gardens Lectures Live Green

Join Sandi Risdal, the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa, as she talks about finding that thing we all seek: "home."

Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland

Nov 10, 2022

5:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Live Green

The Midwest became notorious when COVID-19 infections skyrocketed among workers in meatpacking plants. Kristy Nabhan-Warren spent years interviewing Iowans who work in the meatpacking industry, both native-born residents and recent migrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. In Meatpacking America, she digs below the stereotype and reveals the grit and grace of a heartland that is a hub of migration and food production.