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Celebrating 70 Years of Social Justice, Environment, and Spirit
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All are welcome. All are invited.

With a mission to SIUC students and an outreach to the wider area,
we are a welcoming community committed to spiritual awareness
that integrates peace, justice, and ecological sustainability.
GAIA HOUSE BLOG
News and Reflections from the Directors
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Be the Change
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Gaia House Interfaith Center is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a year of special events. The "Be the Change" series celebrates the center's rich history as a home for people of diverse spiritual traditions with a shared commitment to social justice and ecological sustainability. Each month will feature several special events that explore new social justice, environmental, and spiritual themes. These events and themes will offer students and community members opportunities to learn about each other's beliefs and discover new ways everyone can use to work together to create a more just and sustainable society.

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GAIA HOUSE VOICES
People and groups that come to Gaia House
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The Meaning of Slow Food To Me
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As we come up on the 3rd anniversary of starting the Rice & Spice dinner series, I look back and remember why it all started.

First Ever Recorded Inland Hurricane. On May 8th, 2009, Carbondale, IL gets hit by a 20-minute, 40-mile wide inland hurricane which had an average wind speed of 85 mph with gusts at ground level of 106 mph and 124 at treetop level. A tree fell on our car while we were in it. This event is now being called a derecho (Spanish for straight) due to the fact that nobody had hurricane insurance, so the Governor came and emphasized that it was a derecho, NOT a hurricane.

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A Sign of the Times
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Spring has sprung and the old is quickly making way for the new. You may have noticed one of the biggest changes around Gaia House that happened in the last month: We have a new sign!

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