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title: April is Earth Month
description: Neumann University invites you to Celebrate Earth month in April via film and civic engagement. Don't miss the April 20 Covanta protest. Ban the burn.
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# [April is Earth Month](https://learn.neumann.edu/news/april-is-earth-month)

 Written by [Neumann University](https://learn.neumann.edu/news/author/neumann-university) | Apr 5, 2024 8:21:19 PM

Celebrate Mother Earth in April via film, civic engagement, prayer, and Indigenous spirituality.

***73 Cows***  
Monday, April 8  
12 to 1 p.m.  
McNichol Gallery

Professor Kerry Hustwit and Dr. Etsuko Hoshino-Browne will lead a discussion of the 15-minute documentary, *73 Cows*. This film is the story of Jay Wilde, a beef farmer who battles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter. Feeling trapped within an industry he no longer believes in, Wilde knows he must make a change and do what no other farmer from the UK has ever done before. [Register](https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=GHclBrgYHkeXnUTsHcr6OwfF5vTDHiVOluMpJqqoxzNURExGVzkyRU0wM1A0S0FVMlZCNDJTMVJIWC4u)

**Environmental Justice Day**  
Saturday, April 20  
12:30 p.m.  
Chester City Hall, 1 East 4th Street

Join [CRCQL (Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living)](https://chesterpaej.org/) for its fourth annual march and car caravan for environmental justice. Participants will walk/caravan to Covanta to generate awareness of the pollution from the nation’s largest trash incinerator and its detrimental effects on the health of residents in the city and across the county. [Sign up](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScY8B2Sv1d2B525-wXoMs8yqDJF63JZ7_2lStokaYPJvI34fg/viewform) to participate. #BANTHEBURN

**Earth Day Mass**  
Monday, April 22  
12 p.m.  
Earth Day Mass in the Rose Garden (weather permitting)

**Spirituality and Climate Crisis from an Indigenous Perspective**  
Thursday, April 25  
1 to 2:30 p.m.  
Devine Hospitality Suite

Adjunct professor Lauren Garrett will address spirituality and climate crisis from an Indigenous perspective. [Register in advance](https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=GHclBrgYHkeXnUTsHcr6OwfF5vTDHiVOluMpJqqoxzNUQUdMVTBCNUxGUVk5TlM1M0xQQ1NMREgyUy4u).

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