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Imagine a place where EVC students, K-12 students, and members of the community could all come to learn more about science, our local ecology, and the indigenous tribes of our area. A place that brings the community onto the community college where kids can be inspired by exhibits, workshops, and walks in the native plant garden following charismatic bumble bees and butterflies all while helping local teachers achieve educational standards for their students. A place where neighbors can learn about the cosmos, native species, indigenous culture, sustainable systems, food producing gardens, and the mysteries of the microbial world. Join us in supporting the construction of an art-science museum situated on land adjacent to Evergreen Valley College to benefit the students and academic programs, in addition to positively impacting the community and the K-12 school systems in EVC's service area.

This center would include a state-of-the-art projectorless planetarium, life and earth sciences exhibits with particular emphasis on local species, displays from multiple disciplines, and art exhibitions showcasing artists and students of all grade levels. We envision a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to education where science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics are combined to create a platform where a new generation of learners will stand to face the challenges currently afflicting our society.

We need a consolidated museum space that leverages existing resources and expertise on our campus such as the EVC Museum of Natural Sciences, the Montgomery Hill Observatory, and the Visual & Performing Arts Center.

Such a project requires unified community and political support, in addition to agreement from students, classified professionals, faculty, and administrators regarding its benefits to the Evergreen community. It is time now to take this idea to the Board of Trustees and outside our campuses for consideration and further examination.

(Please, again, do not add donations to this petition. We only need your signature for support. Photo above: Great Valley Museum - Modesto Junior College)