[ACT] ACT Launches New Vision in Baltimore Next Week

[Alice Ewen Walker]

	November 9, 2007	

		
  	

ACT Rally

Sessions

Strategic Plan

Plan for the Meeting

Sponsors & Partners




ABOUT US
  	Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of  
Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's  
national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million  
trees with help from 450,000 volunteers.	

SIGNATURE SPONSOR


CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR



SUPPORTING SPONSOR

  	

ACT SPECIAL CONFERENCE EDITION
November 13, 2007
Baltimore, MD

One hundred ACT members and partners are meeting next week in  
Baltimore to celebrate, collaborate, and mobilize our movement for  
cleaner air, greener streets, and healthier neighborhoods. It's not  
too late to register to participate in this stimulating day of  
presentations, problem solving, and united action. View the agenda.
For those who cannot make it, we'll be compiling resources online to  
share with you later.


  	

  	

SESSIONS
Presenters include:
* Darin Johnson from New York Restoration Project
* Guy Hager from Parks and People Foundation
* Myra Brosius from Tree Baltimore
* Sara Davis from Denver's Mile High Million
* Dave Forsell from Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
* Jim Summers from TreePeople
* Martha Ozonoff and Ruth Williams from California ReLeaf
* Sam Stefanki from the Office of Congresswoman Doris Matsui
* Jennifer Hinrichs from the Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition
* Danielle Timmerman from KaBOOM!
* Sarah Espinoza from National Environmental Education Foundation
* Janet Milkman from Future of Life and Janet Berry from Girl Scouts USA
* Kelly Caffarelli from The Home Depot Foundation


  	

  	

STRATEGIC PLAN
Announcing the launch of ACT's New Strategic Plan!
On November 13th, we'll provide highlights from ACT's new strategic  
plan - a plan which includes you. Throughout the day, you'll meet  
ACT's board members and learn about how you can take part in united  
action and advocacy to promote the essential value of trees.  
Collectively, ACT members have already planted 7.8 million trees and  
mobilized 450,000 volunteers - just think what we can do working  
together to communicate, collaborate, and mobilize our resources.

  	
  	
  	
  	

PLAN FOR THE MEETING
Here's how to prepare:
* Bring materials from your organization to trade and share
* Bring a copy of ACT's new strategic plan to read on the plane
* Read the agenda and think about your questions and ideas for  
discussion- ACT meetings are very interactive.

At ACT meetings, we like to share lots of information about what all  
of us are doing at home. Plan to bring copies of your brochures,  
great ideas, recent publications or successful educational materials,  
fundraising examples, or anything else that you think other community  
groups would be interested in seeing. We expect 100+ participants.


  		

IN APPRECIATION OF OUR PARTNERS	

Signature Sponsor:
The Home Depot Foundation is making a tremendous impact in support of  
healthy, livable communities through its national partnership with  
Alliance for Community Trees. In the first two years of our  
partnership with The Home Depot Foundation, our members have planted  
50,000 trees and engaged 20,000+ volunteers through the National  
NeighborWoods Program.  Thank you Team Depot and The Home Depot  
Foundation for your comprehensive and visionary support!			

Contributing Sponsor:
The Abell Foundation is making life better for the people of  
Baltimore through community development and revitalization citywide.  
One such effort is Parks and People Foundation's Watershed 263  
Project. Thanks to conference sponsorship from the Abell Foundation,  
ACT is able to highlight the work of community forestry experts in  
Baltimore to our guests from across the nation. Thank you to The  
Abell Foundation for your generous support!			

Supporting Sponsor:
RPM Ecosystems joins ACT for the first time this year as a breakfast  
co-host. RPM supplies hardwoods and native trees throughout the East  
and Southeast, with a specialization in providing plant materials  
suited to volunteer projects and lands restoration work. Thank you to  
RPM Ecosystems!			

Planning assistance was also provided in part by the USDA Forest  
Service, who is a partner to the Alliance for Community Trees and our  
member organizations in so many ways. We thank the men and women of  
the agency for their dedication, which helps us be better  
practitioners and more knowledgeable advocates for trees in our cities.

Collaboration with the National Arbor Day Foundation's Partners in  
Community Forestry National Conference is also helping ACT expand our  
impact. Look for ACT members on the conference program!		







  		
  	
  	
Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in  
urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of  
the cited publication to:
Alliance for Community Trees • 4603 Calvert Road • College Park, MD  
20740 •info at actrees.org
Copyright (c) 2007 Alliance for Community Trees

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