[ACT] Third Thursday Urban Forestry Webcast

[Jared Liu]

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	February 19, 2009	 	
		
  	

Session

Topics

First Segment

Second Segment

Network Exchange

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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 14.9 million trees with  
help from 4.3 million volunteers.	

ABOUT WEBCASTS
The Third Thursday Webcast Series is a monthly webcast held at the  
lunch hour. The goal is to create informal trainings for local urban  
and community forestry organizations. The trainings leverage local  
successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations'  
methods, materials, and approaches.

NATIONAL SPONSOR



CONTRIBUTOR
	
  	

Incorporating AmeriCorps and Recent Grads Into Local Programs
February 19, 2009
1:00- 2:00pm EST

Having full-time dedicated AmeriCorps or recent high school graduates  
on staff can be mutually beneficial to your organization and those  
individuals. Nonprofit tree groups benefit from low-cost, hard-working  
staff, while young adults (typically ages 17-24) work on building a  
team-based life experience and service-learning opportunity. Programs  
can be designed to build an ethic of service among young adults from  
diverse backgrounds, forming a corps of informed and trained advocates  
prepared to address local environmental and community concerns. Most  
importantly, you provide these young adults with the motivation and  
financial resources to contribute to the community or pursue further  
education.

  	
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SESSION TOPICS
Webcast attendees will learn:
* Tips for applying to become an AmeriCorps worksite.
* Recruiting and managing AmeriCorps members or high school students.
* Structuring a meaningful program (for you and them).
* Building workprograms into the organization's permanent  
infrastructure.

  	
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SHREVEPORT GREEN
Yvonne Lee, Assistant Director
ShrevCORPS is a two- time national award-winning program and has been  
recognized by President Clinton, Governor Blanco, Louisiana Senators  
Breaux and Landrieu, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) and the  
American Association of State Service Commissions (ASC) as one of the  
Most Innovative AmeriCorps Programs in the United States.

  	

  	

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THE GREENING OF DETROIT
Ashley Atkinson, Program Director
The Greening of Detroit's AmeriCorps volunteers spread the message of  
the value of trees while ensuring that plantings are properly cared  
for in the summer months when they need the most attention. They  
travel around the city caring for the 28,000 trees that The Greening  
of Detroit has planted. Corps members learn about urban forestry and  
horticulture as well as team work during the course of the summer.

  	



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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground

There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour,  
and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance!  
Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network  
Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member.

  	



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