Community organizing principles from Marshall Ganz and Saul Alinsky emphasize the building of relationships in order to gain trust, develop community knowledge, and engender a sense of empowerment. Dive into these principles and how you can apply them to bring about change desired by the very community you seek to support and are a member […]
Join The Children & Nature Network for our next quarterly networking mixer. This informal virtual event offers some time to connect with other folks in the children and nature movement. C&NN staff will offer a brief welcome, and then attendees will move into small, unfacilitated breakout rooms to connect and engage with each other around […]
Leadership involves an understanding of self and purpose, then inviting people to work alongside you towards a common goal. During this session, you will participate in exercises to support self awareness, an understanding of personal impact, and setting collective purpose and goals. ABOUT THE SERIES Young leaders ages 18-28: This series is for you! This […]
Join C&NN and Blue Sky Funders Forum for an encore screening of this stirring program featuring author Heather McGhee and her mother Dr. Gail C. Christopher. What might racial healing look like for the movement to connect children and nature? Join Dr. Gail C. Christopher and daughter, author Heather McGhee for a stirring conversation on […]
What is the power of a story and storytelling? Take time to develop your personal story, learn how your personal experiences serve as a connection to your culture and community narrative, and practice telling those powerful narratives in a way that encourages those who hear it to join in action. ABOUT THE SERIES Young leaders […]
Join C&NN and PlayCore for an encore screening of this stirring program featuring author Heather McGhee and her mother Dr. Gail C. Christopher. What might racial healing look like for the movement to connect children and nature? Join Dr. Gail C. Christopher and daughter, author Heather McGhee for a stirring conversation on the impacts of […]
Join C&NN and NRPA for an encore screening of this stirring program featuring author Heather McGhee and her mother Dr. Gail C. Christopher. What might racial healing look like for the movement to connect children and nature? Join Dr. Gail C. Christopher and daughter, author Heather McGhee for a stirring conversation on the impacts of […]
Culture is a shared set of practices and traditions that characterize a society or group of people. Culture shapes our connection to the outdoors and to each other. Join fellow young leaders to share culture, gain an appreciation for and celebrate cultures similar and different than their own, and begin to understand how to connect […]
The Children & Nature Network is proud to introduce the Trailhead, an online community of children and nature champions launching in mid-June 2021. The Trailhead is your place to: Connect with peers and grow your network Join the global community of changemakers working to increase equitable access to nature Learn, lead and increase your impact […]
Leadership involves an understanding of self and purpose, then inviting people to work alongside you towards a common goal. During this session, you will participate in exercises to support self awareness, an understanding of personal impact, and setting collective purpose and goals. ABOUT THE SERIES Young leaders ages 18-28: This series is for you! This […]
Thursday, June 10 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CDT What might racial healing look like for the movement to connect children and nature? Join Dr. Gail C. Christopher and daughter, author Heather McGhee for a stirring conversation on the impacts of systemic racism seen in the distribution of parks, equitable access to green space, and […]
Through Cities Connecting Children to Nature, an initiative of the Children & Nature Network and the National League of Cities, we have seen individual cities across the U.S. successfully implement […]