Hi all local birders. Slowly but surely, the Cayuga Bird Club is building capacity for community engagement, so more local people get involved in birding and bird conservation. Please see the announcement below for a free livestream panel session next week on authentic community engagement. I hope you join me in watching and learning about ideas we can put into practice here in Ithaca.
Thanks Jody Enck The National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in collaboration with the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program (UWCP) is pleased to announce this exciting LIVE event. This series is open to all who are interested in participating, so, please forward to your colleagues and partner networks. *Please note that we want to ensure all those who may be interested have this information and apologize for duplicative notifications.* This event will be delivered as a BROADCAST <https://livestream.com/nctc/events/9234499> – via LiveStream *Authentic Community Engagement: Lessons from Portland's Latino Community* *Date**:* August 5th, 2:00pm Eastern *Panelists**:* *Bonnie Anderson *(She/Her), Board Director, Friends of Tualatin River NWR;* Mauricio Valadrian *(He/Him), Creative Director, Valadrian Creative & Consulting; *Patrick Stark *(He/Him), Visual Information Specialist, USFWS; *Kim Strassburg *(She/Her), Regional Urban Refuge Coordinator*, *USFWS *Description*: Explore the ideas of *relevant* and *authentic* communication with segments of your community that have a unique identity, as you work toward sincere relationship-building. While every community has its particular characteristics, there are approaches you can take that will help you achieve genuine, long-lasting, truly cooperative partnerships. We'll dive into these core concepts by examining a case example from Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge—an intentional effort to build a relationship with Portland's Latino community. It's an example that reinforces the need to be both genuine in your invitation to engage, as well as relevant and authentic in your delivery of the engagement. This is NOT a webinar. There is NO registration. Please click here for the link to the BROADCAST <https://livestream.com/nctc/events/9234499>. --------------------------------------------------- Jody W. Enck, PhD Conservation Social Scientist, and Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network 607-379-5940 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
