Personal Commitments by SCA

Start a non-profit

2021-02-18 22:35:42 UTC

Everything I learned makes me want to start my own non profit to bring organizations together to ensure that this movement continues.

More connections

2021-02-18 22:35:48 UTC

SCA can be a great way to get ideas out to young people who care -- either directly through our programs or through our 50k alumni network. I commit to better leveraging SCA's vast network to bring ideas and actions to scale across this incredible force of young people ready to take action but looking to better understand how and to be supported in doing so.

2021-02-18 22:35:58 UTC

Make connections to leadership opportunities anywhere I can

Incorporate More Inclusion Training for My Own Team

2021-02-18 22:36:07 UTC

Take some of these tangible tools (flipping assumptions, holding risk assessments for micro-aggressions) and incorporate them into trainings and onboarding for my AmeriCorps members and other teammates.

Model what we want to see in the field in our own workplace

riskmanagement — 2021-02-18 22:36:12 UTC

I have the power to create change in the culture at my organization to help mold an environment that models the type of co-powerment of inclusive groups we want to see in the field.

Reaching Out More!

2021-02-18 22:36:18 UTC

More voices (especially youth voices) at the table

Actions to take

2021-02-18 22:36:20 UTC

Learn more about SCA and how I can get involved to mentor/support and to create a space to have meaningful conversation about how to support each other as we have brave conversations

2021-02-18 22:36:23 UTC

I want to make sure to also focus on my own well being and mental health, as that is the only way I can then improve other aspects of my life/other lives

expanding awareness of and access to opportunities in conservation employment

2021-02-18 22:36:23 UTC

To use non-traditional recruitment tools and methods to reach youth

Making sure youth are aware of the opportunities available to them and helping them realize those opportunities.

2021-02-18 22:36:30 UTC

Start providing the opportunities!!

2021-02-18 22:36:30 UTC

Stop waiting..

Listen more

2021-02-18 22:36:34 UTC

Listen to young people and amplify their voices based on their feedback

Donate to more BIPOC organizations for their work in engaging folks of abilities/backgrounds, etc. on pressing environmental issues

2021-02-18 22:36:39 UTC

Do more things that scare me.

2021-02-18 22:36:50 UTC

Flex that flexibility!

Challenge my org to use the tools we have to create more diverse & inclusive work environment(s).

2021-02-18 22:36:51 UTC

Build a coalition of diverse changemakers

2021-02-18 22:37:03 UTC

Maybe do some interviews of SCA crews in the field?

2021-02-18 22:37:12 UTC

Maybe record them? Maybe make a podcast / vlog??

connect with youth wherever I'm at

felice_yarbough — 2021-02-18 22:37:12 UTC

SCA can do more

2021-02-18 22:37:26 UTC

SCA brought all these folks together we can do more to bring orgs together to make sure this movement succeeds

No more qualifiers

khamilton115 — 2021-02-18 22:37:30 UTC

Young people are people. Just like the rest of us.

to invite and allow influence from youth when building programs for them

2021-02-18 22:37:32 UTC

Continue exposing Black youth to outdoor/environmental education and help shape change makers within my community

2021-02-18 22:37:35 UTC

2021-02-18 22:37:36 UTC

Seriously reflect on best ways to focus my professional efforts in the two years before I retire to move forward some of the things we've talked about in these two days.

2021-02-18 22:37:38 UTC

Build more relationships

to set reasonable expectations for youth

2021-02-18 22:37:51 UTC

especially related to their career pathways in limited entry fields

affirm that each of our choices MATTER

2021-02-18 22:37:53 UTC

In grad school, I focused on businesses... and I've felt disempowered about making a meaningful difference for a good few years now!

Engage in "yes and" thinking

2021-02-18 22:37:56 UTC

Look for opportunities to engage (be entrepreneurial!), make connections and use collaborations to not duplicate efforts and be more embedded in geographic and subject-matter-based communities.

Challenge existing structures

2021-02-18 22:37:59 UTC

Establish an intersectionally diverse coalition of changemakers

2021-02-18 22:38:19 UTC

Focused on teaching others to recognize the existence of oppressive systems in our field and the broader informal field (First step, a communication venue!)

Co-Power youth to self-identify as environmental activists NOW, not later.

2021-02-18 22:38:21 UTC

identify best practices in mentoring for cultivating SEL in the workplace

2021-02-18 22:38:31 UTC

Get the word out

2021-02-18 22:38:31 UTC

We need to do a better job about getting the word out to young people. Both the poll and the panel said youth want to make a difference but do not know how or where to find the information

I want to be part of more conversations like this.

2021-02-18 22:38:37 UTC

Conservation
Conversation
They go together!

Question Assumptions

2021-02-18 22:39:16 UTC

Develop a habit of questioning one assumption a day and incorporate into team meetings.

Remind us all that we're worth caring for.

2021-02-18 22:39:18 UTC

We ALL are part of this "environment" we talk about. Love each other, love yourself, love the earth. <3

Be Awe Inspiring

2021-03-19 11:54:04 UTC

Give the youth the experiences that make them say, “WOW! That is amazing. I want to show my loved ones this experience!”
Partner and help find new ways for the youth to experience fresh and challenging opportunities to explore in the outdoors.

Build connections and collectives of changemakers.

2021-03-26 21:31:40 UTC

By finding/creating spaces where these conversations can happen freely at any time.