<http://actrees.org/site/stories/organizing_workprograms_for_high_school_stu de.php> Brown Bag Lunch Series Live Online Event Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:00- 2:00pm EDT Session: Organizing Workprograms for High School Students Trainers: Amanda Benner, Executive Director, UC Green (Philadelphia, PA) Kemba Shakur, Executive Director, Urban ReLeaf (Oakland, CA) About the series: The Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch hour. The overall goal is to create informal training opportunities for local urban and community forestry organizations. The series is geared to mainly serve the needs of volunteer organizations and community groups. While the webcasts are open to all, the content is most likely to be of interest to practitioners who work directly with the public, volunteers, or youth. The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and approaches. Sessions are planned to last no more than one hour, with two presentersspeaking on the same topic from slightly different perspectives, each for 10-15 minutes, followed by 10-15 minutes of questions and answers. The Brown Bag Lunch Series is made possible through support from: <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=aNIs1RZiRVzadb09ImoCFA_3d_3d> THDF Smallest <http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/Images/SmallestCMYK_Mini.png> <http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/Images/FS_Shield_Mini.png> Description: High school workprograms are a great opportunity for youth leadership through environmental education and job training. The work teaches basic tree maintenance and landscaping skills including watering, weeding, mulching, some pruning, and cleanup, using shovels, rakes, buckets, hoses, and other hand tools, or the chance to hone math, science, and computer skills working with GIS data, statistical analysis, measuring storm water runoff and contaminants, and tree planting and maintenance. Brown Bag attendees will learn: * Program goals and structure. * Daily logistics (including scheduling and wages). * Succeeding with youth workers. * Staying current with employment opportunities and workforce needs. * Engaging community support. <http://actrees.org/site/stories/organizing_workprograms_for_high_school_stu de.php> Katrin Scholz-BarthIn May 2006, UC Green launched its new high school summer workforce program: UC Green Corps. The program provides sustainable seasonal maintenance to approximately 500 young trees a week. This program targets teenagers in West Philadelphia, a diverse urban neighborhood, and is developing environmental stewards of the future. <http://actrees.org/site/stories/organizing_workprograms_for_high_school_stu de.php> Ed SnodgrassUrban ReLeaf provides school-year work opportunities for approximately 200 high school students a year. In particular, they work with at-risk teens from East and West Oakland. Through an innovative on-the-job training program that utilizes sophisticated equipment and computer programs to study the environmental benefits of trees, local youth learn not only important job skills as they plant and care for trees, but also math, science, and technology. Kemba founded Oakland ReLeaf, which is responsible for planting more than 8,000 trees in low-income communities through the East Bay. <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9Wx7EXDLUCSpAYyB0VWW3A_3d_3d> Register for the webcast at: <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9Wx7EXDLUCSpAYyB0VWW3A_3d_3d> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9Wx7EXDLUCSpAYyB0VWW3A_3d_3d Next session: November 8, 2007- SmartGrowth and Urban Forestry Copyright (c) 2007 Alliance for Community Trees ( <http://actrees.org> http://actrees.org). The Alliance for Community Trees restores community forests for the benefit of all people. 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