Enhancing Community Engagement Workshop – Webinar

Join Trees Forever and Chicago Region Trees Initiative on June 20 from 10:00-11:30am for a virtual workshop to learn how to enhance your community engagement. This workshop is designed to provide best practices when planning urban and community forestry projects and inspire sustained and intentional partnerships in your own community. Whether you represent a municipality, park district, forest preserve, tree board or are simply wanting to engage with your fellow neighbors more effectively, this training is for you!

At this workshop, you will learn about how to sustain effective partnerships from Johari Cole-Kweli, who currently serves as President and Managing Director of the Community Development Corporation of PHP, a community-led organization in Pembroke-Hopkins Park, IL.

Emily Ehley of Trees Forever will be teaching about tree equity and how it’s used. She has spent the majority of her career helping children and adults find joy in exploring the natural world around them and is an ISA certified arborist.

Karly Tumminello will be providing a brief overview of the NAAEE “Guidelines for Excellence” for community engagement. She is the Director/Curator of the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University in Lisle, IL.

Michelle Ramos is the Program Coordinator for the Environmental Education Association of Illinois, which works to bring national curriculums and programs to educators in Illinois. They will be leading an activity for participants to practice engaging stakeholders in decision making.