Our Nature for All Leadership Academy application for the Spring 2019 term is now OPEN! Applications are due at 11:59pm, January 8, 2019 (deadline extended). Apply online today! The Nature for All Leadership Academy is a five-month training program focused on organizing, advocacy, civic engagement, and local community action. Individuals must meet the following criteria: A)…
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After completing six months of biweekly evening trainings, our 13th Leadership Academy cohort graduated on May 9, 2018! Nature For All celebrated the graduation at the Jeff Seymour Family Center with keynote speaker David Diaz, Programs Director of BikeSGV. We presented the Leadership Academy participants with their diplomas, and Jenny Lopez spoke about her experience…
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One-hundred and twenty-two people have graduated from Nature for All's Leadership Academy. A new class arrives this week -- the thirteenth class since 2011. The Leadership Academy's six-month training program helps community members develop new skills in political organizing, civic engagement and communications techniques. Led by the Wilderness Society for Nature For All, this thirteenth…
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We need good leaders, now more than ever. This #GivingTuesday, we give thanks to the future leaders helping us care for our public lands and advocate for the protection and enhancement of our mountains, forests, rivers, parks, and urban open spaces. Now is the time to lead, and to take a stand. Our public lands…
We celebrated the graduation of our Leadership Academy's 12th cohort at LA State Historic Park! Laura Torres from member organization National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) served as our emcee, and National Park Service Ranger Kya-Marina Le was our keynote speaker. Congratulations to graduates Sofia Aleman, Alain Bourgault, Yuhki Fukusumi, Michael Gasbarro, Sally Gee, Joel Glen,…
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For her Leadership Academy project, recent graduate Dorothy Wong partnered with Bike San Gabriel Valley's Women on Wheels to host an educational bike tour of the San Gabriel River in September. The Wild River Ride bike tour started at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area and ended at Cogswell Dam. Along the way, she educated the…
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We're saddened to report the loss of a Leadership Academy graduate and staffer from member organization BikeSGV. Below, the tribute published by BikeSGV on their blog: Brian Velez was a people person, a lifelong Baldwin Park resident with an artistic mind, a passion for community work, and an affinity for horses. The BikeSGV team had…
