WorldBeat Cultural Center Makeda “Dread” Cheatom, Founder and Executive Director of WorldBeat Cultural Center, together with Berenice Rodriguez, have deep understanding about how to successfully engage diverse audiences. They connect across cultures, integrate the arts in community engagement, and are strong leaders of our CBO research.
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Metro Atlanta Urban Farm (MAUF) Bobby L. Wilson is the Co-Founder, Director of Programming, and Farm Advisor of MAUF. The organization’s mission is to reduce barriers to healthy living in urban communities by encouraging, promoting, and supporting health education. MAUF also fosters sustainable, high-quality, low-cost agricultural production through gardening and […]
Camp Compass Academy —-John Annoni spearheads this work as a leader in our CBO research and in advancing explicit direct instruction (EDI) in the hunting and fishing industry. John and his staff of volunteer mentors make a difference in the lives of inner-city youth in Allentown, Pennsylvania by providing hunting, […]
CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio) Tanya is CLUES’ Youth in Action! (YA!) Program Manager, a college access and mentoring program for Latinx, high school students. She joined the team at CLUES in 2013 and has over 13 years of experience teaching, encouraging, and motivating Latinx youth. She has a […]
Green Jay Bird Conservancy We are Cecilia Alvarez and Juan Flores from Cancún, México. We are dedicated to environmental education and conservation through birding in the Yucatan Peninsula through our organization, Green Jay Bird Conservancy. For the past eight years, together with our community, we promote participatory science projects seeking […]
Karen Kitchen is a member of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma. She is an advocate, educator, and musician working with Native American youth and families in Portland, Oregon. A licensed P-12 teacher and administrator, Karen has had the privilege of working with students in Indian Country for nearly three decades. […]
Community Leader and CUBs Mini-Grant Recipient Catherine Pham (at the far right of the image above) has been a resident of Washington, D.C. for 25 years. She is a licensed clinical social worker, a certified executive coach, and the mom of a high-energy young son. Catherine is the former Executive Director of […]
Sister Sharon Horace is a member of Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, a ministry that focuses on healthcare, education, social service, parish ministries, humanitarian activities, and more. She serves in the Proyecto Juan Diego in Brownsville, Texas. She facilitates programming that helps participants look more deeply into […]
J.E.D.I. Heart Marcelo Bonta is founder of Center for Diversity and the Environment and Environmental Professionals of Color. He has deep expertise in issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion in informal science education and environmental education.
José G. González is the Founder of Latino Outdoors and currently a consultant, illustrator, writer, and science communicator. He has experience as a K-12 public education teacher, environmental education advisor, outdoor education instructor and coordinator, and university adjunct faculty. His commentary on diversity and environmental/outdoor equity has been featured by […]
Ndor Eco Village Seeking a world of opportunity In the West African village where I grew up in Ghana, no one wanted to be a farmer. Raising goats or growing palm trees was all that we knew or could do. Life was hard. But I was a seeker. I wanted […]
Nosotros Radio Fanny Villarreal is founder of NOSOTROS Radio, Inc., “Your Latino Voice,” and co-founder of NYSHispanic Coalition. She is a community leader who has served in several non-profit roles including Family and Community Development Director at P.E.A.C.E. Inc. and Executive Director at the Spanish Action League. She is committed […]