To what extent do challenges unite or divide us?
Care...Contribute...Create...Come Together
How can you build community in the face of a challenges such as a pandemic or living with no water?
1) Share Your Stories - check-out how San Diego Historical Center helps students and families share their stories and "Do Your Own History at Home"
2) Care - Stories from students who make a difference in their communities YSA Stories
3) Listen to podcast If You Go I'll Go with Volunteer and Environmental Educator Farrahn Hawkins - Farrahn Hawkins (she/her) is a self-described “community and economic development enthusiast” who loves helping people achieve their life goals through education and the lens of nature. A former park ranger at Yosemite National Park and now based in Baltimore, Maryland, she volunteers to help youth and young adults root themselves in community and place. Leslie Parra caught up with Farrahn to discuss what it means to develop a sense of place, and what it feels like to come face to face with giant sequoia for the first time. Follow Farrahn on Instagram @never_typical_37.
4) What does a tree have to do with building community? Find out from Wangari Muta Maathai
5) America's Dirty Little Secret: A Texas Town Without Running Water