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See the strategies and ideas crowd-sourced from environmental educators across Colorado in the EE+ Resource Guide: COVID-19. Access the full Google Folder of COVID-19 resources for environmental educators. Access a eeCommunity Calendar of upcoming COVID-19 Response Meetings.

Living Our Values and

Supporting Black-Led eeOrganizations

Everyone in Colorado deserves the opportunity to experience quality environmental and outdoor learning. Black individuals and communities have a right to live, work, learn and play in the outdoors without racism. The tragic deaths of George Floyd and Black Americans profoundly impact our learners, audiences, and colleagues.

At the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, we believe that we are much stronger together than we are individually, and we are committed to learning and working towards a just, equitable world where everyone has the opportunity to learn about the environment where they live.

We know that we have a lot of work to do to create the world that we want. We have work to do personally, organizationally, and as a network. Equity and inclusion are central to CAEE’s values and CAEE’s Board of Directors will be focusing our annual board retreat on exploring opportunities to more deeply live our values to become a more equitable organization and network. 

Together, we can work towards a more socially just world. We encourage everyone in our eeNetwork to consider how you can continue your own journey towards understanding and pursing racial equity.

Learn

Donate

It is all of our responsibilities to speak out against racism, systemic injustice, and police brutality, and to elevate voices and amplify stories of people of color. One way that we can work together to uplift Black voices and support Black communities is to support the local eeOrganizations in our network who are doing important social justice work. 

CAEE has set up a donation page, so that 100% of your donation will be shared with the following Black-led eeOrganizations and events:

In the days and weeks ahead, we will be listening to leaders, both in and outside the field, who are speaking up against injustice and inequality. We will be listening to you, and we will be actively seeking ways to learn and support our communities. Together, we can work towards a more just, equitable and sustainable world.

In solidarity,

Katie Navin, Executive Director

Chris Aaby, Board President

COVID-19 Education Innovation Fund

Gates Family Foundation, Lyra Colorado, Empower Schools, RESCHOOL Colorado, the Donnell-Kay Foundation, Colorado Succeeds, and RootED have partnered to create the COVID-19 Education Innovation Fund — a K-12 initiative dedicated to supporting innovation in learning during these unprecedented times.

A total of $325,000 is available, and Letters of Interest will be accepted on a rolling basis from anyone working to provide innovative learning opportunities to Colorado youth.

In the Next Week

Adapting EE Program Models

We know organizations are working quickly to adapt program models. Members gathered to crowd-source strategies and promising practices that are being considered across the state. Not all strategies compiled will support every organization and strategies may evolve rapidly. We encourage you to use the information compiled and continue to think critically about what will work best for your community.

eeCommunity Conversation on Adapting Program Models

Virtual Programming: What's worked and what shifts are you planning?

Join us on June 10th at 10am for an eeCommunity call to discuss what we have learned and what strategies are working. We will host these meetings bi-weekly.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uZwpcu6spjIoO2NH7HOByERQYOSzDG_Z7g

Upcoming Opportunities

CAEE has been awarded a grant from Serve Colorado for the Environmental Education Corps Program! The program is slated to have its first cohort of AmeriCorps members on the ground by late August, to serve with EE organizations across Colorado to implement the goals of the Colorado Environmental Education Plan (CEEP).

We are looking for nonprofits, government affiliates, or educational institutions who are interested in hosting AmeriCorps members at their site beginning this fall. Support in member recruitment will be provided by CAEE to applicants.



If you are interested and able to commit to hosting an AmeriCorps member(s) with your site, please email Kat Riley, AmeriCorps Program Coordinator, at  [email protected]  for more information. You can also fill out the host site application by  clicking this link . Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis for the fall.