Saturday, May 31, 2025
9AM-12PM
South Kingstown Land Trust Barn, 17 Matunuck Beach Road, South Kingstown, RI
Looking for tools to empower young people to become the next generation of environmental leaders through authentic partnerships and real-world civic action?
Young people who have civic experiences during their formative years are much more likely to engage civically as adults. Earth Force, a national nonprofit and the home of Environmental Action Civics, has been training organizations and educators in building authentic youth-adult partnerships for over 30 years. In the growing field of Environmental Action Civics, students share power with adults through Youth-Adult Partnership, practice democratic decision making, and address local environmental problems with community level change.
Join us to learn how you can ignite a new generation of environmental decision makers in partnership with young people. In this workshop, you will gain foundational tools in Environmental Action Civics including the “3 Essential Experiences” and resources to facilitate the 6-Step Earth Force Process to guide youth in taking civic action on environmental issues in their communities.
The Rhode Island Environmental Education Association presents this event as part of the Youth Leadership for a Sustainable Future workshop series.
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ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Krysten Dorfman (she/they) is Earth Force’s national program manager; she works with organizations across the country to integrate Environmental Action Civics into their programming. She has previously worked directly with teachers in rural, urban, and outdoor settings and specializes in place-based and inquiry-based approaches. Krysten is from Richmond, VA.
Sarah Jennings (SJ) (she/they) has been with Earth Force for three years as a program manager, working directly with school districts and educators. She is grant funded to work in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed primarily on three projects: 1) integrating Environmental Literacy in DCPS curriculum with a NOAA BWET project; 2) coordinating a student-written and led environmental action grant competition called Caring for Our Watersheds; and 3) collaboratively closely with Krysten on training and implementing Environmental Action Civics to partners in that region. SJ stays outside of PVD (relocated recently from PA) in a tiny cabin camper with her dog and is a part of the biking community. She was a K-12 teacher for the past 10 years in DC before working with the Buzzards Bay Coalition and then Earth Force most recently! She also does her own Environmental Literacy consulting with Halcyon Education, LLC.