Capturing, Including, Connecting, Being

Have you read Elizabeth Ptak's article entitled Capturing Hearts and Minds?  It was featured in the Winter issue of the Land Trust Alliance's magazine, Saving Land.  It was one of the inspirations for next week's Gathering on cultural relevancy, inclusiveness, and connecting people and land.  

One of the examples in the article is LandPaths, a nonprofit land trust in Sonoma County and member of the Open Space Council.  Surely you've heard someone from LandPaths speak... Craig Anderson presents at Rally, he spoke about State Parks at our last Gathering, Magdalena Ridley spoke at our conference in 2010 and also at the Bay Nature event we partnered on last fall, and probably dozens of other events around the Bay Area and state.  Their story is powerful and if you haven't heard it yet, hop over to their website and find a way to hear it.

 

Photo courtesy of LandPaths

To keep you on your toes, we're bringing forward four new speakers next week to talk about land and people, people and land.  Our panel will include:

• Ron Brown, Executive Director, Save Mount Diablo
• Sam Hodder, California State Director, Trust for Public Land
• Jared Lawson, Executive Director, Pie Ranch
• Rue Mapp, Founder, Outdoor Afro and Program Officer, Foundation for Youth Investment
• Paul Ringgold, Vice President of Stewardship, Peninsula Open Space Trust

This group of local leaders and innovators will share stories of urban parks, local food, and new perspectives.  They use videos and Facebook to connect with people.  And they will be speaking at our Rainy Season Gathering on Thursday, January 19 from 10am-1pm at the Brower Center in Berkeley.  Now, if it would just rain then the name of this annual Gathering would make more sense.   

A local and organic lunch will be served and there will be plenty of time for seeing friends, making connections and building partnerships.

Click here to register

There are 25 more spots.  This will sell out!