Meetings/Conferences

National Urban Extension Leaders North Central Region Network Virtual Conference

The NUEL North Central Region Network Conference planning team invites you to join your urban colleagues for two-half days (May 18-19) of engaging learning experiences presented by urban Extension professionals. The conference will be held via Zoom and include more than 20 presentations highlighting the work of your North Central urban Extension colleagues.

Conference Goal: To build a network of Urban Extension professionals in the North Central Region that leverages the knowledge and life experiences of the participants.

Conference Objectives:
• Provide an affordable and high-quality professional development experience for Urban Extension colleagues in the North Central Region.
• Showcase Urban Extension models that are successful.
• Leverage the knowledge and life experiences of Urban Extension professionals to improve work in our respective urban communities.

Follow this link to learn more and to register for the $20 Conference.
Registration deadline is May 8.

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Crisis Response Initiative Webinar

As COVID-19 spread throughout the country, state and local leaders stepped up to help their employees and constituents respond and navigate this unprecedented situation. From taking entire government operations remote to rapidly modernizing legacy technology and processes, these leaders created a new normal in crisis response. Although many jurisdictions may have reached their respective infection peaks, the crisis is far from over and requires new guidance and practices on how to navigate the weeks and months ahead. Enter the Crisis Response Initiative, a new program focused on helping equip state and local leaders with the news, tactics, best practices, and industry resources necessary to respond to any crisis and better prepare their agencies for the post-pandemic world. Join a rapid 30-minute webinar to kickoff of this new initiative – and learn ways for your government agency and company to plug-in. Follow this link to learn more.

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Food Security & Healthy Communities: What’s Happening in Ohio

Last month, CURA hosted organizations from the Cleveland area and from the Dayton and Cincinnati areas. The panelists included:

  1. Marc White one of the co-Founders and Farm Operations Manager from Rid-All Green Partnership, a local non-profit from the Kinsman Neighborhood located in Cleveland, Ohio. Rid-All Green Partnership is a urban farm that helps educate people living in the area about growing local, healthy food.
  2. Michaela Oldfield, Director of Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council, Green Umbrella Regional Sustainability Alliance. Green Umbrella Regional Sustainability Alliance serves as the backbone organization for collective and collaborative impact on creating resilient, sustainable region solutions for all.
  3. Nicole Wasmuth, AmeriCorps VISTA and Registered Nurse of Hall Hunger Initiative in Dayton Ohio. Hall Hunger Initiative works with the Dayton, Ohio community partners to create a sustainable and just food system in the Miami Valley area of Ohio.
  4. Alan Wight faculty at Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences and the University of Cincinnati.

The event kicked off with presentations by each of the panelists showing the audience what their organizations do for their local communities and how they support food security:

  • Rid-All Green Partnership in the Cleveland, OH area bring education and training to the Kinsman community about urban farming and healthy food habits. They have several green houses, hood houses, and an aquaponics fishery on site.
  • Green Umbrella in the Cincinnati area, works within a 10 county area to be the convener of collaboration on food policy and environmental change. Their current projects include: healthy soils, farm to school, healthy eating and healthcare, and zero food to landfills.
  • Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences and the University of Cincinnati presentation was on the food mapping efforts they are involved in, in the Cincinnati community. The maps integrate the beauty of art with the sophistication of geographic science to help people in the Cincinnati community understand where they can find local urban farms and edible food.
  • The Hall Hunger Initiative in the Dayton, OH area showed the link between the health system and food system in American and ways to improve upon it.

Follow this link to learn more.

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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Sustainable Urban Landscapes Symposium

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is hosting its 9th Sustainable Urban Landscapes Symposium as part of its Excellence in Horticulture Series of Symposiums. Speakers will tackle various talks under the loose headline of “Success Stories in Sustainable Horticulture.” The lineup this year includes: Peter MacDonagh, an internationally renowned expert in green infrastructure; Dr. Jamie Strange, Entomologist at Ohio State University and an expert on bumblebees; Joe Boggs, Hamilton County OSU Extension; and from the CZBG, Mark Fisher, Steve Foltz, and Scott Beuerlein. The event will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2020 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Registration closes March 6, 2020. 

Follow this link to learn more.
Follow this link to learn more about the presenters.
Follow this link to join the Facebook event.

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Think Beyond Summit: Urban Universities + Thriving Communities Presentations

Urban Universities + Thriving Communities Communities flourish when everyone within them has the opportunity to flourish.

On January 28, 2020 Educators, industry, nonprofit, and community leaders at The Ohio State University gathered to exchange ideas and reinvigorate collective efforts toward strengthening and sustaining vibrant, inclusive communities. It was made evidently clear that communities flourish when everyone within them has the opportunity to flourish. Through thought-provoking presentations by world-renowned speakers and thoughtful discussions, summit attendees learned that when urban-serving universities and communities join forces, they can confront the complexities of education, healthcare, economic, and human development.

Follow this link to watch the presentations.

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North Central Region Network Conference – Call for Proposals

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Share your successes and lessons learned by submitting your proposal for the NUEL North Central Regional Network Conference. Proposals are due Friday, February 28, 2020. The conference will be held May 18-19, 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin.

The five themes for the conference were chosen through NUEL NC Region’s listserv and are listed below with the highest-ranking theme listed first. These themes are intentionally Extension specific, to promote presentations highlighting cross-disciplinary work, and will also serve as presentation content areas.

  • Program Delivery in Urban Areas
  • Systemic Equity/Cultural Competency
  • Resources
  • Technology
  • Healthcare

Format:
Presentations will be innovative, interactive sessions in which participants learn about or use tools, techniques, and approaches applicable to their work. Presentations must involve participants, using formats such as; role playing, simulations, practice sessions, tool application, case studies, success/failure stories, and discussion to spur thoughts. Breakout sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes in length to allow time for post presentation discussion. Presentations can be 30 or 60 minutes in length. Thirty-minute presentations will be paired in the same room with another 30-minute presentation discussing the same theme. Sixty-minute presentations will not be paired. Team presentations are encouraged for 60-minute presentations.

The deadline for Submission is Friday, February 28, 2020

Follow this link to learn more.
Follow this link to submit your presentation proposal.

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Follow-up to Summit on Extension in Ohio’s Urban Communities

All are invited to attend a Zoom meeting on March 2, 2-3 p.m. EST. The meeting will pull together attendees from January’s Summit as well as others across the state who are interested in the future of Extension in Ohio’s Urban Communities. The goals generated from the Summit along with a Plan of Work will be explored during the session. If interested, please add the meeting to your calendar and join us on March 2.

Zoom Meeting: https://osu.zoom.us/j/6142920456

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Phone
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 614 292 0456

Follow this link to learn more about the Summit on Extension in Ohio’s Urban Communities.

 

North Central Region Network Conference

Join National Urban Extension Leaders on May 18-19 for the NCR Network Conference to engage with colleagues from your region. The conference will be held at the Pyle Conference Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus located in the heart of Madison, Wisconsin.

Conference Goal: To build a network of urban Extension professionals in the North Central Region that leverages the knowledge and life experiences of the participants.

Conference Objectives:

  • Provide an affordable and high-quality professional development experience for urban Extension colleagues in the North Central Region.
  • Showcase Urban Extension models that are successful.
  • Leverage the knowledge and life experiences of the urban Extension professionals to improve work in our respective urban communities.

Follow this link to download the Conference Agenda.

The NUEL Steering Committee will meet on May 20 & 21 following the NCR Network Conference – All are welcome to attend! Be sure to register for the steering committee if you plan to attend.

Follow this link to learn more.

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