2042 Today: 2012 Nomination Form

 
"2042 Today: Young Leaders Re-Imagining Conservation"

More and more environmental change leaders are thinking about the exciting significance of 2042 -- the date when demographers predict that every metropolitan statistical area will be predominantly populated by people of color. But few resources are in place today to equip conservationists with the leadership skills necessary to engage difference of all kinds.

How will conservation be integrated – or not – into the needs and values of a changing American public?

How do conservationists learn to ally themselves with and learn from other movements for change?

How can the conservation field diversify itself?

And, how are we defining the "conservation movement"? Is it a definition inclusive of movements and change initiatives in the United States?

Center for Whole Communities (CWC) and Center for Diversity and the Environment (CDE) have partnered to develop an innovative leadership development program aimed at preparing young conservation leaders (ages 20-35) from all backgrounds and sectors to strengthen their collective work by:

STRENGTHENING LEADERS
• Providing individual support to leaders endeavoring to change their organizations and spheres of influence
• Deepening equity, diversity, and inclusion knowledge and skills, especially as they apply to the conservation movement

STRENGTHENING NETWORKS
• Establishing a vibrant and diverse network of peer conservation leaders that can support and learn from one another
• Building a collective understanding and deeper awareness of the historical context and diverse approaches to conservation work
• Introducing new definitions and measures of success that foster greater collaboration and link social and environmental objectives

STRENGTHENING CONSERVATION
• Creating a deeper understanding of the nation’s changing demographics which have already begun to impact the effectiveness and relevancy of all forms of conservation
• Establishing a process for shared visioning and the development of a more compelling public narrative for the future of conservation

Please complete the form below to nominate YOURSELF or someone you know for the next 2042 Today Retreat to take place July 28 – August 3, 2012.

The retreat location is at Center for Whole Communities on the Waitsfield/Fayston border in the Mad River Valley of Vermont. To learn more about this program, please visit http://www.wholecommunities.org/programs/2042_today.shtml.

We invite you to submit nominations for as many candidates as you feel are ideally matched for this program. Please note that after clicking 'submit' below, you will be re-routed to the beginning of the survey to complete again for another nominee if you so choose. The nomination process closes February 19, 2012.

Thank you and please feel free to contact Tatek Assefa at Center for Whole Communities with any questions (tatek@wholecommunities.org or 802.496.5690).

1. Please share:
2. Nominator's contact info:
3. Where did you learn about 2042 Today?
4. Have you participated in a 2042 Today Retreat at Knoll Farm before?
5. Please share:
6. Nominee contact info (and if you are nominating yourself, please repeat your information here):
Please note: if you do not have the nominee's personal email or phone number, please use their work contact information.
7. Has the nominee been nominated for past 2042 Today retreats?
Please answer the following questions about your nominee. Please keep in mind that the success of the 2042 Today Retreat program depends very much on our ability to convene a group that is diverse in as many dimensions as possible.
8. To the best of your knowledge, the nominee would identify as:
9. To the best of your knowledge, the nominee would identify as:
10. To the best of your knowledge, the nominee would identify as:
11. To the best of your knowledge, the nominee would identify as (please select as many as apply, and describe in as much detail as you are comfortable in the text box, and expand beyond this list if you like):
12. Age
The nominee is (approximately):
13. To the best of your knowledge, the nominee would identify as:
14. Please share the following about your nominee (please answer all questions, A through D, in the comment box below):

A. What talents and gifts does your nominee bring to re-imagine leadership within the conservation movement and enact change?

B. What behaviors, actions, or work illustrate your nominee’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity?

C. How could your nominee benefit from 2042 Today: Young Leaders Re-Imagining Conservation?

D. Is there anything else that you would like to share with us about your nominee?
We invite you to submit nominations for as many candidates as you feel are ideally matched for this program, including yourself. After clicking 'submit' below, you should see a "thank you" page. Re-enter the original survey link in your internet browser to complete another nomination if you so choose!

Thank you and please feel free to contact Tatek Assefa at Center for Whole Communities with any questions (tatek@wholecommunities.org or 802.496.5690).