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We will have 4 more WiNNsday events through June 2020 then take a break in July and August, resuming in September 2020.
The June events will be: June 3: Seeking Failure: How to Practice Real Courage, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Your Life and Career Session Leader: Tracy Melvin (WiNN MSU) June 10: The Realm of the Sky - An indigenous perspective on birds as valuable coastal indicators. Session Leader: Midori Nicolson (BC Canada) June 17: Using Children’s Theater for conservation education. Session Leader: Shristi Shrestha (WiNN Nepal) June 24: Stakeholder engagement in conservation of Akara Hills, Kenya. Session Leaders: Caroline Ouko and Margaret Awuor Owuor Wednesdays @ 11 AM EST
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 Seeking Failure: How to Practice Courage, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Your Life and Career Leader: Tracy Melvin, WiNN Michigan State University Chapter What constrains you? What terrifies you? What if you fail at everything you’ve been working hard for? We surround ourselves with a blanket of fear about failing, but what if we built ourselves up with a new kind of courage – the true courage of living an authentic, vulnerable and resilient existence? This session teaches experiential resilience through radical empathy, understanding criticism, building “soul-rituals” and examining the self. We will also open the session for storytelling about wading through big failures and what leadership means to all of us. Please join us in a very personal WiNNsday! Tracy is an amazing woman and wears many hats! She is a PhD candidate in the Applied Forest and Wildlife Ecology Lab in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University; Leadership Development Fellow in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; a Student Trustee for The Nature Conservancy, Michigan Field Office; and Director of Strategic Partnerships for Ecologists Without Borders! Wednesday, June 3 11 AM EST Use the Zoom link below and enter the accompanying password when prompted to join this event! Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250   The Realm of the Sky - An Indigenous Perspective on Birds as Valuable Coastal Indicators
Session Leader: Midori Nicolson Midori will give us a unique presentation on the significance of birds in Kwakwakawakw culture of British Columbia, Canada, and specifically how they utilize birds in their field work in fisheries as indicators of species abundance and overall ecosystem health. Midori is Musgamagw Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w from Gwayi, Kingcome Inlet, a small coastal village in British Columbia, Canada. She is a biologist and fisheries manager for the Musgamagw Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w Fisheries Group and sits on her nation’s governance body. She has worked as a consulting biologist, land and marine resources director, and a Fisheries and Oceans Canada Coastal Planner. The focus of her work is to increase indigenous capacity & stewardship regarding lands and aquatic resources, while recognizing the essential voice of women in stewardship. Wednesday, June 10 11 AM EST Use the Zoom link below and enter the accompanying password when prompted to join this event! Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250  Caroline and Margaret will share with us their experiences with community conservation in Kenya. The overall aim of their project is to empower the local community members to use the ecosystem wisely and ensure sustainability so that the environment thrives, and the community members can meet their livelihoods. After the presentation they look forward to hearing from other WiNN members to gain insights on how community work will proceed post COVID-19 since this requires gathering and face to face participation.
Wednesday, June 24 11 AM EST Use the Zoom link below and enter the accompanying password when prompted to join this event! Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250 About Dr. Caroline Ouko Dr. Caroline A. Ouko is a multi-skilled professional with 15 years’ experience in leadership, policy development and facilitating change in the Agriculture and Environment sectors. She has a PhD in Environmental Policy from the University of Nairobi – Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP). With over 15 years progressive involvement in various initiatives geared towards supporting the global agenda on environmental management both in Kenya and Canada, she has a strong track record in networking and stakeholder engagement, partnership modelling and relationship building. She has successfully designed and executed successful programmes applying innovative participatory approaches involving the government agencies, local communities and private partnerships. She has also led the CETRAD team in various research projects funded by the Eastern and Southern Africa Partnership Project (ESAPP), National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCR), Act Change Transform (ACT!) among others. Twitter @OukoAchieng https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-ouko-aaa47818/ About Dr. Margaret Awuor Owuor Dr. Margaret is a scholar and environment scientist focusing on aquatic ecosystems and ecosystem services. She Lecturers in the Department of Hydrology and Aquatic Sciences, School of Water Resources Science and Technology, South Eastern Kenya University. Currently, the Head of Department. Margaret holds a PhD from the University of Cadiz, Spain and the University of Algarve, Portugal. She has a Masters in Water and Coastal Management. Her research focuses on various areas with her focus being on using the ecosystem services approach to map and value the benefits we receive from nature. She has also been working on enhancing community involvement and participation in conservation through education, awareness through tree planting initiatives. Margaret has a lot of interest in community outreach leading to her experience in working with community groups. With these experiences, Margaret was elected and the Education and Science Officer of the Society for Conservation Biology, Africa Chapter. Twitter @awuor_owuor https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-owuor-51b11417/  Join us for WiNNsday on May 27 to discuss how the global pandemic is affecting wildlife and conservation efforts around the world.
Shriparna Saxena will share her experiences with fish conservation in India in the midst of the pandemic, and Julie Claussen will give us an overview of the issues. We then want to hear from you! What have you seen and how has this pandemic affected your conservation work? We will do Zoom breakout groups to discuss. Look for a questionnaire coming this week on the WiNN WhatsApp group. See you then! Wednesday, May 27 11 AM EST Use the Zoom link below and enter the accompanying password when prompted to join this event! Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250  Wednesday, May 20 11 AM EST Use the Zoom link below and enter the accompanying password when prompted to join this event! Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250  Meet WiNN Los Tuxtlas! Susana Rocha Mier will share her experience creating and leading the WiNN Chapter in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico, and will talk about protecting the coral reefs of Los Tuxtlas through Ecotourism.  Meet WiNN Baja California Sur!
In December 2019, Irma González, director of the protected areas Islands of the Gulf of California and Espírito Santo Archipelago, and Ixchel López Olvera, Director of a non-profit organization, decided to create WiNN-BCS. Baja California Sur is home to many civil society organizations and research centers focused on conservation, sustainable development or defense of the territory. Given this diversity, we decided to start with a small group of women to identify possibilities to create a platform to interact: WiNN BCS. We have had a few meetings, but all of them are based on collaboration and they have brought us incredible lessons.  Human-felid conflict is one the the most urgent issues facing big-cat conservation across the globe. Join Samantha Helle, Dr. Aditi Sharma, and Nelanie La Cruz as they discuss tiger, leopard, jaguar, and puma conservation. We will travel across the globe (virtually) to discuss the different social, political, and ecological contexts of human-big cat conflicts in Guyana, India, and Nepal.
Nelanie La Cruz has performed human-jaguar and human-puma conflict research as a Research Officer for the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission. Dr. Aditi Sharma is the Senior Veterinary Officer in Rajaji Tiger Reserve Uttarakhand Forest Department in India, with over 17 years experience in the wildlife sector. Samantha Helle is a Conservation Biologist from the USA who has been working on tiger conservation and human-wildlife conflict mitigation in Nepal since 2014. Let's talk big cats and what saving them looks like on the ground and across the world. Wednesday, May 13 11 AM EST Use the Zoom link below and enter the accompanying password when prompted to join this event! Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250  PLEASE NOTE: The WiNNsday Dance Fitness Session with Shristi scheduled for May 6 @ 11 AM EST has been postponed to a later date. Instead, the May 6 WiNNsday event will be: WiNNsday Group Chat  Join us WiNNsday May 6, for an informal discussion with YOU!
Share your story and your experiences as a woman in conservation. Let us know how WiNN can help you be all you can be. We hope you will join us! Wednesday May 6, 2020 11 AM EST Use the Zoom link below and enter the accompanying password when prompted to join this event! Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250  Coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) are extremely important for the economy of Mexico, United States and Cuba. Reefs in the region also provide many ecosystem services such as commercial fisheries, recreation and hold vast biological diversity. The preliminary Report Card on the Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico is a trinational (Mexico, Cuba, USA) effort to design best practices for monitoring, and to implement long time series of observations.The objectives are to ensure comparability, understanding of regional trends and causes, and support conservation and management decisions at the scale of the Caribbean Basin and Gulf of Mexico. This is an initiative underwritten and led by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi) and UNAM-Sisal, with the kind support from the William Knox Holt Foundation, and the Integration and Application Network (IAN) from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. This collaboration involves more than 22 institutions. Check the report card and video here! Use the Zoom link below and enter the accompanying password when prompted to join this event: Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250   After working in the leadership and environmental sector for nearly 20 years, WiNN founding member Robyn Dalzen made a career shift 5 years ago — from environmental advocate to embodiment activist. Her hope is that by supporting people to connect more to their body and emotions, they will become more empathetic and compassionate toward themselves, others and all creatures. Robyn will lead us in some somatic and movement practices to release tension, clear emotions and build resilience in this challenging time so that we can all continue to show up in service to our families, communities and the planet. Event Info: When: Wednesday April 22, 11 AM EST (East Coast, USA) Platform: Zoom (download Zoom for free here) Zoom Link : https://msu.zoom.us/j/265618773 Password: 571250  |
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