October 31, 2007 (Boulder, CO)- OThe Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics has just completed awarding seven grants to reach culturally diverse audiences across the country. These educational grants will train and provide resources to people and organizations that engage communities not traditionally served with the Leave No Trace program.
2007 Connect Grant recipients include:
- Adrian Garcia for his Stewardship Academy to provide environmental education for Los Angeles Latino high school kids;
- Identity, a program serving at-risk Latino youth in Gaithersburg, Maryland for after school outdoor programs;
- D. Rozena McCabe, Ph.D., for her work with students at Houston Tillotson University in Austin, Texas;
- Rose Gochenaur with Diakon Wilderness Center for her work with predominately African American and Latino youth in Boiling Springs, PA;
- Alexis Ollar in Incline Village, NV, for her work with the Washoe Tribe of California, Nevada Project Venture Youth Group and the Boys and Girls Club;
- Tracy Stevvins, West Point, Mississippi, for her work at the West Point School System serving culturally diverse children, 38% who are below the poverty line;
- Eddie Hill of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia for work with the Southside Boys and Girls Club that serves predominately underserved African American youth.
"This grant program is notable advancement in Leave No Trace's ability to reach into outdoor communities we have not had direct involvement with in the past," according to Dana Watts, Leave No Trace's Executive Director. "We look forward to expanding these opportunities next year. Thanks so much to REI for providing the initial support for this program."
The Connect Grant program was introduced earlier this year to diversify Leave No Trace educational efforts and to increase the cadre of educators serving a wider cross-section of the American public. For more information about the grantprogram or recipients, please contact the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics.
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