Latino Conservation Week 2024 Kids Activity 

Latino Conservation Week is for participants of all ages!

To ensure that families with young ones have great ways to participate, we have teamed up with the hit kids science podcast Cráneo: Ciencia para niños curiosos and the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida to create a family-friendly activity to get children involved in conservation!

This virtual event is free to participate in, and you can do so from your own local park!

Participating as a family is super simple!

• Listen to the collaborative episode of Cráneo featuring Latino Conservation Week manager Jessica Godinez (available in English here) to learn about concepts like environmental conservation, data, and community science!
• Print this activity page, with a 'bingo card' of animals and plants to look for in your park
• Visit a local park and look for each species, and check them off as you go!
• Adults, you can upload photos of species that you find to our global iNaturalist project, Cráneo + Semana Latina de la Conservación. Joining is super easy! Here is a simple page with instructions for how to join the iNaturalist project here

Love this family content and want more like it? Send us an email to let us know! kids@cumbremedia.com or lcw@hispanicaccess.org.

En Español - Semana Latina de la Conservación Actividad para niños 

¡La Semana Latina de la Conservación es para participantes de todas las edades!

Para asegurarnos de que las familias con niños pequeños tengan formas geniales de participar, nos hemos unido al popular podcast de ciencia en español, Cráneo: Ciencia para niños curiosos, y al Departamento de Ecología y Conservación de Vida Silvestre de la Universidad de Florida para crear una actividad amigable para que las familias puedan involucrar a sus hijos en la conservación ambiental!

¡Este evento virtual es gratuito y puedes participar desde tu propio parque local!

Participar en familia es súper sencillo:

• Escucha el episodio colaborativo de Cráneo con la gerente de la Semana Latina de la Conservación, Jessica Godínez (disponible en español aquí), para aprender sobre conceptos como la conservación ambiental, datos científicos y ciencia comunitaria
• Imprime esta página de actividades, con una 'tarjeta de bingo' de animales y plantas para buscar en tu parque
• ¡Visita un parque local y busca cada especie, marcándolas a medida que las encuentres!
• Adultos, pueden subir fotos de las especies que encuentren a nuestro proyecto global de iNaturalist, Cráneo + Semana Latina de la Conservación. ¡Unirse es súper fácil! Aquí tienes una página sencilla con instrucciones para unirte al proyecto de iNaturalist aquí

¿Te encanta este contenido familiar y quieres más? ¡Envíanos un correo electrónico para hacérnoslo saber! kids@cumbremedia.com o lcw@hispanicaccess.org.

The Sea Slug Scavenger Hunt is a hands-on learning program at the tidepools of southern California. In 2023, we will be hosting the program at Cabrillo Beach in Los Angeles County. Our multilingual team will teach participants about sea slugs and other marine organisms, followed by time to explore the tidepools. Our programs will be hosted in English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. 

Families, children, and individuals of all ages are welcome to sign up and attend with no prior experience required! Please RSVP to our free event at seacrlab.com/sea-slug

Research in the SEACR Lab prioritizes building environmental and advocacy literacy for communities with English as their second language. We also work alongside climate advocacy organizations in southern California that prioritize community involvement in local environmental decision-making.

Luke oversees fundraising for Hispanic Access Foundation—leading corporate, foundation, government, and individual donor outreach.

Luke is a millennial Mexican American who was raised in the outdoors and is especially drawn to Hispanic Access’ conservation programs. Ever since early childhood, he has camped, fished, backpacked, and explored the outdoors. In high school, Hispanic Access gave him the opportunity to travel out West to explore the beauty of America’s national parks and to highlight the issues surrounding them.

Those experiences and his love for the outdoors inspired him to study environmental biology and chemistry at Christopher Newport University, where he graduated magna cum laude. Although his education focused primarily on science, Luke made it a priority to infuse his environmental studies with policy analysis and discussion. To Luke, the relationship between people and their world is the most central element to understand.

Margaret focuses on grant writing and individual giving for Hispanic Access Foundation.

Margaret earned her B.A. in business from Sweet Briar College. After finishing her undergraduate degree, Margaret attended the University of Lynchburg where she obtained her M.A. in nonprofit leadership studies. Prior to joining Hispanic Access, she served as the Graduate Assistant for Equity and Inclusion at the University of Lynchburg and worked with Concern Worldwide as a Major Gifts Fellow. She is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is dedicated to serving Latino communities.

Evelyn first worked with Hispanic Access Foundation as a Latino Heritage Internship Program intern at the National Parks of Boston in 2018. In 2019, Evelyn had the opportunity to work with Hispanic Access again as a Programs Assistant for the MANO Project. Interning with Hispanic Access inspired her to join the team as a Programs Associate, and she now works as a Digital Communications Associate. Evelyn also serves as the founder and team lead of Hispanic Access’ Our DREAMS Scholarship program, an initiative serving undocumented youth.

Evelyn is from Bakersfield, California and is a first-generation college graduate with her bachelor’s degree in American studies from The George Washington University (GW). A trailblazer, Evelyn was selected to be part of the inaugural Cisneros Scholars cohort at the Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute at GW. Through her time with the institute, she became passionate about serving Latino communities. An advocate for social justice, Evelyn served as a 2017-18 Trabajadoras Senior Fellow under the Labor Council for the Latin American Advancement, and as a 2018 Young People For Fellow. Having learned so much from these fellowships, Evelyn continues to advocate for Latina wage equity, empowerment of young Latinas, and ensuring access to resources for underserved communities.

As the Director of Communications at Hispanic Access Foundation, Karina implements communications plans embracing social media and traditional earned and paid media. She also oversees the development of training materials, printed pieces, and program reports.

A Mexican American immigrant, Karina strives to connect immigrant communities with the resources they need to enhance their lives. Fluent in Spanish with the ability to translate materials, she also brings six years of communications management experience developing and implementing communications strategies, media pitches, media relations, strategic social media, media kits, and strategic marketing. Prior to joining Hispanic Access, Karina was an Account Manager at On The Marc Media where she oversaw numerous clients’ marketing and public relations needs.

Karina graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she earned a B.A. in communications with a concentration in public relations. Karina also holds an associate degree from Montgomery College.

As a first-generation Mexican American, Jessica feels naturally drawn to support immigrant communities in navigating the systems of a new country while striving for social equity. Jessica's family lived near Richmond, Virginia for several years before moving to rural Montpelier, Virginia; there, Jessica's love for nature continued to grow as did the gardens around her family home.

Prior to joining the Hispanic Access team, Jessica nourished her love of the outdoors with a job at REI and worked toward social equity by partnering with local nonprofits serving the needs of immigrants. Projects she worked on included an initiative to provide interpreting services and a family literacy program. Most recently, Jessica worked with the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado through a rigorous internship program in which she engaged with partners to provide opportunities for underrepresented communities to enjoy and steward public lands. She is passionate about re-connecting communities with their innate relationship with nature.

She graduated from George Mason University with a bachelor's degree in global affairs with concentrations in environment and international development.

Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge will be hosting a bilingual storytime event on Friday, June 22 for Latino Conservation Week. Families are invited to come out to the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge to feed the birds with the Ranger, followed by a bilingual storytime, craft, and songs with the book: "Baby Rattlesnake: Viborita de Cascabel."

¡Estamos llevando a cabo una Kermes por el medio amiente para niños de familias campesinas!  

Daremos a conocer a los niños y sus familias valores ambientales por medio de talleres, arte, juegos, ¡y manualidades! Queremos incentivar el respeto y amor a la Madre Tierra. También, aprenderán a reciclar, reducir y reutilizar materiales de uso diario de forma divertida y también como cultivar plantas, y ser parte del huerto comunitario de la Asociación Campesina.  

TENDREMOS LOS SIGUIENTE: 

• Habrá estaciones de aprendizaje y pintura para niños y jóvenes  
• Habrá rifas de plantas y repartición de despensa de comida para cada familia  
• Se contará con talleres de información con expertos en clima, jardineria, y justicia alimenticia 
• Estaremos regalando semillas y macetas a cada familia

*ATENCION:  

Tenemos un cupo limitado a 20 familias. Regístrate hoy llamando a Claudia Gonzalez al: (786)255-8080 

Celebramos la naturaleza en este evento denominado, Respira, sana y florece. Esta es una actividad educativa dirigida a mujeres de la comunidad donde trataremos temas como: La conservación del ambiente y las especies en peligro de extinción, como lo es la cotorra puertoriqueña, mediante una charla ofrecida por el personal del Bosque Nacional, El Yunque en Río Grande, Puerto Rico. También haremos una caminata guiada por una de las veredas adyacentes, con el propósito de reflexionar sobre cómo la naturaleza nos habla de su capacidad de resiliencia y nos invita a acercarnos con confianza a nuestros propios desafíos. Concluiremos sobre cómo los espacios verdes propician bienestar integral al ser huamano, aportando a su vez, a las participantes concienciación de la conservación de lo natural, esperanza y empoderamiento.