Conservation
Ayanna Williams
Ayanna Williams Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Encouraging environmental resilience through community partnership and engagement. Region Decatur, GA Affiliations & Roles Director of Community and Environmental Resilience, National Recreation and Park Association Ayanna Williams comes to NRPA as a tested leader in place-based environmentally focused nonprofits. Most recently she was the Healthy Cities…
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Jessica Thrasher Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Educating and equipping communities to better manage water systems. Region Fort Collins, CO Affiliations & Roles Education & Outreach Manager, Colorado Stormwater Center & Colorado State University Jessica Thrasher is the Education and Outreach Manager for the Colorado Stormwater Center at Colorado State University. She has…
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Natalie Nava Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Supporting Bay Area waste management through planning, innovative research, and strategic communications that improve equity for disadvantaged communities. Region Redding, CA Affiliations & Roles Program Manager, Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) Natalie is currently the Program Manager at the Center for Creative Land Recycling. Inspired…
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Noriann Marie Meléndez Vélez Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Cleansing and maintaining beach waste in Puerto Rico. Region Guayama, Puerto Rico Affiliations & Roles Creator of Cuatro Costas Journalist Noriann M. Meléndez Vélez is a Puerto Rican journalist and photojournalist who completed her studies at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Santurce, Puerto Rico…
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Shelley Kalei Muneoka Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Defending Native Hawaiian elders and protecting cultural rights. Region Honolulu, HI Affiliations & Roles Board Treasurer, KAHEA: The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance Shelley Kalei Muneoka is a Kanaka Maoli woman, born and raised in Heʻeia Uli in Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu. She has worked on land and Native…
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