Coalition Membership
Coalition Membership
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📣 Action Needed: AB 2158 is expected to be heard in committee on April 8. Please sign on in support by March 31.
As a member of the California Outdoor Learning Coalition, you’re joining a growing, cross-sector movement to ensure that every California student, beginning with those most vulnerable, has access to frequent, high-quality outdoor learning experiences.
What It Means to Be a Coalition Member
What It Means to Be a Coalition Member
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Coalition Membership Means:
Coalition Membership Means:
Support the Campaign’s vision to expand outdoor learning in California
Would like to receive periodic updates and invitations to engage
May showcase your name and logo as coalition members on the coalition website (optional)
Contribute to the coalition in the following ways (optional):
Join or co-lead a work group aligned with one of the Campaign’s four strategies:
Leading Edge Exemplars
Policy and Advocacy
Communications
Evaluation and Research
Contribute staffing (e.g., administrative, project, or leadership support)
Collaborate on fundraising or grant opportunities
Serve in a governance or advisory role as the Campaign’s structure evolves
All levels of involvement are welcome.
Benefits
Benefits
A voice in shaping strategy and statewide vision for outdoor learning, equity and justice in our schools
Opportunities to showcase your work as a leading edge exemplar on our website, to policymakers and state leaders, and through Ten Strands' contact list (shared with 35,000+ educators, advocates, and decision-makers)
Connections to a statewide network working across education, environment, health, equity, and justice
Front row seat to future state policies and funding that support schools and community-based partners advancing outdoor learning
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Cost
Cost
Some coalition organizations are covering their participation costs internally, while others require external support.
Fundraising is ongoing, and we’re working to support the broadest participation possible.
Coalition Member Organizations
Coalition Member Organizations
Individual Coalition Members
Individual Coalition Members
Annette Huddle, Director, Youth Education
Candace Gragnani, Director, Community Initiatives
Cathy McBride, Partner
Chris Garcia, EdTech Coordinator
Chris Jadallah, Assistant Professor
Christine Ekenga, Assistant Professor
Dareen Khatib, Senior Administrator
Dennis Mabasa, Vice President of Community and Youth programs
Debra Gonella
Elizabeth Cooke, Concerned Community Member
Emalyn Leppard, MS, MA Horticultural Therapist
Gio Miramontes, Bike Commuter Coach
Gloria Harwood, Coordinator, Environmental Literacy
Grace Adams, Executive Director
Greg Schuett, Principal
Gwenn Abrams
Heather Bortolussi, Grizzly Corps
Jason Wise, @jasonjourneyman
John Carrese, Volunteer
Julie Carruth, Third Grade Teacher
Josh Walker
Kendall Scott, MS
Kim Hunter, Environmental Literacy Teacher
Kimberly Reedy, Director of Extended Day Programs
Kirsten Franklin, Environmental Literacy Coordinator
Kristen Hengtgen, Program Director
Kristin Mosby
Lauren Maucere, Educator
Laura Smith Fillmore, Director
Lydia Joukowsky
Lucinda DeVries, Outdoor ethics and naturalist interpreter
Megan Adcock, Senior Director of Learning & Engagement
Melia Zimmerman
Milton Reynolds, Educator
Morgan Barker, Sustainability Librarian
Monica Morelli
PaHoua Lee, Golden Gate Campus Director
Pamela Boysen, Retired LCSW
Poppiano Nelson-Smith
Priscilla Parchia, Program Manager, Expanded Learning
Rachel Firl
Sean McPhetridge, Former Superintendent
Samantha Houck
Sasha Retford Gonzalez
Seaberry Nachbar, Education Coordinator
Stephanie Stock, Education Program Manager
Talia Schmitt, Naturalist
Tess Potchen
Toni Morucci
Vanessa Duford Walkowiak, Environmental Educator
Yarib Dheming, School & Community Outreach Manager
Zoe Marinkovich, Dr.
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