Sacramento Tree Foundation Urban Forestry Volunteer Training
Awarded Best Urban Forestry Training Program, 2008, CA Urban Forest Council
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Janice launched this new 8-week training program that included research and development of an illustrated 150-page participant guide, class schedule, meeting logistics, media promotion, selecting speakers, creating presentations, and coordinating volunteer projects. Janice coordinated a total of 5 sessions (2 concurrent) over one year, training 70 leadership volunteers.
If This House Could Talk – A Community History Project. Link here to project website. Janice was co-director and website manager.
Received Member Award – National Storytelling Network, 2012
This community engagement project invited residents of a Sacramento neighborhood whose homes were built 100 years ago or more to discover their stories. The stories these homes held are among the most hidden and notorious stories within the city of Sacramento.
Neighbors gathered for a series of free workshops to learn how to research, write and share stories of their family, house and neighborhood. Our project culminated with a walking tour of the neighborhood. Residents displayed yard signs sharing one simple story and graphic.