USAIN- Librarian Services LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: Cooperative Extensions : NAEPSDP Professional Development Committee

Grassroots Engagement and Social Justice Through Cooperative Extension,
edited by Nia Imani Fields and Timothy J. Shaffer

Mar. 28, 2023, 3:00 p.m. Eastern

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Nia Imani Fields, Maryland 4-H Program Leader and Assistant Director of Extension, University of Maryland

This session will be the same as Nia's presentation during the conference.  If you were unable to attend, be sure to join the conversation! 

Register here:  https://osu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItfuuhrTguH9Oy-D0uxVDoZj4yq9RfZfP7

Topic

NAEPSDP Mar 23 Professional Development Workshop

Description

Nia Imani Fields, University of Maryland Extension & State 4-H Leader, will present a session on the textbook, Grassroots Engagement and Social Justice through Cooperative Extension. Nia will share how we can incorporate this guide into our Extension activities. Grassroots Engagement and Social Justice through Cooperative Extension, edited by Nia Imani Fields and Timothy J. Shaffer, grows out of a commitment to the belief that Cooperative Extension professionals can and should be deeply engaged with the communities they work in to improve life—individually and collectively. Rooted in an understanding of the history and development of Extension, the authors focus on contemporary efforts to address systemic inequities. They offer an alternative to the “expert” model that would have Extension educators provide information detached from the difficult and sometimes contentious issues that shape community work. These essays highlight Extension’s role in and responsibility for culturally relevant community education that is rooted in democratic practices and social justice. The ultimate aim of this book is to offer a vision for the future of Extension as its practitioners continue to reach for cultural competence necessary to address issues of systemic injustice in the communities they serve and of which they are a part.

Time

Mar 28, 2023 03:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Public Issues Leadership Development (PILD) – Farner & Chandler • PILD is April 16-19. There will be a virtual pre-conference activity to prepare attendees.

Come and join Extension professionals in the Leadership Lunch & Learn Book Review Series hosted by Julie Robinson, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Research and Extension, and the Southern Region Program Leadership Network Program and Staff Development Committee.  Each month a different leadership book will be featured.  Come enjoy a "book report" to learn about the topic.  No pressure to read the book first, but you might decide you want to read it later!  

The series will be held the 4th Wednesday of the month at 12:15-1:00 p.m. Central.  The registration links and dates are provided in this handout.  The registration codes are unique for each month so enroll separately.  Once you enroll, you will receive the Zoom link.  

Unconference event 

National Association of Extension Program & Staff Development Professionals 

Registration

Proposals- presentations 

Dates

Leadership and Lunch Book reviewer- are they recorded