CONSERVANCY COMMONS

“Perspectives: New, Old, and Untold” | February 2020

You are invited to Golden Gate's 5th annual Diversity Makes Us Stronger month!

Attached and below are the detailed schedule of events for the month. We hope to see you there!

The GOGA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

As the Parks Conservancy continues to intentionally build and create a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and safe workspace for all, the DE&I Committee is excited to announce several openings for new members for 2020-2022. While being on the Committee requires effort and time, we encourage those of you who are inspired to apply. We know there are many ways staff from across the organization can contribute to the DE&I efforts. You can nominate yourself or your staff! No previous experience necessary.

Application deadline is close of business on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. To apply, click here.

For more info or questions, contact dei@parksconservancy.org

Do you have the best water bottle at the Parks Conservancy? Inspired by our employees’ impressive sticker game, we’re going public with a “Show us your park stickers” campaign. YOU CAN HELP. Send photos of your sticker collection to phockaday@parksconservancy.org or upload on Yammer (you will need to sign in to your Yammer Conservancy profile in order to access).

The GOGA Health and Wellness Committee is excited to bring fitness classes to the park -- read on for more information about how to join in! All equipment will be provided - just come with loose, comfortable clothing (neither yoga nor pilates require shoes).

Tuesdays 12:00 - 12:50pm January 28 - Feb 25 Instructor: Morgan Smith Fort Mason 201 gym or Fort Mason Chapel (TBD). Add your name to the email list. 

Pilates Core Conditioning now in its 9th year! Mondays 5:25 - 6:10pm Fort Mason 201 Gym $5 drop-in fee waived until the end of February.

The Parks Conservancy is working with The Avarna Group to provide staff training about basic ideas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this half day “DEI 101” training you will learn about: diversity, equity, inclusion, power, privilege, bias, and more. You will be able to interact with other staff through activities in the training. The goal of this training and our work with the Avarna Group is to help ensure all staff feel welcomed, understood, and valued in our workplace.

The training will be offered from 1pm – 5pm on 2/25 at Fort Mason, on 2/26 from 9am – 1pm in the Headlands, and from 9am – 1pm (location TBD). Please sign up using the training portal.

Park Academy will be offering the following new trainings to all staff and interns.

-2/20 10am-2pm Rare Plant Monitoring

Welcome to new employees! 

This week we welcome one new employee, Jordan French and Nhi Nguyen as Envronmental and Community Education Programs Educators at the Crissy Field Center and Megan Harris as Restoration Technician in Park Stewardship.  Welcome!