Black In Green Conservation Career Panel Is Back!
Seeing Black Staff in Leadership
Virginia Conservation Network and BlackOak Collective are partnering again to host Virginia’s annual Black In Green: a virtual conservation career panel!
Black In Green seeks to connect young Black professionals launching careers within Virginia’s environmental movement with Black leaders in the environmental field. These career panels offer opportunities for Black students and young professionals to gain career advice and insights from experienced Black environmental leaders.
The Black In Green Conservation Career Panel will be on Wednesday, June 18th, from 5:30 – 6:30 pm.
Joining the Career Panel
This year, we will be joined by five amazing Black environmental leaders:
Kim Sudderth
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light
Policy Consultant
she/her
Lake Country Soil & Water Conservation District
Director
he/him
Kim Hayes
Southern Environmental Law Center
Associate Attorney & Glynn D. Key Fellow
she/her
Langston Swafford
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
ORISE Fellow
he/him
Kashanna Fair
The Nature Conservancy
Talent Research Assistant
she/her
PARTNERING WITH BLACKOAK COLLECTIVE
BlackOak Collective is a rapidly growing Black environmental networking organization. They combine the power of networking with digital engagement to create a safe space for Black environmental career development, support, and community. Their geographic focus is physically in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region, and digitally across the US.
VCN and BlackOak teamed up in late 2020 to help expand the pipeline of Black professionals launching careers within Virginia’s environmental movement by connecting talented Black individuals with VCN’s network of 160 conservation and climate organizations.