Our Summer Speaker Series is returning this year! The series is hosted by environmental advocacy fellows for Virginia Conservation Network Partners’ fellows and interns to develop knowledge relevant to young professionals interested in environmental work. 

To kick off our Summer Speaker Series, VCN will be hosting an in-person day in Richmond on Wednesday, July 10th, exclusively for interns and fellows of VCN Network Partner Organizations! Join us for a day of networking, a tour of our state’s capital, and the first session of our webinar series!

Our four-part weekly webinar series begins on Wednesday, July 10th, featuring speakers who work in the environmental sector.

The topics and schedule for the Summer Speaker Series can be found below:

• Consumer Choices and Carbon Footprints: July 10 from 12pm-1:15pm
  • Aleen Carey – Co-Executive Director of Cultivate Charlottesville
  • Christianna Paul – Founder of WePlanet App
• Non-Western Perspectives on Sustainability: July 17 from 12pm-1:15pm
  • Bevin Etienne – Dominican Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at UVA
  • Teresa Pollak – Monacan Indian Nation, Virginia Tribal Educational Consortium Board Member & Treasurer
• Environmental Advocacy in Election Years: July 24 from 12pm-1:15pm
  • Blair St. Ledger-Olson – Director of Advocacy and Campaigns at Virginia League of Conservation Voters
  • Samantha Lockhart – Deputy National Director, Organizing and Campaigns at National Wildlife Federation
  • Tyneshia Griffin – Environmental Policy Research Analyst at New Virginia Majority
• Communications in the Environmental Field: July 31 from 12pm-1:15pm
  • Paula Jasinski – Founder and President of Greenfin Studio
  • Tim Cywinski – Communications Director of Sierra Club VA Chapter