[FREE EVENT] Green Schoolyards: Doing More with America’s Two Million Acres of Public School Land
Benay Brotman
Garrison Elementary School grounds (outdoors - meet by front entrance on S St. NW)
1200 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 (Shaw-Howard University Metro, Green/Yellow Line)
As the start of the school year gets underway, come learn from a local expert about green schoolyards: nature-filled outdoor spaces that offer students, teachers, parents and community members places to play, learn, explore and grow. Priya Cook, director of the Children & Nature Network's Green Schoolyards for Healthy Communities initiative will talk briefly about the benefits, design and equity considerations of green schoolyards (first 20 minutes) followed by open play for children and open discussion for adults.
The event is open to anyone interested in the green schoolyard/healthy schools movement (parents and non-parents alike), and children of all ages are welcome. This will be a relaxed setting, and attendees are welcome to stay as long as they'd like.
Please register here.
About the Host
Priya Cook is the director of the Children & Nature Network's Green Schoolyards for Healthy Communities initiative. Priya has worked for equity in the outdoors, public education, and policy along the Texas-Mexico border, in Interior Alaska, and for the past thirteen years in the District of Columbia. She helped lead the Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative at the National League of Cities and previously directed middle school programs at City Kids Wilderness Project. Priya serves on Bancroft Elementary’s Local School Advisory Team (LSAT) and served on the Student Conservation Association Board of Directors. You can often find her adventuring with her kids outdoors, in the backyard and backcountry.