- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
A recently published series of blog posts on the Connect Extension website shares insights on developing authentic, meaningful relationships with racially and culturally diverse groups.
Written by Sonja Brodt, associate director of the UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program and Gail Feenstra, emeritus SAREP director, the posts are based on what they learned during UC SAREP's "Racial Equity in Extension" webinar series.
The series, comprising six 90-minute webinars held in 2021, covered topics ranging from building relationships with agricultural communities of color, to respecting different knowledge systems, to rectifying racial inequities in land access.
“As extension professionals, especially for those of us in the public sector, it is incumbent upon us to work with all segments of our state's agricultural and natural resources clientele,” said Brodt. “And to do so effectively, we need to understand their worldviews and what's the knowledge base that shapes their decisions. This is especially important when those people are from cultures or segments of society that have a history of being marginalized or oppressed by our larger society, and whose significant knowledge has often been made invisible.”
- Author: Jodi Azulai
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Weaving Community Safety Nets for Youth (Extension Foundation)
Nov. 2
8-9:30 a.m. PDT
Details & Registration
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents in the United States. Research indicates that adolescents in military families have higher rates of suicidal behaviors than their non-military peers. However, many suicides are preventable. We can intentionally build, mobilize and maintain protective factors, recognize and respond to warning signs, and sustain a safety net of connection in our communities to better support military children, adolescents and their families. Read more.
Nov. 9
Noon-12:30 p.m.
This will be recorded and posted on the 2023-34 Call for CE Positions.
These maps illustrate current positions for UCCE Advisors, UCCE Specialists, other UCCE Academics and Community Educators, as well as the UCCE Advisor and Specialist positions under recruitment. Newly available secondary data layers provide county level data with relevant information that, when coupled with local knowledge, can help illuminate gaps and needs to inform UCCE position proposal development and future hiring.
Zoom: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09 | Password: 4Learning
2023 NAEPSDP Annual Conference “Extension Elevated”
(National Association for Extension Programs and Staff Development Professionals)
Nov. 28-30
Marriott City Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Details & Registration. Agenda.
Conference theme areas include:
- Evaluation & Assessment
- Organizational & Staff Development
- Program Development & Delivery
- Technology & Communications
- Persevering Through the Difficult Times: Exploring Calling Development Theory as a Retention Strategy.
- How Organization Health Attracts and Retains Top Talent in Extension.
Two Videography Training Opportunities!
UC ANR Videography Training Series
Nov 20 & 21 | ANR Building, Davis
Registration.
Learn photographic theory, smartphone video production, and equipment recommendations. Dive into field recording, audio editing, and compare audio editing applications. Master editing theory and visual storytelling, explore nonlinear editing tools, and work on real footage with live coaching. Unlock your creative potential with our comprehensive videography workshop series. Get hands-on experience and expert guidance to enhance your video production skills. For more information, contact anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu
Video Recording and Editing with Your Smartphone
8 a.m.-5 p.m. at various UC ANR locations
Registration
UCCE Riverside - Thursday, Dec. 7
UCCE Orange - Wednesday, Jan. 10
UCCE San Diego - Thursday, Jan. 18
Davis (Second St.) - Thursday, Feb. 8
UCCE Fresno - Wednesday, Feb. 14
In this training, you will learn:
- How to set up your smartphone
- A and B roll
- Basic composition
- Basic Lighting (daylight/cold light)
- Audio best practices
- Hands-on video shooting with interviews
- CapCut app.
For more information, contact Ricardo Vela rvela@ucanr.edu
Image by Manfred Steger from Pixabay
Visual Storytelling in PowerPoint (LinkedIn Learning)
Course link.
Incorporating visual storytelling techniques into your slides can set you apart in a very big way. In this course, instructor Jole Simmons brings years of experience as a professional presentation designer to teach you how to make your presentation come alive with a good story.
For your LinkedIn Learning account email UC ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.
Understanding Your Timesheet
Nov. 2, 2023
Noon-12:30 p.m.
Join Anne Marie Scott, Payroll Manager, to learn how to develop employee and supervisor/approver understanding of TRS and timesheet deadlines. Part of the Business Operations Center Quarterly Webinars: Our Two Cents.
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning
In case you missed it:
Giving Tuesday: Hot topics and Tips for Success
with Emily Delk (Oct. 17, 2023)
Video, Slide deck
Moving the Needle on Racial Equity in Extension (UC ANR and Extension Foundation)
Sonja Brodt and Gail Feenstra
The 1862 Land Grant institutions were founded during the immediate post-Civil War, postslavery period for the benefit of white farmers and homesteaders and were built on the wealth generated by land expropriated from indigenous peoples across the U.S. (Joseph A. Myers Center, 2021). With a history so fraught with racial oppression, our public sector extension service faces an enormous task not only in righting past wrongs, but in moving forward in truly meeting the needs of contemporary people of color. read more.
Teamwork Favorites (Extension Foundation)
- Diffuse the Drama, Nov. 1
- Busy is a Choice, Nov. 8
- Diffusion of Innovations, Nov. 15
11 a.m.-Noon
Registration.
Diffusing the Drama dives into three roles we play out every day; victim, villain and hero. This is from Dr. Stephen Karpman's work called the "Drama Triangle" and we'll discover how getting out of those and into healthier roles can help change our daily experience. We'd love to have you with us to offer your wisdom as we move toward coach, creator and challenger!
Nov 9
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT
Details & Registration
Are you stressed? Do you feel devastated when your articles and/or grant proposals get rejected? Is the pressure of publishing/funding your work making you sick? If any of this sounds familiar and you have difficulty managing the negative energy and rejection in your environment, please join us to learn:
- The impact that stress and negativity can have if they are not manage
- Identify the most common areas of stress in academic life
- Concrete strategies for managing the physical, emotional, and attitudinal effects of stress
Becoming Better with Habits (UC Davis Health)
Tuesday, Nov. 28
9 a.m.–Noon
Virtual Instructor
Registration.
Think of the small actions you do every day without even thinking. These are your habits. Like it or not, our habits define who we are. This course gives you actionable steps to break habits that no longer serve you, and intentionally create new ones. The end goal of working on habits is to gain clarity, confidence and the ability to accomplish your life goals.
Conflict Competence: Getting to the root of group conflict (UCD for Staff and Faculty)
Thursday, Nov. 30
Noon–1 p.m.
Details & Registration.
Group conflict can be difficult to manage and have costly consequences. It can significantly impact productivity and work quality and even destroy teams. While conflict is often attributed to interpersonal dynamics or "people problems," conflicts are commonly symptoms of other solvable issues.
In this course for leaders of groups or teams, you'll learn a structured approach to identify and address root causes of group conflict. Discover how to apply the Goals, Roles, Processes and Interpersonal Relationships (GRPI).
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Everyone can learn something new
/span>/span>ANR employees, along with other UC locations and thousands of other people across the US and beyond, are committing to deepening understanding of, and willingness to confront, racism for 21 consecutive days.
Diversity scholar Eddie Moore, Jr. created the 21-Day Challenge to encourage a deeper understanding of race, privilege, supremacy, power, and oppression. People at Food Solutions New England Sustainability Institute (FSNE) were inspired by his work and the work of Debby Irving and Dr. Marguerite Pennick-Parks to adapt the 21-Day Habit-Building Challenge to their food system network. FSNE has been organizing and hosting the Challenge every year since 2015.
Why 21 days? Some say it takes 21 days to create a habit. The intention of this initiative is to support ANR employees in developing “effective social justice habits” to effect meaningful change. ANR has adapted FSNE's February 2020 21-Day Equity Challenge to make it easy for employees to independently dive into their own examination of the program or to create a cohort of ANR employees with whom to share the experience.
Through a look at the food system challenge developed by FSNE, we will distinguish that racism is expressed through institutions, cultures, and behaviors instead of flawed personal character defects. Uncovering inequities and injustices will assist each of us in broadening our understanding and compassion and grow our engagement towards anti-racism and towards the experiences of Black Americans.
In examining the Black experience, we will consider our own personal layers of privilege and those of all marginalized people, keeping in mind marginalized colleagues, clientele, community members or maybe even family members. Marginalized people include and are not limited to those marginalized by age, class, ability, immigration status, race, sexuality, spirituality, gender, gender expression, ethnicity, culture, identity and generation.
Most importantly the challenge will help us discover the many ways we can individually and collectively promote a more just and equitable food system for all. It will also prompt us on ways we can work as individuals, with others at ANR, with marginalized clientele, and within our communities and families to dismantle these systems everywhere.
Please visit https://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/Diversity/UC_ANR_21-day_racial_equity_challenge/ to learn more about participating in this important challenge.
Glenda Humiston
Vice President