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Professional Development Seminar

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Natural Resources Research, Practice, and Education

OUTside with Pride: As Diverse as Our Forests

Thursday, October 26, 2023
1:30pm - 3:00pm PST
Location: A8
CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

    Speaker(s)

  • E. Krause, MF

    Outreach Coordinator
    Michigan Technological University
    SAF Working Group Officer
    Hancock, Michigan, United States

  • CB

    Candra A. Burns, n/a

    Business Owner
    Appalachian SAF
    Bremerton, Washington, United States

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are built into our DNA, just like the forests we manage. OUTside with Pride will help you recognize barriers and changing dynamics, teach allyship, and propose solutions to take with you back to your forestry career to achieve greater success and foster a sense of belonging.

Organized by the SAF Diversity and Inclusion Working Group.

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participants will be able to recognize the knowledge humans can gain from comparing diversity in our forests to diversity among the human population.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to gain an understanding of the barriers that underrepresented people face in the forestry profession.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to recognize the effects that diversity, equity, and inclusion have when it comes to success in their agency/institution/company/group.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to develop communication and critical thinking skills by actively participating in large and small group discussions.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to formulate new solutions and impliment ideas in the real world and carry out these skills in a porfessional setting beyond the conference.