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What expertise, capacities, and skills do you bring to the EcoGovLab?

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I am a (science) education researcher and look at most things in the world through the lens of education. On disaster (or anything else), the questions I ask are - e.g., why should we teach about it? What should we teach about it, and how? How can we support teachers to teach about disasters in their classrooms? My training in educational research has equipped me with the theories, tools and methods that can be utilised to approach these questions. I am hoping that these knowledge, experiences and skills can cross-fertilise with EcoGovLab's expertise in anthropology, SPS and environmental governance.

Fresno CEC Purpose & Mission

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Our Purpose

One of our greatest responsibilities is to prepare the next generation to meet the challenges they will face in the 21st Century, with a deep commitment to the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship. We have a unique opportunity for a community dialogue about the civic values, knowledge, and skills that K-12 students should learn and practice in our public school system. We will create strong community support for our schools to provide effective civic education for students to be successful in college, career and citizenship.

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Civic Education Center is to restore civility in America by creating opportunities for youth to learn and practice civic values and democratic skills.

About Us – Civic Ed Center

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Fresno CEC Summer Institute for Secondary Teachers

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Goals

  • Teach the vision of the Founders and the triumphs and tragedies of our history.
  • Teach civil dialogue on controversial issues and democratic deliberation.
  • Integrate science, technology, literature, media, arts and math with civic projects.
  • To promote teacher understanding of connections with the State Seal of Civic Engagement, Social Emotional Learning, and Ethnic Studies.

Summer Institute – Civic Ed Center

CV YEA Mission Statement

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The Mission of CV YEA is "Our mission is to fight environmental injustices in the Central Valley through connecting like-minded individuals". 

CV YEA is based in Fresno, CA and led by Executive Director Kamryn Kubose (interview), who we met during our visit to Golden Charter Academy. CV YEA takes part in Clean Vehicle Empowerment Collaborative. The board consists of master's students and environmental activists based in California.

COVID-19 Rapid Student Interview Project

COVID-19 Rapid Student Interview Collection Form

This project aims to provide an engaging project for post-secondary students (undergraduate and graduate) to gain experience with qualitative research methodology  while contributing to public

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It is an international program with the following member states/countries and the year that they joined:

"1957: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Socialist Federal Rep. of Yugoslavia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

  • 1958: Belgium, Ecuador, Finland, Iran, Luxembourg, Mexico, Philippines, Sudan
  • 1959: Iraq
  • 1960: Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Senegal
  • 1961: Lebanon, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 1962: Liberia, Saudi Arabia
  • 1963: Algeria, Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, Syria, Uruguay
  • 1964: Cameroon, Gabon, Kuwait, Nigeria
  • 1965: Costa Rica, Cyprus, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar
  • 1966: Jordan, Panama
  • 1967: Sierra Leone, Singapore, Uganda
  • 1968: Liechtenstein
  • 1969: Malaysia, Niger, Zambia
  • 1970: Ireland
  • 1972: Bangladesh
  • 1973: Mongolia
  • 1974: Mauritius
  • 1976: Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania
  • 1977: Nicaragua
  • 1983: Namibia
  • 1984: China
  • 1986: Zimbabwe
  • 1992: Estonia, Slovenia
  • 1993: Armenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia
  • 1994: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Marshall Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen
  • 1995: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1996: Georgia
  • 1997: Latvia, Malta, Moldova
  • 1998: Burkina Faso
  • 1999: Angola, Benin
  • 2000: Tajikistan
  • 2001: Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Serbia
  • 2002: Eritrea, Botswana
  • 2003: Honduras, Seychelles, Kyrgyzstan
  • 2004: Mauritania
  • 2005: Chad
  • 2006: Belize, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique
  • 2007: Cabo Verde*
  • 2008: Nepal, Palau
  • 2009: Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Lesotho, Oman
  • 2011: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Tonga*
  • 2012: Dominica, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago
  • 2013: San Marino, Swaziland
  • 2014: Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Comoros*
  • 2015: Djibouti, Guyana, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados
  • 2016: Saint Lucia*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*The Gambia*, Turkmenistan"

Events on the calendar are located in a number of different countries from the above list. The headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.