On, April 7, 2020, ECOP Budget & Legislative Committee Chair Jon Boren moderated a virtual conversation with Directors and Administrators during PILD. Click here to listen to the 25 minute, to-the-point conversation, COVID-19 Proposal and Ideas for Rapid Response for Funding in the Future; reasons why the proposal was was made; the need to collect impact data and tell stories of Extension's response to crisis; ideas for ECOP to consider on to rapidly respond to budget and legislative initiatives in the future. At the end, Jon Boren invites his colleagues to send him feedback.
Economic and Community Engagement 2020 Webinar Series - The founder of the Rural Learning Exchange Forum, APLU’s Commission on Economic and Community Engagement (CECE) is proud to announce the 2020 CECE Webinar Series Green Economies and Community Engagement. Cooperative Extension Section members who serve on the CECE Executive Committee and the Commission welcome Cooperative Extension colleagues members to join the free webinar series. In an era where climate change, energy innovation, and sustainability initiatives are poised to be an integral part of economic development, the agenda will feature sessions developed by CECE members and their partners addressing a wide variety of programs, projects, and strategies universities deploy to address these particular needs of their economies and communities. The webinar series will take place the second Thursday of every Month from 2:00-3:15 PM EST June-November. Click Here to sign up.
Answering the Call - The Role of Extension After an Emergency - Last week, with the historic Louisiana Flood of August 2016 as their conceptual lens, a Team of Extension Professionals described how their land-grant institution responded to help mitigate future losses and much more. The recording of the highly instructive webinar by Southern University Ag Research and Extension Center is available here. The Team participated in the Impact Collaborative Summit in October 2019 and received a $5,000 grant from eXtension to support their recovery efforts.
Addressing Kids’ Needs During COVID-19 - 55 million school children have been impacted by school closures and need help, especially the 7 million who do not have internet access in the United States. To respond to these Kids needs for a sense of belonging and caring adult mentors, The Fourward Fund was launched to inspire donors and consumers to support Cooperative Extension as it responds to COVID-19. More information can be found through this FOURWARD Fund FAQ document. Assuming the minimum funding level is reached by June 1, Institutions and 4-H Foundations may apply for funding.
