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Volunteer Experience
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Apex Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Advisory Commission
Town of Apex
- Present 5 years 1 month
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee serves in an advisory capacity to department staff and the Town Council, providing recommendations on parks and recreation issues in the Apex community. The commission also reviews and makes recommendations on public recreation requirements for proposed residential developments and provides input on long range plans related to parks and recreation.
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Production and Technology Lead
TEDxCollegePark
- Present 3 years 9 months
Working with a volunteer team of Parks and Recreation professionals who are dedicated to continuing to help educate their peers on creating equality at all levels. Lead virtual event production, learning design, production crew management, technology implementation, designed and developed website, and support marketing team.
About 2021 TEDxCollegePark: 2020 has been a year unlike any other and the pandemic fueled social isolation has impacted on a physical, mental and emotional level…Working with a volunteer team of Parks and Recreation professionals who are dedicated to continuing to help educate their peers on creating equality at all levels. Lead virtual event production, learning design, production crew management, technology implementation, designed and developed website, and support marketing team.
About 2021 TEDxCollegePark: 2020 has been a year unlike any other and the pandemic fueled social isolation has impacted on a physical, mental and emotional level. It has also shed light on the importance of truly essential workers from healthcare to teachers to parks and recreation professionals while accelerating technology adoption and societal inequities.
Our ideas explore the impact of the Pandemic and Social Justice, individually and collectively. We look through various lenses and hear from different voices as we explore the intersection of economic, biological, environmental, technological and social justice challenges and how we can collectively build a better world for us all. -
Member - Parks and Recreation Representative
Catastrophic Sports Injury Stakeholder Group (CSISG)
- 3 years 5 months
Health
The CSISG' mission is to increase awareness, coordination, and collaboration among youth sports stakeholders at various agencies and organizations in North Carolina. Focus areas will include: improving data collection and surveillance; identifying and promoting the implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies; enhancing emergency planning and preparedness, and developing related policies. The CSISG’s goal is to prevent fatal and non-fatal catastrophic sports injuries and conditions…
The CSISG' mission is to increase awareness, coordination, and collaboration among youth sports stakeholders at various agencies and organizations in North Carolina. Focus areas will include: improving data collection and surveillance; identifying and promoting the implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies; enhancing emergency planning and preparedness, and developing related policies. The CSISG’s goal is to prevent fatal and non-fatal catastrophic sports injuries and conditions. The group is; Developing a formalized structure for reporting catastrophic events that occur in schools and youth sports organizations and determining the feasibility of integrating concussion reporting; Improving messaging and policy, such as emergency preparedness, for schools and youth sports organizations; and promoting the implementation of evidence-based and -informed prevention strategies.
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Communications Committee
Land for Tomorrow
- 7 years
Environment
Land for Tomorrow (land4tomorrow.org) is a statewide coalition of community leaders, conservation, and wildlife organizations, and parks and recreation advocates with a common goal: increasing land and water conservation in North Carolina. The coalition works to ensure that the state’s conservation trust funds – Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF), Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) and the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund (ADFPTF) are well-funded.
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Non-Profit Strong Summit Planning Committee
YNPN Triangle NC
- 2 years 1 month
Served as a member of the Non-Profit Strong Summit Planning Committee.
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Member - Parks and Recreation Representative
Carolinas Heat-Health Coalition
- 4 years
Health
A cross-sector, cross-state team to address heat stress and reduce heat-illness in the Carolinas
Publications
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“Urban park use during the COVID-19 pandemic: are socially vulnerable communities disproportionately impacted?
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
The COVID-19 pandemic altered human behavior around the world. To maintain mental and physical health during periods of lockdown and quarantine, people often engaged in outdoor, physically distanced activities such as visits to parks and greenspace. However, research tracking outdoor recreation patterns during the pandemic has yielded inconsistent results, and few studies have explored the impacts of COVID-19 on park use across diverse neighborhoods. We used a mixed methods approach to examine…
The COVID-19 pandemic altered human behavior around the world. To maintain mental and physical health during periods of lockdown and quarantine, people often engaged in outdoor, physically distanced activities such as visits to parks and greenspace. However, research tracking outdoor recreation patterns during the pandemic has yielded inconsistent results, and few studies have explored the impacts of COVID-19 on park use across diverse neighborhoods. We used a mixed methods approach to examine changes in park use patterns in cities across North Carolina, USA, during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an emphasis on impacts in socially vulnerable communities (based on racial/ethnic composition and socioeconomic status). First, we surveyed a demographically representative sample of 611 urban residents during August 2020 to assess their use of outdoor park spaces before and during the pandemic. Second, we used cell phone location (i.e., geo-tracking) data to document changes in park visits within 605 socioeconomically diverse urban census tracts before (July 2019) and during (July 2020) the pandemic. Data from both methods revealed urban park use declined during the pandemic; 56% of survey respondents said they stopped or reduced park use, and geo-tracked park visits dropped by 15%. Park users also became more homogenous, with visits increasing the most for past park visitors and declining the most in socially vulnerable communities and among individuals who were BIPOC or lower-income. Our results raise concerns about urban park use during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest pre-existing health disparities in socially vulnerable communities might be exacerbated by inequitable access and utilization of parks and greenspace.
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Parks and Recreation, Yes it's a Brand
2016 RRS North Carolina Directors Conference. Durham, NC
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Tweets, Hashtags, Pins, and Likes! Engaging your Community through Brand Awareness and Digital Media (Social Media) !
2015 Carolinas' Joint Recreation and Park Conference. Myrtle Beach, SC
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Defining Marketing for Your Organization - Presentation
NCRPA Marketing Summit
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How do we tell our story? Marketing: Non-Profits and Parks & Recreation Departments! - Presentation
Appalachian State University: Recreation Symposium
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#Hastags to Handbills: Engaging your community through digital media (social media) - Presentation
2014 North Carolina Recreation and Park Conference. Wilmington, NC
Organizations
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Apex Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Advisory Commission
Committee Member, Vice Chair
- PresentThe Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee serves in an advisory capacity to department staff and the Town Council, providing recommendations on parks and recreation issues in the Apex community. The commission also reviews and makes recommendations on public recreation requirements for proposed residential developments and provides input on long range plans related to parks and recreation.
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Land for Tomorrow
Communications Committee
- PresentLand for Tomorrow (land4tomorrow.org) is a statewide coalition of community leaders, conservation, and wildlife organizations, and parks and recreation advocates with a common goal: increasing land and water conservation in North Carolina. The coalition works to ensure that the state’s conservation trust funds – Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF), Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) and the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund (ADFPTF) are well-funded.
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National Recreation and Park Association
member
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PRTM Graduate Student Association
PRTM GSA Officer
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