Name: American Climate Corps
Start: 2025-03-12T15:30:00-0400
End: 2025-03-12T16:30:00-0400

Welcome, interns, to the Career and Leadership Workshop!
This workshop is a key component of your internship program, offering a week-long opportunity to expand your knowledge of various career fields while honing your leadership skills. Throughout the week, you will join fellow interns in showcasing the outcomes of your summer projects through presentations.
You’ll also have the chance to connect with industry professionals through engaging panel discussions, skill-building sessions, and interactive activities. This workshop is designed to enrich your experience and evaluate the program’s impact—celebrating successes and identifying opportunities for future improvement.
We hope you make the most of your time in Washington, DC. Take advantage of this incredible networking opportunity, and don’t forget to have fun!

Click to meet the interns: HBCUI Mosaics internXL LHIP GOGA

You can see recorded Livestream Events via Microsoft Teams Links -
August 5, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EST - NPS Internship Career and Leadership Workshop

August 6, 2:00-4:30 p.m. EST- Art Culture Presentations: LHIP/HBCUI

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Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT

Yates Auditorium

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Learn about the American Climate Corps (ACC), a groundbreaking initiative modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps that will put a new, diverse generation of young Americans to work fighting the impacts of climate change today while gaining the skills they need to join the growing conservation, clean energy, and climate-resilience workforce of tomorrow. Hear from senior officials at AmeriCorps - the hub agency of the ACC - and corps alumni about how your NPS internship can lead to new opportunities in the ACC, AmeriCorps, or federal government service, and its contribution to both economic growth and environmental preservation.
This new program is part of President Biden’s landmark American Climate Corps – a groundbreaking initiative modeled after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps that will put a new, diverse generation of young Americans to work fighting the impacts of climate change today while gaining the skills they need to join the growing clean energy and climate-resilience workforce of tomorrow.

Speakers

Raisa “Ray” Barrera

Program Manager for the National Capital Region, Student Conservation Association

Raisa “Ray” Barrera currently serves National Capital Program Manager for the Student Conservation Association, (SCA) is nation’s largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and young adults. Founded in 1957, the SCA is devoted to building equitable... Read More →

Deanna Hayden

Moderator, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, National Park Service Partnerships & Philanthropic Stewardship

Deanna Hayden is a third-year Ph.D. student at Howard University, specializing in Communication, Culture, and Media Studies. She is a Graduate Assistant to Nikole Hannah-Jones, Knight Chair in Race and Journalism, and creator of The 1619 Project. Additionally, Deanna is an HBCUI Communication... Read More →

Kelly Kim

Recruitment Specialist, Department of Interior

Kelly Kim is a Recruitment Specialist in the Department of the Interior’s Office of Human Capital (OHC) in Washington, DC. Kelly manages outreach campaigns to increase employee recruitment, retention, and engagement and works to brand the Department as an “Employer of Choice... Read More →

Lashauntya Moore

Friends Corps Director, Friends of Anacostia Park

Lashauntya Moore serves as the Friends Corps Director at Friends of Anacostia Park. She has devoted her career to environmental protection and conservation of parks and public lands. Lashauntya grew up in one of the toughest neighborhoods in Washington DC. As a single mom of two... Read More →

Sandy Scott

Senior Advisor, Office of Strategic Partnerships, AmeriCorps

As Senior Advisor in the Office of Strategic Partnerships at AmeriCorps, Scott co-leads the agency’s climate change initiatives; develops interagency collaborations; and advises on policy, strategy, partnerships, and engagements. He has served at AmeriCorps since 1995 in a variety... Read More →

Yasmeen Shaheen-McConnell

Senior Advisor for the American Climate Corps, AmeriCorps

Shaheen-McConnell’s focus is on key administration priorities, including the American Climate Corps, announced by President Biden in September 2023. She leads the partnerships team in the CEO’s office department at the agency, which develops interagency and public-private partnerships... Read More →

Wednesday March 12, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Yates Auditorium U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C St NW, Washington, DC 20240

Plenary Session

Host Organization NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Youth Programs Division