The Fellow will gain extensive experience in community organizing and environmental leadership by facilitating over 25 Emerald Necklace Watershed Stewardship Program volunteer events. They will develop a thorough understanding of this process, working throughout its lifecycle on project design, event planning, community outreach, site preparation, and event facilitation.

Fellows will focus on urban forestry and natural infrastructure development that transforms public schools from stark penitentiary-like hardscapes into nature-based watershed-discovery campuses and river trails from concrete flood control channels to revitalized greenways, while helping fire-scarred neighborhoods reclaim and restore their natural character through post-fire tree canopy protection to help families rebuild and heal. By participating in the community-based design and implementation of a diverse portfolio of Emerald Necklace multi-benefit natural infrastructure urban greening projects, they will develop significant community leadership experience by engaging with diverse populations that represent the multicultural and multilingual communities of L.A.