New England Celebration of Leadership

Celebration of Leadership

In the last year, ELP Fellows from New England have helped a school transition into electronic Parent-Teacher communications to minimize paper use, received official recognition from the Boston Public Health Commission and the Government Office in Vermont, published/edited articles and books on environmental issues, and interviewed with the media regarding clean energy investment and campus sustainability. In honor of the academics, farmers, activists & advocates, managers, business owners, government employees, and other action-oriented leaders who are ELP's New England Fellows, we are hosting the second annual New England Celebration of Leadership.

The Celebration of Leadership will be an opportunity to rub elbows with important environmental leaders in the region, chat with ELP Fellows about their work and Fellowship experience, and enjoy an exciting evening among a dynamic crowd.

Key note speaker:
H. Emerson "Chip" Blake

H. Emerson "Chip" Blake is the Editor-in-Chief of Orion Magazine, which Bill McKibben describes as "the most prominent forum

H. Emerson "Chip" Blake

for environmental writing in the United States." Chip has been with Orion since 1992, when he was hired as an Associate Editor. He served as the magazine's Managing Editor from 1993 until 2003, when he left to become Editor-in-Chief of Milkweed Editions, a nonprofit book publisher. In 2005 he returned to Orion. He has been the editor of hundreds of magazine articles, as well as many books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Work he has edited has been nominated for or won many awards, including the National Magazine Award, the Pushcart Prize, the PEN Literary Award, the John Oakes Award in Environmental Journalism, the Minnesota Book Award, the Oregon Book Award, and The New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Chip serves as a judge for several national and regional literary awards and has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts.

ELP prepares emerging leaders through our Regional Networks Program, currently active in the Delaware Valley, New England and the Southeast. Each Regional Network annually selects approximately twenty up-and-coming leaders to participate in a yearlong fellowship that increases their public communication and leadership skills. ELP is currently accepting applications for its 2009 Classes. The New England Regional Network deadline is Thursday, August 7, 2008. Click here to apply or for more information.

Where:

Harriet Tubman House - Atrium
566 Columbus Avenue
(Corner of Mass. Ave. and Columbus Ave. in the South End. One block from Orange Line Mass Ave. stop)
Boston, MA 02118

*Due to limited street parking we recommend the use of public transportation

When: Thursday, June 19 from 6-8:30pm

Cost: $25

Join the Environmental Leadership Program as we celebrate the up-and-coming leaders in New England who have completed ELP's fellowship program over the last several years.

Host Committee: Kimberly Coletti (NERN 07) | Tyke Crowley (NERN 08) | Bernard McHugh (NERN 06) | Paige Manning (NERN 08) Andrea Atkinson (NERN 08) Charles Hernick (NERN 08)

As part of our Celebration we ask you to Sponsor one of our emerging leaders. Please click on one of the following options.

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