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Park and Recreation Stories: Archery Life Lessons
Andre Harris, the recreation city supervisor for the City of Detroit Parks and Recreation, recalls all the valuable life lessons he learned from a random interest he took in archery.
To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stories/
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Park and Recreation Stories: Being a Park and Rec Kid
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Dr. Tiffany Johnson, the deputy director of aging and disability services for the city of Seattle, reflects on the impact of being a “park and rec kid” and the important mentorship she received that brought a group of young girls together. To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stories/ Your story starts here
Park and Recreation Stories: Getting a Degree in Recreation
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Gregory Dunn, assistant recreation supervisor for the Stephen G. Terrell Recreation Center in Allen, Texas, reflects on how recreation helped his mental health journey after returning from service in Iraq and the path that led him to seek out a degree in recreation at Texas A&M University. To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association...
Park and Recreation Stories: Living an Authentic Life
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Cal Dobbs, educator and endurance athlete, discusses how he came to be involved with the NRPA, the importance of finding yourself in quiet spaces and hope for the future. To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stories/ Your story starts here
Park and Recreation Stories: Major Mentors
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Dequel Robinson, the program supervisor of seniors and therapeutics for Mobile Parks and Recreation, reflects on the importance of mentors and how his helped guide him through the most intense adversity of his life. To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stories/ Your story starts here
Looking Ahead to the 2024 NRPA Conference in Atlanta, GA
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Mayor Andre Dickens shares all there is to look forward to in Atlanta for the annual NRPA Conference.
Park and Recreation Stories: Powerful Progress
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Roslyn Johnson, the Director of Recreation and Parks for the city of Annapolis, reflects on the impactful changes she's seen since joining the field as well as the many ways parks and recreation can improve communities. To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stories/ Your story starts here
The Potential of Parks and Recreation
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Patrick Lynch, the Director of Equity and Inclusion for San Francisco Parks and Recreation, looks back on his years of service and discusses the potential of parks and recreation. To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stories/ Your story starts here
Park and Recreation Stories: Rehabilitating Rivers
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Della Killeen, the Outdoor Recreation Coordinator for the City of Peoria Parks and Recreation, tells the story of her passion for gardening and how it led to a fresh career path and a revitalized river in Peoria (with 27,000 pounds of trash removed in three years). To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stor...
A New Opportunity Every Day
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Miranda Maloy, the Program Supervisor at Lewsiville Thrive, recounts what brought her to the field as well as the unique programs and activities that Thrive offers as a multigenerational recreation center. To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stories/ Your story starts here
Park and Recreation Stories: The Power of Programs & Pick-Up Basketball
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Sherisha Hills, the Director of Parks and Recreation for the city of Tampa, remembers the programs and special moments on the court with her uncle that led her to pursuing a career in parks and recreation. To hear more stories like the one above, visit www.nrpa.org/about-national-recreation-and-park-association/park-and-recreation-stories/ Your story starts here
Sustainability in Practice Application Webinar 2024
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Beginning in June 2024, 10 parks will embark on a collaborative journey over the course of 16 weeks to harness the skills needed to ask the right questions, anticipate hurdles, and work together to develop actionable sustainability plans and practices. Learn more and apply: www.nrpa.org/our-work/partnerships/initiatives/sustainability-in-practice/
Bobcat Partnership - Davidson County
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Thanks to Bobcat Company, the National Recreation and Park Association and Davidson County Parks and Recreation, a new family-friendly park is opening in Davidson County. Yadkin River Park, features a playground, bog garden, koi fish lake, dog park and other amenities that will provide the families of Salisbury, Lexington, and other neighboring cities a safe place for recreation.
NRPA and Bobcat Partnership Builds Resilient Park Access: City of Stonecrest
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NRPA and Bobcat Partnership Builds Resilient Park Access: City of Stonecrest
Advocating for Parks as Community Wellness Hubs
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Community Wellness Hubs are a key way to advance health and wellbeing opportunities, but to gain support, their story must be shared. Park and recreation professionals are essential to lifting up the powerful work of Community Wellness Hubs across the country, gaining support and sustainability from leadership, elected officials, and community members.
2023 Year in Review: Where Community Grows
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2023 Year in Review: Where Community Grows
Grantee Stories - JPB - Julietta 2
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Grantee Stories - JPB - Julietta 2
Grantee Stories - JPB - Jac Kyle
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Grantee Stories - JPB - Jac Kyle
Grantee Stories - JPB - Julietta
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Grantee Stories - JPB - Julietta
Grantee Stories - JPB - Rachel
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Grantee Stories - JPB - Rachel
Grantee Stories - JPB - Karen
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Grantee Stories - JPB - Karen
Virtual Playground Inspection
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Virtual Playground Inspection
Finding Community Among Parks as Community Wellness Hubs
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Finding Community Among Parks as Community Wellness Hubs
Welcome to the MOVMNT
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Welcome to the MOVMNT
Park and Recreation Stories: Seeing the Impacts
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Park and Recreation Stories: Seeing the Impacts
Park and Recreation Stories: Building Relationships With Legislators
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Park and Recreation Stories: Building Relationships With Legislators
Park and Recreation Stories: The Future of the Industry
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Park and Recreation Stories: The Future of the Industry
Park and Recreation Stories: Reconnecting
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Park and Recreation Stories: Reconnecting
Park and Recreation Stories: A Life in the Field
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Park and Recreation Stories: A Life in the Field
Parks as Community Wellness Hubs: Centering Community Voice
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Parks as Community Wellness Hubs: Centering Community Voice

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  • @ncherring501
    @ncherring501 11 днів тому

    Great job, sis!

  • @carlenameredith3495
    @carlenameredith3495 12 днів тому

    Amazing ❤

  • @katebrown-schuh1278
    @katebrown-schuh1278 Місяць тому

    Um, maybe get the toxic CRAP out of there, for real, before inviting children to swim in it?!?! WTH?????

  • @katebrown-schuh1278
    @katebrown-schuh1278 Місяць тому

    IT IS INDUSTRIAL!!

  • @Ansoorajak
    @Ansoorajak Місяць тому

    Nice 👍

  • @KellyBirdsong-marzbars0000
    @KellyBirdsong-marzbars0000 2 місяці тому

  • @gregorydunn6143
    @gregorydunn6143 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing your story! Glad to call you a colleague and a friend!!!!

  • @andydragtstra4707
    @andydragtstra4707 6 місяців тому

    Interesting, I am an engineering student and am currently working on a giant pinball machine that kids can control by jumping on certain tiles. So far I really like making something for kids.

  • @MonicaWB
    @MonicaWB 7 місяців тому

    Wonderful! Such a beautiful area. I’ve loved walking those trails for years and can’t wait to start kayaking there in the spring.❤

  • @DREandVICKI
    @DREandVICKI Рік тому

    Thank you for being the change you want to see in your community! Parks & Recreation professionals are a special breed. God bless

  • @kimberlysawyer8313
    @kimberlysawyer8313 Рік тому

    🤷 P r o m o S M

  • @user-cg8tz5kx8o
    @user-cg8tz5kx8o Рік тому

    So many families are not receiving SNAP benefits. During the summer months, Community Wellness Hub partnerships are the link to reaching marginalized families in their neighborhoods.

  • @BK-mr4ls
    @BK-mr4ls Рік тому

    We have always been wellness hubs for the community and and argument can be made that P&R is the original public health system in the U.S.

  • @mesfingeremaw888
    @mesfingeremaw888 Рік тому

    Thank you for your important presentation

  • @Jose_VR-ih3rs
    @Jose_VR-ih3rs Рік тому

    bro i need better school food plz bro😭the school food is not good😭

  • @Crackhouts
    @Crackhouts 2 роки тому

    mis·sion creep, noun: a gradual shift in objectives during the course of a military campaign, often resulting in an unplanned long-term commitment. Your videos say that equity is the most important of the three "pillars" for parks and recreation, and that race is the most important factor for equity. So the most important aspect of parks and recreation is race? I think the most important thing should be parks. A close second? Recreation. You are shifting from a mission of serving parks and recreation to one of forcing your political view onto the public. Everyone should look deeply at that equity language guide. It's disgusting. Here's a direct quote: "dominant culture: Organizational culture that is heavily influenced by the leadership, management and organizational development as defined by white men and women. Dominant cultures do not embrace diversity of any kind beyond representation, and they promote assimilation over integration." So here we have an organization with a white CEO preaching at us about how white "dominant culture" does "not embrace diversity of any kind." It also explains the necessity to capitalize the word "Black" in many contexts, but "The term 'white' should be lowercase."

  • @Crackhouts
    @Crackhouts 2 роки тому

    Soooo..... Race is the most important aspect of Parks and Recreation? Seems ... Racist?

    • @johnjacobs9709
      @johnjacobs9709 2 роки тому

      Racism has been one of the defining forces of American society. For the majority of our history, there was legal segregation that shaped what our neighborhoods looked like and excluded people of color from areas with the most resources and opportunities. The legacy of those policies continues on today. Acknowledging that history and identifying that Parks & Recreation can play a role in building more equitable communities is about helping us to build a stronger, more unified America. Our challenge has always been to form a more perfect union, not to pretend that our nation is perfect.

  • @seeingred3441
    @seeingred3441 2 роки тому

    Equity language guide, I have some language for you you woke supremacist! MAN, WOMAN, AMERICAN, CITIZEN, PERIOD!!!!!! FYCK SAKES, this is what taxpayer dollars are being spent on!?

  • @mb3214
    @mb3214 2 роки тому

    Congratulations on your "Get Out And Walk In Your Local Park" inspirational thanks for sharing. Morine, Myola & Rommel. ♥

  • @drippyinfinities
    @drippyinfinities 3 роки тому

    "Across the country" - which country? Americans, please just say "Across the USA" in cases like this.

    • @Earth098
      @Earth098 2 роки тому

      It's very obvious which country they were talking about

  • @Army2016_
    @Army2016_ 3 роки тому

    Shout out sa mga classmates ko

  • @kaitlynfoster6556
    @kaitlynfoster6556 3 роки тому

    I'm studying to get my CPSI. What are your recommendations to study prior taking the exam. I know there will be hazard identification, surfacing, risk management, playground environment and much more. I just dont want to over study and miss what I need to focus on. Thank you

    • @turiq6197
      @turiq6197 2 роки тому

      Did you go all the way thru with the program ? And how did it go ? Was it hard?

    • @mikeontheisland
      @mikeontheisland 11 місяців тому

      Did you get an answer?

  • @kathyabbott8262
    @kathyabbott8262 3 роки тому

    The right priorities well delivered. Thanks

  • @CH-wg1bh
    @CH-wg1bh 3 роки тому

    You guys are phonies and frauds. You are the Rip-off NRPA, fake get outta here.

  • @richdepalma7714
    @richdepalma7714 3 роки тому

    Well done. I'm looking forward to supporting NRPA and the mission in 2021. Y'all had me from the beginning with "we have a plan for that." :)

  • @shadow19627
    @shadow19627 3 роки тому

    Very good

  • @fanyang1300
    @fanyang1300 3 роки тому

    Well said. Things will get better!

  • @chasephillips1496
    @chasephillips1496 4 роки тому

    米呢承认阿凡提俗称开始

  • @chasephillips1496
    @chasephillips1496 4 роки тому

    疏通u品

  • @gabesales7314
    @gabesales7314 4 роки тому

    sup ow

  • @traceypitcock4854
    @traceypitcock4854 4 роки тому

    Congrats everyone on the LWCF- Great American Outdoors Act! Very much needed Good News in 2020 :-)

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    @KR-nv3ru 4 роки тому

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  • @lindabroadfoot3840
    @lindabroadfoot3840 4 роки тому

    Well done, Kristine. So glad you're at the helm.

  • @tinakreitlow1717
    @tinakreitlow1717 4 роки тому

    I appreciate that you are doing these weekly messages! Thank you.

  • @demetriusfalconer3034
    @demetriusfalconer3034 4 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @bankshotsports1064
    @bankshotsports1064 4 роки тому

    It was suggested I pass this along to you….re Universal Design at schools neighborhood parks, sports, rec centers and parks for differently able such as Jonathan’s Dream and Shane’s Inspiration and the like..Dr. Reeve Brenner….301 309 0260 Testimony Larry My name is Larry R. and I’m an accountant blessed with two children, two sons who are autistic, or more properly, on different stages of the autistic spectrum. The two boys love to play ball as do their parents with them. But when I take the family to a park or school playground it nearly breaks our hearts. At every one of these parks and school playgrounds, you can see at once that there are plenty of ballplaying facilities for typical children. The average youngster or teen can wait in line to play basketball, soccer and the rest. But these are all team sports with opponents. They are not independent or individualized sports so that my boys can drop-in and participate along with everyone else in the community. This is understood as mainstreaming which does not exist apart from programs which further segregated and segment differently able populations. Why do all the typical kids get ballplaying facilities so much so that many of them are empty like the tennis courts being built for fewer and fewer participants. The point is there are many drop-in facilities: sports courts and sports fields for everyone but not for kids who are physically and cognitively challenged or mobility impaired or in wheelchairs or have other disabilities. They too should have drop-in ball playing sports to drop in with their family to play together and interact with others. There are none. What’s the point of a ramp leading to discrimination and exclusion which characterizes the new parks designed with little thought to including the differently-able. They are neglected willfully by a kind of callous indifference on the part of the authorities. It’s very sad and I speak not only for my own family. I’m certain i speak also for many of our county’s differently able children and adults who would also like to play ball at facility but not with opponents, and not with teams, “a sport that does not require offense and defense but actively move their bodies, and are presented with sports challenges that they can succeed at, that socialize and mainstream’s all populations. We need to be giving consideration to diversity and the integration of special populations into a community activity. These parks offer accessibility when they should be offering inclusion.” {THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL EQUALITY website}. The only glimmer of hope is that of the Bankshot court we played at in several parks and school playgrounds that brings a community together and includes the differently able. I wish officialdom would visit a court to experience walk-on, drop-in, inclusion. Why so few of these and others like it? There ought to be many such play opportunities in the community addressing the needs of the total community rather than merely the jocks and athletes. All families blessed with all kinds of children should have drop-in facilities to play ball just like other typical children and not always aggressive and having to defeat rivals but by playing alongside one another, not against one another, where, as I heard said, “you don’t have to win to be a winner,” [NARE] Rather, it is participation alongside others in mainstreaming disabled that brings a community together. There are many of us who would like to see attention paid to those who are so underserved in our parks. The parks and playgrounds from the perspective of my family and many others are sadly disappointing. Links to the two videos from the August event (8-19-18) in King Farm. ua-cam.com/play/PLc3Pp02aDFBz0lkVuKbSgpQPTAfvb-9wg.html Bankshot UA-cam playlist We would like to suggest that a Bankshot playcourt be included in the parks, rec centers and playgrounds for the sake of the differently able and the autistic community, wheelchair participants and others mobility impaired. Please check out Bankshot.com and the National Association for Recreational Equality. The atypical community is often overlooked and they are provided with programs when they really need drop-in walk on facilities so they can gain accessibility any time with their families and friends in a wheelchair on any given day without having to wait for supervised playgrounds. Please check out other cities with Bankshot Playcourts designed for the inclusion and diversity of the full population using our commons. NARE: LET’S PLAY FAIR WHEELCHAIRS + RAMPS = FRUSTRATION I roll up itching to play ball and instead I watch. Foiled again! I want to be playing ball like everyone else, all the kids I hang out with. As a teenager I’ve long ago outgrown interest in climbing playgrounds even if I could climb up. As a wheelchair user I know that we separate not in the classroom but in the playgrounds - especially the ball fields. They put in a great many basketball courts, tennis courts, baseball, soccer and other games and sports fields for all the jocks and athletes. So some few athletes get all the attention and all their running sports that exclude me and I get nothing! How can accessibility not make matters worse for the wheelchair would-be-players, for the differently-able, for the cognitively and physically challenged? The ramps do not lead to inclusion but to our own immediate elimination- to banishment to the sidelines even before a ball is tossed. Why even show up? When was the last time you saw a kid or an adult in a wheelchair even show up with his friends or family at a sport intended for the participation of everyone else? The special populations now have greater accessibility to total frustration. They can now roll on up to the perimeter to experience exclusion with ever greater irony than before the ramps were built. How can we be included in the pick- up games of conventional sports? Do I bring along 10 wheelchairs so I can get a game with average kids my age? Where are the sports like Bankshot which allow all players to participate? Gary D

  • @dustinspaw8257
    @dustinspaw8257 4 роки тому

    Is the deck off set?

  • @ginleonard66
    @ginleonard66 4 роки тому

    Thank you for taking a moment to acknowledge the lives at the center of the pandemic.

  • @Big824John
    @Big824John 4 роки тому

    Seems like you have to had studied “data mining” to understand any of what was discussed in this video.

  • @Big824John
    @Big824John 4 роки тому

    I am glad to hear that the reopening of restrooms are inclusive in the first phase. As far as I am concerned, being able to go to the bathroom is essential business.

  • @brianbaltzer5716
    @brianbaltzer5716 4 роки тому

    Thank you very much for the stats and facts!

  • @jodieadams7695
    @jodieadams7695 4 роки тому

    Great job Kristine - to you and your staff. We need these type of surveys and forums for our members to share experiences, challenges and successes.

  • @mikeabbate4895
    @mikeabbate4895 4 роки тому

    Wonderful job Kristine! We are so fortunate to have you at the helm. Please give my best to your incredible staff - they are innovating, adapting and learning some tricks that will make NRPA even stronger going forward!

  • @CyclingDesigner
    @CyclingDesigner 4 роки тому

    Nicely done, Kristine.

  • @grega.weitzel3261
    @grega.weitzel3261 4 роки тому

    Well done Kristine and thanks to the team at NRPA for all your hard work!

  • @basicallyskeptical77
    @basicallyskeptical77 4 роки тому

    Would it be rude to take park and rec management with the main goal being to become a park ranger?

    • @nathanb7224
      @nathanb7224 Рік тому

      It’s what I’m doing . I’m kinda a park ranger. I’m a safety and security specialist for a large parks and rec department.