LA River Fellowship
The LA River Fellowship, a paid eco-STEM program, provides equitable access to green career pathways for 9-11th grade youth from Title I, River-adjacent schools. Reporting Period: Calendar Year 2024
10 Title I schools
2,100 learning hours
28 students served
Workforce development is cited as a parks-related anti-displacement strategy that protects communities, making the Fellows program an opportunity to connect youth to STEM education, job training, and nature while uplifting River-adjacent communities at risk of gentrification.
This fall, the cohort is culminating their time in the Fellowship by splitting into project groups led by field experts, co-conducting research in creative ecology, community stewardship, soil phyto-myco remediation, and plastics pollution. In December, the Fellows will create and present a poster session of their findings to family, peers, faculty, and experts.
This year’s cohort began in late winter with several introductory trips into nature, including a hike in Elysian Park and a 2-day camping trip to Malibu Creek State Park in our neighboring watershed. Fellows spent a lot of time learning about multiple green career pathways from a variety of eco-professionals and guest speakers.
Fellows kicked off the summer with a LA River Kayak Safari trip down 1.5 miles of the Glendale Narrows, where they learned more about the river’s history, water quality, and experienced it firsthand. They then spent the remainder of the summer becoming NNOCCI certified climate change communicators.
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