This year, EENC has taken on a membership growth challenge, the Road to 100, to fill in geographic gaps in our membership and have member representation in all of North Carolina’s 100 counties by the end of the year.
In alignment with our core belief in equity and inclusion in the environmental education field, EENC team is always striving to build a membership base that accurately reflects and represents North Carolina’s population, and to bring our membership benefits and network to as many environmental educators across the state as possible.
Last year’s Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance’s Landscape Analysis revealed what many of us working on the ground already know: despite our state’s many strengths in environmental education, major geographic gaps in service and support for educators remain – especially in “rural areas, areas with the highest social vulnerability index, and areas with the lowest income” (SEEA).
The Goals: By December 31st, 2024, We Aim to See…
Reporting members in all 100 counties;
Membership growth in counties with only 1-5 initial members.
How To Help Us Get There:
Prospective or Website members: now’s the time to join! By becoming an EENC member during the Road to 100, you not only gain access to all of our membership benefits, but help us build a statewide membership network where your voice is heard. No matter what county you work in, we want YOU to be represented in EENC’s member community. Remember, having a login to the website doesn't mean you have a Membership with EENC. And if you’re the first person in your county to become a member, you’ll receive an Honorary Membership to gift – details below!
Members in all counties: tell us where you work! To update your EENC profile with the relevant information, log into your EENC account, then navigate to the Member Area > My Account and fill in the “County Where You Work” section.* If you haven’t yet, also fill out the other profile sections while you’re at it!
Current Members in counties with 1-5 reporting members: help spread the word! As one of only a handful of members in your county, you can serve as an EENC ambassador within your community to help grow local membership representation. Make sure your co-workers, partner organizations, participants, etc. know about EENC and the benefits of membership.
The first new member to join EENC in each not-yet represented county will win an Honorary Membership for them to gift to a co-worker or community partner of their choice. Because we don’t just want one new member in unrepresented counties – we want to set off a snowball effect of membership growth! The EENC team will contact each first new member directly to coordinate the Honorary membership gifting process.
We still need members from the following counties:
Anson
Ashe
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Camden
Caswell
Cherokee
Clay
Currituck
Davidson
Gates
Graham
Greene
Hertford
Jones
Lee
Martin
Mitchell
Montgomery
Northampton
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Vance
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Wilson
Yadkin
We can't wait to see the county where you do your amazing EE work added to the Road to 100!
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