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Communications Committee

Help to facilitate internal and external communications; Connect and partner with existing climate communication experts; Investigate strategies to integrate Extension communications with new stakeholders.

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Curriculum Development Committee

Coordinate the development of existing and new climate-based curricular materials; Investigate the restructuring of traditional Extension programming around new areas more relevant to today’s issues and populations; Work with partners like Federal level employees, USDA Climate Hubs, etc. to develop and promote new materials (ex. national youth climate stewards curriculum); Work to develop community programs on energy literacy, green workforce development, volunteer corps, etc.

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Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

Investigate strategies to engage with marginalized populations to address meaningful and impactful change; Work with other committees on developing resources to educate about and empower allyship in Extension climate justice work; Investigate strategies for shifting away from information exchange and harness knowledge of different world views to build relationships engaging diverse knowledge forms as the foundation for driving action.

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Professional Development Committee

Inventory, design and/or implement professional development trainings for everyone in Extension; Design national Climate Change professional development certification course; Implement regional conferences/meetings between USDA Climate Hubs and state Extension employees; Enable and grow citizen/community science/climate corps; Engage more Extension personnel, rural communities, and all disciplines in disaster preparedness.

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Extension Policy Committee:

Identify, strengthen, and develop new relationships, partnerships, and pathways to leverage and grow current work on climate change; Facilitate compensation of expertise; encourage land grant universities/administration to support climate programming by identifying or designating state-level Extension specialists/faculty points of contact; Improve willingness to act throughout the system.

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Evaluation/Survey Committee

Develop a unified tool/set of indicators to measure/assess climate progress and impacts and increase accountability of Extension programs and leaders; Conduct national needs assessment of what major stakeholders need to know with regards to climate change.

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