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Introducing Outside the Wall: My thoughts as I rode home
The following was written by Lori Moseley, Roots of Success instructor and advisory board member. Lori was incarcerated for two and a half years, and was released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Oregon last month. She loves cats and dad jokes. Keep visiting...
Chicago High School Students to Take Roots of Success Course Online at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes On February 2, 2021 I had the pleasure of training Ms. Darnita Prater to supervise students at Youth Connected Chartered School (Y.C.C.S) to take all 10 modules of the Roots of Success course at home on computers provided by the school...
How is transformation measured?
“The stories are in the data.” Since its inception in 2010, Roots of Success has graduated over 25,000 students and trained nearly 2,000 instructors to teach the course. The program has been implemented in 40 states and three countries. The Roots of Success model is...
Speaking up and out is equal to survival: How environmental education brings us together, according to Roots Master Trainer Grady Mitchell
“That space, from where we are to awareness and enlightenment, is where you can find the Roots of Success.” Roots of Success is more than just an environmental literacy and job readiness program. Students and instructors go through the course and leave with new...
New Instructors at Green Workforce Academy, Growing Home, and Five Keys
In January we had the opportunity to train new Roots of Success instructors working in three great programs: Green Workforce Academy in Portland, Growing Home in Chicago, and Five Keys Santa Rosa Jail Program. Below we describe each of these programs in more detail so...
The Value of Education
Written by Alexandra James, Conservation Nursery Program Coordinator, and Bethany Shepler, Green Track Program Coordinator. Originally written for and posted by SPP. Photos by Alexandra James Education is a core component of our mission. Our aim is to provide diverse...
Welcoming New Roots Instructors!
This post was written by Shohei Morita for Sustainable Prisons Project and originally appeared on their blog. Note: please be aware that at least one individual featured in this story and images has victims who are concerned about re-victimization; any sharing...
Sticking with Success
Text by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager originally written for an by SPP Photos by Joslyn Rose Trivett and Bethany Shepler Note: please be aware that three individuals featured in this story have victims who are concerned about...
First Graduates in 4 Years!
By Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Program Coordinator. Originally written for and posted on SPP. We’re so excited to announce that Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) just graduated their first Roots of Success (Roots) course since 2015! Five...
New Instructors Trained at PowerCorps PHL
In October 2018 we had the opportunity to train three more staff members at PowerCorpsPHL to teach Roots of Success in their program. This will allow PowerCorpsPHL to continue offering Roots of Success as part of the six-month green job-training program...
Standing in the Gap for Each Other: Environmental Wisdom from Roots of Success
by Grady Mitchel and Anthony Powers, Roots of Success Instructors, Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Coordinator, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Supervisor. Originally written for an posted on SPP. Roots of Success (Roots) is an environmental...
Teacher Spotlight: Lawrence and Aram
This week we have a chance to focus on Green City Force. This photo shows two of star teachers at Green City Force, Aram Marcelle and Lawrence Harris, teaching a Roots of Success class to participants in their program. Green City Force is an AmeriCorps...
Letter From One of the Roots Master Trainers
By Bethany Shepler, SPP Green Track Program Coordinator and Eugene Youngblood, Roots of Success Master Instructor. Originally written for and posted by SPP. I recently had the pleasure of meeting one of our Master Trainers for Roots of Success in Washington State,...
Roots of Success Presents at Bioneers Panel
Roots of Success’s Executive Director, Raquel Pinderhughes, was part of a panel focused on “Environmental Literacy for All” moderated by Craig Strang, Associate Director of the Lawrence Hall of Science. Other panelists included: Carl Anthony (Founder of...