Events

The Trust for Public Land is proud to collaborate with communities – block by block, park by park, and city by city – to restore the public parks and outdoor spaces that gather us together. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event, whether in your neighborhood or online.

Past event recordings: National

August 26, 2020

Outside for all: Investing in parks to build community power

The Horace M. Albright Lecture in Conservation - Presented in partnership with the UC Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources 

What does conservation have to do with community? Everything, says Diane Regas. As President and CEO of The Trust for Public Land, Regas leads a national nonprofit dedicated to using parks and public land as a means to create healthier, stronger neighborhoods. Since 1972, The Trust for Public Land has pioneered a “land for people” movement, working alongside communities nationwide to create and advocate for the parks and open spaces everyone needs and deserves.

July 13, 2020

Reimagining Community Resilience

Featuring: Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, senior program officer for the Kresge Foundation’s portfolio on Climate Resilient and Equitable Water Systems, Abbey Cofsky, managing director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s work to promote healthy, equitable communities, and Trust for Public Land President and CEO Diane Regas.

June 29, 2020

Rising to the Challenge: Supporting Communities Through Crisis

Featuring:  Ohio State Director Shanelle Smith Whigham, Cecilia Muñoz, vice president for public interest technology and local initiatives at New America, and Trust for Public Land President and CEO Diane Regas

May 22, 2020

Staying safe outdoors during COVID-19

On Earth Day, Trust for Public Land CEO and President Diane Regas and Director of Community Health, Sadiya Muqueeth DrPH, MPH, joined Nooshin Razani, MD, MPH, founder and Director of the Center for Nature and Health at the University of California, San Francisco, for an online conversation about health and nature in the time of COVID. 

May 14, 2020

The Great American Outdoors Act: Vital to recovery and our future

On Thursday, May 14, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), coauthor of the Great American Outdoors Act, joined Lise Aangeenbrug, Executive Director of the Outdoor Industry Association, and Trust for Public Land National Board Member Lucas St. Clair for a Park Bench Chat on the Great American Outdoors Act.

April 7, 2020

Nature and community in the time of COVID-19

Park Bench Chat #1

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Past event recordings: Local

September 23, 2020

Pennsylvania: Creative action for Philly’s rising temperatures

Our Pennsylvania State Director, Owen Franklin, Councilwoman Katherine Gilmore Richardson, artist Eve Mosher, and Fairhill community member Charito Morales discuss how public art can elevate community voices to address the question “Why should we care about urban heat and what can we do about it?”

July 21, 2020

California: Building Park Equity: Creating Green Schoolyards

The Trust for Public Land’s California team and community partners hosted a conversation discussing efforts to grow park equity and access in Oakland, CA.

July 1, 2020

Georgia: Virtual tour of Louise G. Howard Park

Learn how The Trust for Public Land and the Howard family turned the family’s property into an Atlanta park. This webinar features on-site videos from the park so you can experience a virtual tour and see how Howard Park has become a vital connector for Atlanta’s BeltLine trail.

May 15, 2020

Pennsylvania: Connecting people to nature and to each other: a virtual lunch and learn with the Trust for Public Land

Hear from Pennsylvania State Director, Owen Franklin about how the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted inequities in Philadelphia and Camden and how the creation of close-to-home parks and schoolyards strengthens communities in these difficult times.