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OUR TEAM
Our MEES team turned an inward eye to our organization these past several months, working to create a more cohesive, diverse, and skilled team to help chart the course for MEES to help grow, adapt, support, and strengthen the impact of environmental education and educators in Massachusetts. We met regularly as a team, supported by consultants and peers, to identify and strategize on MEES critical needs that include an assessment of internal communication, board structure and roles, board recruitment, organizational bylaws. During a fun and productive evening retreat, we agreed as a team to a set of shared values to help guide our work moving forward. This "Phase 1" of our strategic planning process was supported with ee360 funding - a partnership program led by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) in cooperation the US EPA and eight partner organizations that seeks to create a workforce of environmental educators who are well prepared and positioned to increase environmental literacy across the continent.
OUR STRUCTURE
As a result of this internal strategizing, MEES is reinvesting in our organizational team structure to help secure a successful future. We established a new Board Governance team and Fundraising team, as well as a reinvestment in a Conference/Program team and Strategic Action team. In addition, we are committed to maintaining our part-time staff position.
OUR FUTURE
With our teams and staff in place, and additional support from the NAAEE Capacity-Building Fund, the Grassroots Fund, and anonymous donors, MEES is able to step in to our most important work - developing a strategic plan that is aligned with the needs of YOU - our community! We will invite your participation over the coming months to update/develop a shared mission and vision for the longer-term future of MEES, identify the needs of our community, develop strategies to meet those needs, and create a plan for implementation. Stay tuned for details!
- Jen Klein, MEES Board President
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