Sierra Club January General Meeting: Travis County Parks Foundation

Join us at our monthly General Meeting for socializing, networking, and engagement on environmental topics of local interest. While our program will start at 7 pm, many of us will gather earlier to catch up after the holiday break. Note, however, there will not be a food or drink option this month owing to the venue change. We are meeting at First UU Church at 4700 Grover.

Tonight's program will provide an overview of the Travis County Parks Foundation (TCPF) by Ailisha Macharia, Parks Stewardship Program Director for the TCPF. Among other things, her talk will highlight TCPF's Night Sky and Park Stewards programming.

Ailisha has brought programming to a wide range of community spaces, including recreation centers, schools, churches, grocery stores, and clinics across Austin, Manor, Bastrop, and Taylor. Before joining TCPF, she served as the Program Coordinator for The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre at Sustainable Food Center. Ailisha is most proudly a farmer—a graduate of Farmshare Austin with experience growing organic vegetables for various Austin area restaurants, a farm hand at Shepard’s Flock in Elgin, TX, and an herbalist. She is also a 200 hr Trauma-Informed Registered Yoga Teacher.

As someone who spends her time outside stewarding the land, Ailisha is most excited to connect with Travis County Park staff to organize volunteers for TCPF’s Park Stewards Program. She will be bringing programming that integrates land stewardship, healing-centered engagement, and land-based education in our Travis County Parks to develop lifelong stewards of our TC Parks.

Can't make this event but still keenly interested in the topic? No worries... look for a recording of the presentation posted to the Austin Group's YouTube channel within about one week.