 covid19 sharing responses webinars covid19 sharing responses webinars rhianon fri 9252020 1454 fri 9252020 1200 posted by the goodpush team we ve been hosting covid19 sharing webinars with staff from 30 other social skateboarding projects to discuss and share on how everyone is coping with the coronavirus crisis globally watch recordings here webinar opportunities organizational development all of us are affected to some degree by the current coronavirus pandemic most of our regular skateboardingbased programs have been put on hold we re unsure about how to keep staff and volunteers involved postponing events and concerned about fundraising and amidst all of this we are trying to adapt to stay connected to our communities and children or youth that we work with this is a situation that we have never encountered before and we are all facing it together we wanted to take this unique chance to organize informal webinars for the global goodpush community to invite you to talk about your current challenges and how you are finding ways to respond to this new reality see the recordings and recaps below  you can register to join future webinars here  webinar 1 coping with covid april 16  the goodpush alliance hosted a covid19 sharing webinar with more than 40 staff from 25 social skateboarding projects to discuss and share on how everyone is coping with the coronavirus crisis globally special guests were skateistan s programs officer in northern afghanistan noorzai ibrahimi and skateistan south africa country manager mbali mthethwa we had an awesome discussion and there were some great ideas for collaboration here s some of the key takeaways the importance of our staff and volunteers looking after their own wellbeing before focusing on supporting their participants that many of our projects provide valuable social connection and roll models for kids that we serve even when our usual skateboarding programs can t happen while different contexts affect how we can adapt our programs for example the level of internet access participants have we also share many common challenges and solutions these unique circumstances have made many social skate project more open and available for collaboration since for the first time this is just as easy to do across distances as it is within our own cities and we will be able to adapt our programs more quickly if we work together you can watch the recording below  webinar 2 adapting skate programs to covid april 30  we heard from guest speakers kristin ebeling skate like a girl and talia kaufman skateistan who talked a bit about their ideas for adapting skate programs for new socialdistancing and hygiene rules postlockdown there were over 50 people in attendance representing social skateboarding projects from all around the world you can read some of the ideas that came up on this jamboard  and you can watch the webinar recording below  webinar 3 mutual aid may 14  the suggested topic was mutual aid within this group and within our local communities how can we share our resources knowledge to help each other out during these times our special guest was will ascott cofounder of free movement you can watch the webinar recording below  webinar 4 curriculum in covid june 4  the topic was  curriculum in covid both irl social distancing skate curriculum and digital curriculum screen and nonscreen  we talked about how we can work together and combine efforts plus best ways for sharing curriculum  with special guests  francisco vinho founder maputo skate mozambique nanja van rijsse cofounder women skate the world netherlands matthew ratliff skatepark director the bay usa  webinar 5 fundraising june 25  the topic was  fundraising for social skate projects this super informative session featured skateistan s development director felix spowage  who covered fundraising basics for social skate projects diversifying income fundraising plans and reaching out fundraising and covid19 tricks and tips q a you can watch the webinar recording below  webinar 6 antiracism august 20  the topic was  antiracism in social skate projects  we shared we ve been doing in support of black lives matters and against structural oppression as well as ideas for actions and next steps we can take together recording is below special guests sandy alibo founder surf ghana mbali mthethwa general manager skateistan south africa talia kaufman programs director skateistan webinar 7 antiracism followup 24 september  the topic was  followup on antiracism action by social skateboarding projects for this goodpush webinar we tried a bit of a different format and split into smaller breakout groups to share and come up with ideas for antiracism action and greater inclusion at 3 different levels our programs our organizational structures the wider nonprofit sector and skate industry we then came back together to share takeaways and come up with some joint actions we can take to fight structural racism within our skate projects 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