if you know anything about planet forward, it\u2019s that we educate students about the power and importance of telling diverse stories around sustainability and science \u2014 and the entire web of topics and issues that take root there \u2014 with a focus on engaging a conversation with the next generation of leaders for our planet.<\/p>\n
one of our neighbors here at gw, the north america office of the food and agriculture organization of the united nations, has long been a supporter of this mission.<\/p>\n
together, we\u2019ve taken exceptional students to report from the world food prize in iowa, and to fao headquarters in rome for world food day at the committee on world food security. since the pandemic limited our ability to offer these travel-based experiential learning opportunities, we had to get creative.<\/p>\n
now, i am thrilled to announce our first ever planet forward-fao storytelling summer fellowship, through which four students will produce stories in any medium at the nexus of food security, agriculture, and nutrition, and work under the guidance of gw\u2019s national geographic professor of science communication, lisa palmer.<\/p>\n
allow me to introduce our 2021 storytelling summer fellows:<\/p>\n
\u2022 sejal govindarao<\/strong> is a rising sophomore studying political communication at george washington university. sejal is based in the san francisco bay area and will be reporting on minority communities there.<\/p>\n \u2022 terrius harris<\/strong>, who is currently pursuing his master’s of legal studies for indigenous peoples law at university of oklahoma, is a previous storyfest winner, a past senior planet 世界杯欧洲预选赛免费直播
, and previously traveled with planet forward to the committee on world food security in 2018. terrius will be reporting from oahu, hawaii, on indigenous population\u2019s access to food.<\/p>\n \u2022 jules struck<\/strong>, <\/strong>from emerson college and who is pursuing a master\u2019s degree in journalism, will be reporting from the boston, massachusetts, area.<\/p>\n \u2022 benjamin thomas<\/strong>, a junior studying environmental studies at franklin & marshall college, will be reporting from a sustainable farm in havre de grace, maryland.<\/p>\n our fellows begin june 7, and while stories will be completed this summer, the fellowship will culminate with events surrounding world food day in october. keep an eye on planetforward.org and our social media accounts for more from and about these amazing students!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" four students will produce stories at the nexus of food security, agriculture, and nutrition, and work under the guidance of gw\u2019s national geographic professor of science communication, lisa palmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8596,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4902,4896],"tags":[112,374,321,161,355,245,821,322,4114],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colleges-education","category-food","tag-agriculture","tag-fao","tag-fellowship","tag-food-access","tag-hunger","tag-nutrition","tag-planet-forward","tag-storytelling","tag-un_fao"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n