March offers a variety of virtual programs for volunteers to learn, reconnect, and reflect. Please mark your calendars for these upcoming sessions in March. We look forward to seeing you online in the coming weeks.
Hillwood Huddle | Monday, March 15 (3 p.m.)
During this 30-minute informal session, volunteers and staff will have the opportunity to reconnect virtually with one another over Zoom and share their passion for all things Hillwood. Participants will be divided into smaller breakout rooms. Halfway through the 30-minute program, the breakout rooms will be “reshuffled,” allowing volunteers to mix and mingle with a larger number of volunteers.
Advance registration is required. Click here to register for the upcoming Hillwood Huddle. Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive via email the Zoom link and meeting instructions.
Horticulture Happenings: A Virtual Garden Update | Tuesday, March 23 (10:30 a.m.)
Join Jessica Bonilla, director of horticulture, for her annual recap of the last few months and a look ahead at all the exciting projects coming to the garden in 2021. All volunteers are invited to attend and we look forward to gathering with you virtually. A Zoom link with the meeting instructions will be emailed closer to the event date.
Unconscious Bias | Friday, March 26 (2 p.m.)
As part of Hillwood’s staff and volunteer engagement goals, we are pleased to offer the interactive webinar offered through a third party contracted by Hillwood.
Given today’s current crisis situation, we must start with our own self-awareness. Are we on top of our biases, or might we be harboring some prejudices that lie outside of our awareness? This program will define unconscious bias and give us a framework in which to understand it. With numerous discussion opportunities, participants will explore biases, examine the conflict that arises between one’s natural inclination to categorize and the conscious drive towards diversity, look at how unconscious bias is measured and identify ways to overcome these biases.
To RSVP for the webinar, please complete this short survey. The webinar link and information will be shared via email.
Archived Lecture Videos
Missed a lecture? Visit the volunteer website and catch up on past Hillwood lectures.