Category: State News

This video features a short interview with Ivette is the founder and CEO of Allies In Caring, Inc., a Hammonton-based nonprofit organization providing mental health counseling and educational services to Latino, deaf and other undeserved populations. As a Mexican-born child of deaf parents, Guillermo-McGahee has a deep understanding of the abilities and strengths in people rather than their deficits or illnesses. Ivette is also on the Board of Trustees at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance.

Check out this video and hear from advocates on the need for accessible nature sites and the criteria needed for creating and promoting these areas to the public. In this video, volunteers are evaluating the Blue Trail at Evesham Townships Black Run Preserve for accessibility for all persons.

The inaugural zoom meeting provided a tutorial of the www.AccessNatureNJ.org website. We covered use of the mobile website, how to personally update information and we took feedback for improvements. More information about this project can be found at www.pinelandsalliance.org/the-pinelands-is-for-everyone/access-nature-forum/

In this insightful video from accessibility advocate Charlotte Borgersen she expresses what is needed when considering an accessible trail for her and others with mobility concerns. The video was taken at Pemberton Twp. Pemberton Lake where we have been working with the township to make accessibility improvements to the nature trail.

In this forum we hear from Matthew von der Hayden Township Administrator / Director of Water & Sewer Utility for the Township of Stafford. Matt discusses the process that the twp. underwent in order to establish and accessible nature trail at the townships Forecastle Basin.

In this forum we hear from Maayan Ziv, founder of AccessNow initiative. Diving into the initiatives goals, collaborations and ways to get involved. Exploring their cell-phone application for exploring trails and open space.