Arizona Convenings
for Advancing Sustainability Education
The Arizona Convening is a recurring statewide gathering of educators, community organizers, government agencies, businesses, and nonprofits dedicated to youth sustainability education and engagement. Hosted by RCE Greater Phoenix in partnership with ASU’s Global Futures Education Alliance, these convenings serve as the primary engine for building a statewide Collective Impact Network. Our goal is to ensure that every young person in Arizona can engage with global futures topics—such as sustainability, resilience, and opportunity—in ways that are relevant to their lives and communities.
What To Expect
Connect and Network
Meet educators, community leaders, nonprofits, agencies, and industry peers from across Arizona. Facilitated networking will help you map local assets, surface overlapping efforts, and form cross-sector teams.
Co-create A Vision
Define what high-quality, equitable youth sustainability engagement looks like across Arizona—inside classrooms and in communities. Capture a shared vision that local teams can adapt and advance.
Shared Measures
Collaborate on a practical set of indicators—student agency and skills, community impact, participation, and inclusion—so programs can assess progress in comparable ways.
Develop Action Plans
Join focused working groups to draft plans with owners, milestones, and needed supports. Topics include student-led projects, citizen science, AI for resilience education, and ecosystem mapping.
INFORMATION
What is a Collective Impact Network?
A Collective Impact Network brings organizations together to align efforts, build partnerships, and accelerate progress toward a common goal. This proposed Collective Impact Network would focus on ensuring that every young person in Arizona can engage with global futures topics such as sustainability, resilience, and opportunity.
GET INVOLVED
Why Attend?
This is an opportunity to:
Be part of a statewide effort to create meaningful change for Arizona’s youth.
Contribute your expertise and experience to shaping a collective vision.