这个月, BRWIA采访了娜塔莉·福尔曼, who is a new member that joined BRWIA on the last day of 2018 as she was, "intent on wrapping up the year with positive momentum." We are proud to have Natalie on our team because of her enthusiasm and dedication to supporting social and environmental justice. Natalie Foreman was born and raised in 科罗拉多州 and loves living in mountain towns. A few of her favorite places she has called home are Glenwood Springs and Durango, 科罗拉多州, 和新帕尔茨, 纽约. Boone, North Carolina, is right up there, of course, and she has lived in the area since 2001. This is the longest stretch Natalie has ever stayed in one place. She has been working as an editor for McFarland Publishers in Jefferson, NC for almost fifteen years. This summer McFarland will celebrate its 40th anniversary and they now publish over 300 nonfiction books per year on a wide variety of subjects. Working at McFarland seems to be a perfect fit for Natalie as an English major and a lifelong bibliovore. 你最大的成就是什么? 工作之余你的爱好是什么?
Having a close relationship with my thirteen-year-old daughter, 艾娃, 是我最令人满意的成就之一吗. Right now our biggest challenge is trying to figure out reasonable boundaries around the use of digital media, which we have drastically different opinions about. We’re navigating the tricky terrain familiar to all parents, 比如决定上网多长时间算太多, and trying to find reasonable a balance between sheer entertainment and goal-oriented engagement. I feel pretty strongly that my daughter's generation has so much to bring to the table regarding the potential for using social media to advocate for change. I'm finding it may be more persuasive to lead by example than trying to compel her to take a stand. In my free time I get outside as often as possible. I love hiking even more now that I’m accompanied by our new dog, Milo. He’s a lab/border collie mix and we both love exploring the woods. Milo is my first exposure to border collies and I’m in awe of his intelligence, speed and agility. Watching him run at full speed is to witness poetry in motion, something 艾娃 points out that I’ve said at least 500 times in the month and a half that we’ve had him. 你加入BRWIA多久了? 我是BRWIA的新成员. 我是在2018年底注册的, 12月31日, intent on wrapping up the year with positive momentum. 你最初是怎么听说BRWIA的? BRWIA first came on my radar several years ago when I found out about their work at local schools with the “Lettuce Learn” gardening program. 最近, I was inspired to learn about their involvement in helping to establish seed libraries at the Ashe and Watauga County libraries. 这样的实践给我留下了深刻的印象, community-driven response to the corporate attempt to lay claim to the domain of seeds. 你为什么选择成为BRWIA会员? I decided to become a member as a way to financially support BRWIA’s many awesome programs and to get more directly involved with my community. I’m particularly interested in becoming more actively involved in fighting hunger in this region. It’s unconscionable that people are going hungry in a country where food is regularly wasted in most homes and businesses, and I’m eager to be a part of BRWIA’s efforts to address that issue at a systemic level. 你会鼓励其他人加入BRWIA吗? What do you think BRWIA brings to the local community? I would absolutely encourage everyone to support BRWIA. 聚集人们谈论食物, 无论是在食品峰会上, or while dining at The Farm to Plate Dinner Series, gets people thinking about food in new and innovative ways. 我喜欢F背后的精神.A.R.M咖啡馆,我更兴奋的是F.A.R.M. Cafe 's Full Circle Program, which reroutes food that would have been wasted to being incorporated into meals and distributed to people who need it. Do you have any favorite memories or stories associated with being a BRWIA member? Being new to membership my memories and stories are yet to evolve, 但要靠我的积极追求. I look forward to regularly ordering some groceries from the Food Hub and to attending some of the Farm to Plate events. I love eating out in good restaurants and BRWIA has joined forces with some of the best in the area in this series. Do you have any favorite/inspirational quotes that you would like featured in the article? There is an optimistic quote attributed to the folk singer Pete Seeger that sums up the motivating force that prompted me to get involved with wonderful local organizations like BRWIA and Appalachian Voices, both of which are making steady inroads toward resolving the most significant issues of social and environmental justice in this region: “Participation - that’s what’s gonna save the human race.” BRWIA的工作提供了这样的安慰. Their efforts and accomplishments make this world seem like a more sane place populated by decent, 有爱心的人. |