Highlights from Jane Goodall Lecture at New Roads School Santa Monica, CA

Jane Goodall Lecture Highlights at New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA

From New Roads School: Yesterday’s conversation with legendary primatologist, conservationist, activist, humanitarian peacemaker, and founder of Roots & Shoots Dr. Jane Goodall was the first of a series of projects that New Roads will lead to foster peace in our world and support our community as messengers of peace. We salute and thank Class of 2011 alumni parent and Co-Founder and CEO of Environmental Research Advocates (ERA Science) Denise Avchen for her invaluable work in connecting New Roads with Dr. Goodall to launch these peace initiatives. We’ll be announcing more transformational peace projects in the coming days and weeks – stay tuned!

The discussion was incredible and made a huge impact on our students and teachers!

Inspired by our recent event with Dr. Jane Goodall, New Roads is proud to announce the creation of New Roads School Roots & Shoots, the Messengers of Peace initiative. All members of our community – students, teachers, staff and parents – are Messengers of Peace who can act upon and carry forward to other domains actions to foster peace led by elementary, middle and high school student Ambassadors of Peace.

Thank you for bringing Dr. Goodall to New Roads and for inspiring the transformational peace initiatives!

Denise Avchen and the ERAscience team is thrilled that Jane’s New Roads visit was so meaningful and also thrilled to have collaborated in the initial development of New Roads’ exciting peace initiatives in 2021.

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