Rayonier Welcomes Terry Baker and Sam Cook for Employee Education Event
Rayonier Welcomes Terry Baker and Sam Cook for Employee Education Event
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 15, 2024 / Rayonier:
Originally published on Rayonier.com
Rayonier was honored to welcome Terry Baker and Sam Cook to speak to Rayonier employees recently about their experiences as black leaders in the forestry industry. The table talk was one of Rayonier's DEI education events in celebration of Black History Month.
Terry is CEO of the Society of American Foresters and Sam is NC State University's executive director of Forest Assets and VP of the Natural Resources Foundation for the College of Natural Resources. Both of them shared personal stories from their careers and lessons they have learned. Then they answered questions from the audience.
Terry explained that it can be difficult for students of color to enter a profession in which there are few leaders that look like them, which contributed to his decision to take the helm at SAF. In fact, he recalled, a black student on a Zoom call actually began to cry when he saw that Terry also was black.
"He was in that level of shock because the last face he expected to see was one with a similar skin tone to his."
Asked how to reach the younger generation and inspire them to consider forestry, Terry advised, "Show up where they are, make that intentional effort to be in their space and to ask them questions about themselves, who they are and what their aspirations are."
Sam agreed, adding, "I feel a responsibility to get kids to recognize that there is a career in this space for them. There's not one person that would come to me that I don't find a way to help. Kids are just looking for an opportunity to sit down and have that conversation."
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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 15, 2024 / Rayonier:
馬薩諸塞州北安普敦/ACCESSWIRE/2024 年 3 月 15 日/Rayonier:
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Rayonier was honored to welcome Terry Baker and Sam Cook to speak to Rayonier employees recently about their experiences as black leaders in the forestry industry. The table talk was one of Rayonier's DEI education events in celebration of Black History Month.
雷奧尼爾很榮幸地歡迎特里·貝克和山姆·庫克最近與雷奧尼爾員工交談,講述他們作爲林業行業黑人領袖的經歷。桌上談話是雷奧尼爾爲慶祝黑人歷史月而舉辦的DEI教育活動之一。
Terry is CEO of the Society of American Foresters and Sam is NC State University's executive director of Forest Assets and VP of the Natural Resources Foundation for the College of Natural Resources. Both of them shared personal stories from their careers and lessons they have learned. Then they answered questions from the audience.
特里是美國林業家協會首席執行官,山姆是北卡羅來納州立大學森林資產執行董事兼自然資源學院自然資源基金會副總裁。他們倆都分享了自己的職業生涯中的個人故事和吸取的經驗教訓。然後他們回答了觀衆的問題。
Terry explained that it can be difficult for students of color to enter a profession in which there are few leaders that look like them, which contributed to his decision to take the helm at SAF. In fact, he recalled, a black student on a Zoom call actually began to cry when he saw that Terry also was black.
特里解釋說,有色人種學生可能很難進入一個長得像他們的領導者的職業,這促使他決定掌管SAF。實際上,他回憶說,Zoom通話中的一個黑人學生看到Terry也是黑人時,實際上開始哭了。
"He was in that level of shock because the last face he expected to see was one with a similar skin tone to his."
“他之所以感到震驚,是因爲他期望看到的最後一張臉是與他膚色相似的臉。”
Asked how to reach the younger generation and inspire them to consider forestry, Terry advised, "Show up where they are, make that intentional effort to be in their space and to ask them questions about themselves, who they are and what their aspirations are."
當被問及如何接觸年輕一代並激勵他們考慮林業時,Terry 建議:“展現他們的現狀,刻意努力進入他們的空間,向他們詢問有關自己、他們是誰以及他們的願望是什麼的問題。”
Sam agreed, adding, "I feel a responsibility to get kids to recognize that there is a career in this space for them. There's not one person that would come to me that I don't find a way to help. Kids are just looking for an opportunity to sit down and have that conversation."
山姆表示同意,並補充說:“我有責任讓孩子們意識到在這個領域有自己的職業生涯。沒有一個人會來找我,說我找不到幫助的方法。孩子們只是在尋找機會坐下來聊一聊。”
View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Rayonier on 3blmedia.com.
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