Roots & Shoots Youth Council Member Page

Your portal to all things 2025 RSYC USA!

2025 RSYC Member Info

Welcome to 2025 with the Roots & Shoots Youth Council USA! Thank you for your commitment to making positive change happen—for humans, for animals, and for the environment we all share.

This webpage is a one-stop introduction to JGI, Roots & Shoots USA, and your role on the Council. There is great info for both returning and new members. Take some time to absorb it all and don’t hesitate to reach out with questions!

Roots & Shoots Mission

To foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for animals, people, and the environment.

Especially for New Members

New members, the checklist below is your guide to completing your first responsibilities as a member of the 2025 RSYC.  Over the next week, return to Submittable to fill out our RSYC Member Info form. Deadline is January 9th at 4:00 pm ET.

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Great for New & Returning Members

Keep scrolling for good info and handy links to help you have a productive RSYC year!

  • Roots & Shoots staff contact info
  • RSYC position description, outlining benefits and expectations
  • Meeting calendar
  • Staying in touch
  • Handy links, including the public RSYC page and pages about Jane, JGI, and Roots & Shoots

RSYC Hours Tracker

Roots & Shoots USA Contact Info

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Position Description

Joining Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Youth Council USA is a commitment of time and energy. Please read the position description carefully to understand your responsibilities as a member of the RSYC.
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RSYC Meetings

Roots & Shoots Youth Council meetings are held via Zoom twice per month and are approximately one hour in duration. Participation in at least 75% of meetings is mandatory for all RSYC members. If you cannot make a meeting, contact Kathleen at least a day in advance. Meeting dates can change due to unforeseen circumstances or opportunities. We strive to give you plenty of notice of meeting date changes.
Get 2025 Calendar!

Staying in Touch

Roots & Shoots Youth Council members are located throughout the United States in different time zones, which can be a challenge! To keep in touch, we use email, text, GroupMe messaging, a Google Group listserv and Zoom videoconferencing.

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Meetings via Zoom

For our bi-weekly meetings, we use Zoom videoconferencing. You will
receive the Zoom link and a meeting agenda prior to each meeting. Our
meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Monday and the 4th Thursday of the month.

Zoom meetings are 1 hour

~ 2nd Monday and 4th Thursday of every month at 9pm EST ~

The RSYC has two required meetings a month, plus occasional Social Pop-Up calls, which are optional.

Update Meetings: Just for members of the Youth Council and R&S staff, these meetings consist of project sharing sessions with updates from JGI headquarters, so come ready to share!

Professional Development Webinars: Current Council members, JGI staff, and occasionally Youth Council alumni are invited to our Professional Development webinars. Focused on skills development, exploring careers and global issues, these meetings are generally led by invited guest experts and moderated by a Youth Leader.

Collaboration Meetings: Planning and work sessions for Council-wide projects and campaigns.

Communication Tools
EMAIL We use Google Group listserv as our main communication tool. Any messages posted to the list will go directly to your email, and you can reply to the message from your email. Joining our Google listserv is mandatory. We expect you to post and respond to messages. Roots & Shoots staff will add you directly.

Here’s the address: 2025-rs-youth-council@googlegroups.com. Please add this email to your contacts and safe senders lists (otherwise these messages end up in spam/junk folders). Also feel free to use it to communicate with the whole group!

TEXT We occasionally reach out by text for urgent matters or a quick, timely update. You have the option to opt out of receiving texts from R&S staff.

GROUP MESSAGING We also use GroupMe messaging to grab your attention! It is particularly useful when we are together in-person at the Summit or another R&S event. You can opt out of these messages.

Meet the 2025 Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Youth Council USA

This is an incredible team of passionate young people! New member bios will be added in January 2025.
Meet the RSYC

New Member Information

New RSYC members, you should have received an email in December from Submittable with a link to the 2025 RSYC Council Info form.
Please log in to Submittable to fill it out. It must be completed by January 9, 2025.

Items requested include:
• Parental consent (for those under 18)
• Information for your online bio
• A headshot picture for our website
• JGI Likeness Release
• Some demographic info

We’re excited to use this information to share about you and to introduce the 2025 RSYC to the entire JGI network via social media, a blog post and the RSYC webpage.

Access JGI Likeness Release PDF here

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