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West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Environmental Education Programs include activities such as the WAWA Wednesdays Homeschool Program, Mid Week Volunteer Service, and O-Camps Open House. Participants can take part in events and workshops like the Compost and Aquaponics Workshop, Power Tools Workshop, Pollinator Plant Giveaway, 5th Saturday Hike featuring Dr. Denzell Cross, and the Mayor's Summer Reading Program. The program also offers events such as the Open House: Outdoor Activity Center and LostInTheLetters with Saretta Morgan.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
The programs are facilitated by the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, whose mission is to improve the quality of life within the West Atlanta Watershed by protecting, preserving, and restoring the community’s natural resources. The leadership team includes Chanté Lively, Environmental Education Coordinator; Shantaé Shearer, Marketing & Communications Director; Quanda Spencer, Environmental Scientist & Volunteer Services Coordinator; Ari Holt, Business Development Manager; and Janelle Wright, Environmental Justice Programs Manager. The programs are part of broader community efforts, including work supported by a grant from the USDA Forest Service for the Atlanta Children’s Forest Network and collaboration with the Georgia Tech Vertically Integrated Project: Building for Equity and Sustainability to create an outdoor classroom that draws influence from Afrofuturism. West Atlanta Watershed Alliance represents African American neighborhoods in Northwest and Southwest Atlanta that are most inundated with environmental stressors and co-created the Proctor Creek Stewardship Council, which consists of residents and volunteers who lead stewardship activities in various parts of the watershed. Through an MOU with the City of Atlanta Bureau of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance operates the Outdoor Activity Center and co-stewards Cascade Springs Nature Preserve and Lionel Hampton Beecher Park. The organization’s symbol is WAWA Aba, or “Seed of the WAWA Tree,” a West African Adinkra symbol of hardiness, toughness, and perseverance.
Last updated April 26, 2026.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
The programs are facilitated by the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, whose mission is to improve the quality of life within the West Atlanta Watershed by protecting, preserving, and restoring the community’s natural resources. The leadership team includes Chanté Lively, Environmental Education Coordinator; Shantaé Shearer, Marketing & Communications Director; Quanda Spencer, Environmental Scientist & Volunteer Services Coordinator; Ari Holt, Business Development Manager; and Janelle Wright, Environmental Justice Programs Manager. The programs are part of broader community efforts, including work supported by a grant from the USDA Forest Service for the Atlanta Children’s Forest Network and collaboration with the Georgia Tech Vertically Integrated Project: Building for Equity and Sustainability to create an outdoor classroom that draws influence from Afrofuturism. West Atlanta Watershed Alliance represents African American neighborhoods in Northwest and Southwest Atlanta that are most inundated with environmental stressors and co-created the Proctor Creek Stewardship Council, which consists of residents and volunteers who lead stewardship activities in various parts of the watershed. Through an MOU with the City of Atlanta Bureau of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance operates the Outdoor Activity Center and co-stewards Cascade Springs Nature Preserve and Lionel Hampton Beecher Park. The organization’s symbol is WAWA Aba, or “Seed of the WAWA Tree,” a West African Adinkra symbol of hardiness, toughness, and perseverance.
Last updated April 26, 2026.
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