Education & Community Learning

Reframing Conservation Through Education & Compassion

At Women for Wolves, education is at the heart of everything we do. Our programs reach students, educators, communities, and leaders through science-based learning, Indigenous knowledge, storytelling, and culture. Together, we are shaping a future for California’s Wolves rooted in compassion, coexistence, and care.

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Impact to Date

📚 17+ million people reached annually through education and storytelling

🐺 1,000+ students engaged through school programs and youth partnerships

🤝 Educational partnerships with Indigenous communities, including the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians & Earth Daughters Org

🌱 Youth, educators, and community leaders empowered and engaged with

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1. Book Us to Speak: School & Community Programs

California Wolves & coexistence

We offer engaging, age-appropriate educational programs designed to inform, inspire, and foster coexistence and compassionate conservation.

Programs are available for:

• Elementary schools

• Middle & high schools

• Colleges & universities

• Community groups, libraries, and nonprofits

Programs focus on:

• California wolf history & recovery

• Debunking myths and fear-based narratives

• Wolves as keystone species

• Coexistence, compassion, and ecology

• Indigenous perspectives on wolves and land stewardship

📍 Based in Sacramento Region | Available virtually

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2. Educational Kits (for all ages): download our ‘lolla’ kit

Honoring Indigenous Land and wild wolves

LOLLA means “wolf” in Nisenan, the language of the Indigenous people of El Dorado County and surrounding Northern California territories of which our sanctuary is located on, and where wild wolves are recolonizing.

Our LOLLA educational kits honor Indigenous landscapes and ways of knowing while grounding wolf education in science, ecology, and coexistence.

These kits explore the past, present, and future of wolves in California, combining science, storytelling, and reflection.

Each kit is tailored by age group (includes elementary school, middle school, highschool , & adult /college levels)

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3. Book Club

Learning Together Through Story

Our book club creates space for shared learning, dialogue, and reflection around wolves, ecology, Indigenous knowledge, women’s leadership, and reimagining conservation.

Books:

• Gathering Moss

• Wild Souls

• Women Who Run With Wolves

• Growing Papaya Trees

• Once There Were Wolves

4. wolf & wolf-dog awareness

What Is a Wolf-Dog?
Understanding wolf-dogs, why they exist, and why sanctuaries matter

California Wolves
Native species, history of extermination, return, and current recovery

Wild Wolf Conservation
Wolves as keystone species and why coexistence works

Busting Wolf Myths
No “alpha” wolves, no targeting people, no killing for sport

Indigenous Knowledge & Wolves
Land stewardship as relationship, not domination

Women, Wolves & Rewilding
Healing, leadership, and restoring balance

Why It All Connects
What happens to the wolf happens to ecosystems — and to us

5. Digital Education & Social Media

Education also lives online. Through @womenforwolves, we reach millions with science-based, culturally grounded education about wolves, wildlife, and coexistence.

Our digital education includes:

• Myth-busting wolf facts

• Policy and conservation explainers

• Indigenous perspectives

• Storytelling and visual education

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