{"id":1228,"date":"2025-01-20T19:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T19:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kansascity\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1228"},"modified":"2025-01-20T19:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T19:22:45","slug":"happy-hour-why-i-started-world-elephant-day","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/kansascity\/event\/happy-hour-why-i-started-world-elephant-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Hour: Why I Started World Elephant Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sponsored by the ESU Kansas City Branch<\/strong>
Filmmaker and conservationist, Patricia Sims, talks about her journey to create the annual global awareness campaign, World Elephant Day, which she founded in 2012. Through her photography of Asian and African elephants, Patricia portrays her conservation work with elephants, her documentaries about elephants, and her recent trip to Kenya to see how the impact of World Elephant Day has helped numerous conservation organizations protect these animals for more than a decade by creating a global movement to save elephants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a Happy Hour for the whole family. All ages will enjoy learning about Patricia\u2019s quest to save and protect elephants, the largest land mammals on earth. This ESU Happy Hour is sponsored by the ESU Kansas City Branch. ESU Happy Hour programs are online, free, and open to all members and the public. Registration is required. All ESU Happy Hours take place on Eastern time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Patricia Sims<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patricia Sims is an award-winning documentary director and producer who has always kept a passionate eye on conservation. As an independent producer, Patricia has directed documentaries around the world focusing on stories that merge art, science, nature, and the interrelationships between humans and animals. She has collaborated with some of the world\u2019s leading conservation celebrities, scientists and explorers, with a specialization in wildlife and oceanographic productions. Well-traveled in over twenty-five countries she has directed documentary features and series for Canadian and international networks, nonprofit organizations and the United Nations University. She is a Fellow International of The Explorers Club and Fellow at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. As a dedicated conservationist and impact producer, Patricia is the Founder of World Elephant Day, the annual global awareness day and campaign that brings attention to the critical threats facing elephants. Patricia is the Founder and Executive Director of World Elephant Society, the 501(c)(3) public charity for World Elephant Day. Patricia is also the President and Producer of her production company Canazwest Pictures, based in Victoria, BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cocktail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

French Martini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created in the late \u201980\u2019s in New York City, this is a fruit-forward twist on the classic martini.
1 \u00bd-ounces vodka
\u00bd-ounce Chambord
3\/4 ounces pineapple juice
A dash of lime juice
Lemon twist for garnish
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add vodka, Chambord and pineapple juice. Shake well. Strain into a 4-ounce martini glass and garnish with lemon twist.<\/p>\n\n\n

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