EPA Environmental Justice and Systemic Racism Speaker Series: Featuring the Climate Safe Neighborhood Partnership

Redlining data was key to Groundwork Trusts’ community organizing efforts to secure climate provisions in Richmond, Virginia’s master plan, green infrastructure in Elizabeth, NJ, and other public policy advances. Linking evidence of structural racism to current environmental conditions provides a powerful tool for communities working for transformative change.

Learn about the Climate Safe Neighborhoods Partnership and how youth in two of Groundwork’s Trusts, Groundwork Hudson Valley, and Groundwork Richmond, VA, and other places are leading the way in working closely with residents and stakeholders to organize, mobilize, and effect systems change to make communities more resilient to extreme heat and flooding.

Speakers:

• Cate Mingoya, Groundwork USA
• Melissa Guevara, Groundwork Richmond, Virginia
• Victor Medina, Groundwork Hudson Valley
• Moderated by Charles Lee, Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Justice, EPA

Date and Time: May 5, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST

Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-safe-neighborhoods-partnership-tickets-148489944421

For more information, please visit the session registration page or contact Charles Lee (lee.charles@epa.gov) or Sabrina Johnson (johnson.sabrina@epa.gov).