From Sam Burgess via Sylvia Plummer, January 9, 2014
This is an important
conversation about ports--and by extension their impact on our specific
issue of the South I-710 expansion & the North SR-710 extension. If
you are interested in participating in this Webinar you must make a
reservation. See details below:
Subject: You're invited to National Conversation on Ports with Port Stakeholders Jan 14
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Dear Moving Forward Network,
We invite you to participate in this upcoming online meeting hosted by
the Environmental Protection Agency which features many of our Network
members:
- Andrea Hricko, University of Southern California
- Angelo Logan, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
- Amy Goldsmith, New Jersey Environmental Federation, Clean Water Action & Clean Water Fund/Coalition for Healthy Ports
- Herbert Frasier-Rahim, Low Country Alliance for Model Communities
- Juan Parras, Director, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services
- Penny Newman, Coalition for Community Action for Environmental Justice
In addition, there will be speakers from other coalitions as well as the
EPA. The webinar will include discussion and a Q&A session, so we
invite you to join in! Below is the EPA message with information and
the link to register.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency cordially invites you to participate in our “ National Conversation on Ports with Port Stakeholders” Tuesday, January 14, 2014 from 12:30 to 2:30PM EST ( 9:30 AM Pacific time / 11:30 AM Central time).
This event is the second of three virtual meetings facilitated by the
U.S. EPA to bring together key port stakeholders to explore options to
improve the environmental profile of ports while protecting community
health and supporting economic growth.
The theme of this webinar is “Goods Movement and Ports: Community Impacts and Collaborative Solutions.” Moving
Forward Network and the Brooklyn-Curtis Bay Coalition will provide
examples of engagement between port facilities and nearby communities.
Andrea Hricko, of the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern
California, will describe community health impacts and present current
research findings.
U.S. EPA convened this National Conversation on Ports to hear
directly from the organizations and stakeholders with the greatest
interest in ports about the challenges, concerns, and opportunities
within the ports sector. The insights and lessons gleaned from these
meetings will help EPA develop a comprehensive and valuable agenda for a
National Ports Stakeholder Summit, scheduled for April 8, 2014 in
Baltimore, Maryland.
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