From
August 23-26, GCM represented by Denny Larson, is participating in the fourth national
environmental justice conference in Detroit, Michigan which is sponsored by
EPA. The conference has drawn an expected 500 participants. On Thursday, Denny
will be a moderator for the session on “Community
Capacity Building: Building Successful and Strategic Collaborations to Achieve
your Organizational Mission” and he will also be presenting our poster
on “How the Bucket Brigade Changes the
Power Dynamic for Communities”.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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Columbus Ballroom 9:00 am
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Welcome and Conference Overview
Columbus
Moderator: Gregory Green (EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards)
Lisa Garcia (EPA, Office of the
Administrator)
Chip Hughes (National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences)
Chris Brown (City of Detroit Chief
Operating Officer)
Dr. Martha S. Vela Acosta (The
Kresge Foundation) - Invited
Donele Wilkins (Greendoor
Initiative)
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9:45 am
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Keynote Speaker
Lisa P. Jackson (EPA
Administrator) - Invited
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10:00 am
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Progress Reporting on Key
Community Issues
Laura McKelvey (EPA, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards)
Dr. Beverly Wright (Dillard
University Deep South Center for Environmental Justice) Chip Hughes (National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
Peggy Shepard (WE ACT for
Environmental Justice)
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10:30 am
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BREAK
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10:50 am
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Federal Government Priorities
& Accomplishments
Moderator: Vernice Miller--Travis (Maryland Commission on
Environmental Justice and
Sustainable Communities)
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Federal Leaders and Community
Respondents Panel
Janet McCabe (EPA, Office of Air
and Radiation)
Hilton Kelley (Community In-Power
and Development Association)
Cynthia Giles (EPA, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance)
Richard Moore (Southwest Network
for Economics & Environmental Justice, Los Jardines Institute)
Mathy Stanislaus (EPA, Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response)
Kim Wasserman-Nieto (Little
Village Environmental Justice Organization)
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11:00 am
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WORKING LUNCH Ambassador Salon
2&3
Moderator: Donele Wilkins (Greendoor Initiative)
Opening Remarks: Dr. Martha S. Vela Acosta (The Kresge Foundation) - Invited
Guest Speakers: Grace Lee Boggs and Bunyan Bryant
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Track I: Community Capacity
Building
This track will provide information
to community-based organizations to help strengthen their internal and external
organizational infrastructure. The panelists will share practical tips,
examples, lessons learned, and success stories. Participants will have the
opportunity to engage with national experts and service providers who will
share strategies, tools and resources. Participants will also have an
opportunity to engage in peer-to-peer learning in the following topic areas:
Building Successful and Strategic Coalitions, Strategic Planning and Fiscal
Sustainability, and Intergenerational Relationships.
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Track I: Community Capacity
Building: Building Successful and Strategic Collaborations to
Achieve your Organizational Mission (classroom:
Brule A&B)
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Session Overview: This session focuses on building the right coalition for
your organization’s mission and vision by exploring unusual and
non-traditional connections, consequence of the wrong partnerships, and
enlisting support from businesses, industry, state, local, and elected
government officials. Speaker
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Organization
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Topic Area
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Vernice Miller-Travis
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Maryland Commission on
Environmental Justice & Sustainable Communities
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Moderator, Q&A
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Sara Pesek
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Environmental Finance
Center-University of Syracuse
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Moderator, Q&A
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Denny Larson
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Global Community Monitor
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Moderator, Q&A
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Carl Lindquist
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Superior Watershed
Partnership/Earth Keepers
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Faith-Based Partnerships
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Mildred Wiley
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Bethel New Life
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Faith-Based Leadership for
Sustainable Community Renewal
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Hilton Kelley
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Community In-power and Development
Association
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Successful Community Engagement
With the Private Sector
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Savi Horne
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Land Loss Prevention Project
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Building Support for Rural and
Agricultural Communities
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Scot Spencer
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Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Community/Philanthropy
Partnerships
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The Southwest side Tour Includes
the Following Sites:
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Ambassador Bridge
Detroit Lime
Marathon Oil
Sewage Incinerator
Sybill Oil
New Beard School
Zug Island (Honeywell & US
Steel)
Clark Park
West Vernor Business strip
St. Anne de Detroit
Bridge plaza, Welcome Center
Corktown Community
DelRay Senior Housing
Murals in neighborhoods
Motorcity Makeover
Mexicantown
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Melissa Damaschke
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Sierra Club
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Moderator, Q&A: Janet Phoenix, Coalition for Environmentally Safe
Communities
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Andrienne Crawford
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Resident of Pleasant St. Community
in 48217-Detroit
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Lisa Goldstein
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Southwest Detroit Environmental
Vision
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Case Study 4:
“The Hole:” The Liebold/Pleasant
Community in Detroit
The community is impacted by a
wastewater treatment plant, demolition and construction of nearby bridges and
highways, and some of the heaviest concentration of industry in the Midwest.
One of the issues is toxic gases seeping into homes from the basement sewer
lines, which one resident identified by taking an air sample inside of her
home with her bucket from Global Community Monitoring.
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Dr. Martha S.
Vela Acosta - Invited
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The Kresge Foundation
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Healthy Homes in Detroit: A New
Model
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David D. Fukuzawa
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The Kresge Foundation
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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Classroom: Cabot
1. Texas Healthy Port
Communities Network, Air Alliance Houston, Presenter: Matthew S. Tejada,
PhD
2. Effective Community
Engagement and Capacity Building, Environmental Justice Toolkit Project,
Presenter: Glenn Robinson
3. How the Bucket Brigade
Changes the Power Dynamic for Communities,
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Global Community Monitor,
Presenter: Denny Larson
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The
Full Agenda can be downloaded at: EJ Conference Agenda |
