NALGEP
and the Florida Brownfields Association's EJ and Outreach Committees are pleased
to collaborate on an Environmental Justice Workshop on Wednesday, August 28th in
East Tampa, Florida. The workshop will feature a variety of topics related to
addressing environmental justice, including:
- improving access to healthcare through brownfields redevelopment
- responses to environmental injustice - how to be heard locally and nationally
- economic justice, job creation, and community transformation
- health disparities - the untold story
- food deserts / community gardens / urban agriculture
- tools for effective community engagement and empowerment
- brownfields resource support - private/public/federal/state
- successes and challenges
The
workshop is from 9:00 am to 3:30pm at the Ragan Park Community Center. If you
can't get to Tampa, the workshop will be available via webinar. For more
information and to register, click here.