Growing Grassroots: Building Capacity for Environmental Justice Work
Region 4 Environmental Justice Virtual Workshop Series
The Environmental Justice virtual workshop series was created to forge collaborative relationships to benefit communities and promote sustainable growth. This series will build capacity for individuals and organizations working in underserved and disadvantaged communities to address their environmental and public health concerns and provide improved community-to- community networking and other communications between all stakeholders. There will be five sessions between May and November, with topics ranging from community digital mapping tools to water quality.
Webinar Resources
Steering Committee for Growing Grassroots Workshop Series
Donna Banks
Karen Sprayberry
Na’Taki Jelks-Osborne
Melissa Collier
Melanie Pearson
Yomi Noibi
Mildred McClain
Kirsten Bryant
Emily Donovan
Ernest Omar Muhammad
Lakeshia Robertson
Jennifer Tribble
Michelle King
Ronne Adkins
Keisha Long
Sonja Favors
Nina Morgan
Dawud Shabaka
Sheryl Good
Workshop One: Introduction to Online Mapping and Data Collection Tools to Help Your Community
Workshop One: Introduction to on-line mapping and data collection tools to help your community
Webinar Planning Team
Ravi Rao | Ntale Kajumba | Sharron Porter | Kamilah Carter | Brian Holtzclaw | La'Meshia Kaminski
Community Health Aligning Revitalization Resilience & Sustainability, Inc.
The Use of EJSCREEN Imagery and Data to Address Environmental and Health Injustices: Collier Heights Historic District
EPA Office of Compliance
An Introduction to ECHO
Professor La’Meshia “LA” Whittington, Deputy Director
Advance Carolina (C4)
How I Found ECHO
EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
TRI: How To Access Data About Industrial Chemical Releases In Your Community
Ernest Omar Muhammad, Executive Director
Low Country Alliance for Model Communities
Citizen Science, Community Monitoring and Mapping: Tools for Community Empowerment
EPA Region 4 Land Chemicals and Redevelopment Division
EPA Region 4 Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division
ECHO: Enforcement and Compliance History Online
Workshop Two: Achieving Equitable Development in Communities
Workshop Two: Achieving Equitable Development in Communities
Webinar Planning Team
Janine Morris | Lakeshia Robertson | Yolanda Taylor | Yomi Nobi | Omar Muhammad
View all Workshop Two presentations: EPA Achieving Equitable Development Webinar (pdf)
Presenters
Patrick Barnes
Limitless Vistas (LA)
BFA Environmental Consultants
Dannie E. Bolden
North Port St. Joe Project Area Coalition (FL)
Revitalizing our Community
Melissa Collier
MS Department of Environmental Quality (MS)
Community Case Story Panel Discussion with Dannie Bolden and Patrick Barnes
Carlton Eley
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (OH)
Equitable Development: Social Equity by Design
Darryl Haddock
Proctor Creek Stewardship Council (GA)
Clinton Johnson
ESRI, Inc. (PA)
Applying GIS as a Framework for Racial Equity & Social Justice
Todd Reynolds
Groundwork - New Orleans (LA)
Developing Equitable and Sustainable Pathways for Communities to Access Workforce Development
Alexis Rourk Reyes
EPA Office Community Revitalization (Washington, D.C.)
Mapping in Support of Equitable Development
Dr. Joan M. Wesley
Jackson State University (MS) Community Development and Housing Concentration
Tools for Equitable Development Panel Discussion with Darryl Haddock, Clinton Johnson, Alexis Rourk and Todd Reynolds
Workshop Three: Navigating and Getting to Know Your Local, State, and Federal Environmental Agencies
Workshop Three: Navigating and Getting to Know Your Local, State and Federal Environmental Agencies (pdf)
Webinar Planning Team
Jennifer Tribble | Michelle King | Charlette Clark | Parker Henry | Ronne Adkins | Omar Muhammad
View all Workshop Three presentations: Navigating and Getting to Know Your Local, State, and Federal Environmental Agencies (pdf)
Moderators
- Arnita Gadson
West Jefferson County Community Task Force (KY) - Harold Mitchell
Regenesis Spartanburg, SC
Presenters
- Omar Muhammad
Low Country Alliance for Model Communities
Overview of LAMC and Port Project - Keisha Long
SC Department of Environmental Health and Control
Government Agencies Panel - Councilman Michael Brown
City of North Charleston, SC
Government Agencies Panel - Dr. Vareva Harris
Benedict College, Columbia, SC
Government Agencies Panel
Workshop Four: Accessing Funding for Communities
Workshop Four: Accessing Funding for Communities (pdf)
View all Workshop Four presentations: Accessing Funding for Communities Final Presentations and Bios (pdf)
Webinar Planning Team
LaKeshia Robertson | Charlette Clark | Melanie Pearson | Omar Muhammad | Bekura Shabazz | Karrie-Jo Shell
Moderator
- Charlette Clark
Environmental Justice Academy Alumni Association
Presenters
- Omar Muhammad
Low Country Alliance for Model Communities - Dr. Dana Williamson
EPA Office of Science Advisor, Policy and Engagement, Office of Research and Development - Jay Blackwell
Umoja Behavioral Health
Health Resources and Services Administration - Dr. Sacoby Wilson
University of Maryland-College Park - Dr. Melanie A. Pearson
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health - Jacob Burney
EPA Office of Environmental Justice - Cindy Nolan
EPA Region 4, Brownfields - Jonathan Corso
Economic Development Administration
Workshop Four Resources
Resource 1:
Brownfields: Investing in Brownfields for the Next Generation (pdf)
Resource 2:
Agency and Organization Resources (pdf)
Resource 3:
Grant Application Tips (pdf)
Resource 4:
Finding University Resources for Community Groups (pdf)
Workshop Five: Understanding What’s in My Drinking Water
Workshop Five: Understanding What’s in My Drinking Water (pdf)
View all Workshop Five presentations:
Understanding What’s in My Drinking Water Final Presentations and Bios (pdf)
Webinar Planning Team
- Jennifer Tribble | Emily Donovan | Erica Jones | Tristan Odekirk | Arturo Arzon | Kamilah Carter
Moderator:
- Tristan Odekirk, EPA Region 4
Presenters:
- Emily Donovan, Clean Cape Fear
- Alenda Johnson, EPA Region 4
- Carol Monell, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 4
- Katlyn May, Center for Environmental and Health Effects of PFAS, North Carolina State University
- Erik Olson Natural Resources Defense Council
- Kiki Schneider, EPA Office of Water
- Dominique Smith, EPA Region 4
- Kenneth Waldroup, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
- Audrey White, Chief, Alabama Department of Environmental Management