The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) have partnered to produce a series of online sessions The Building Our Skills Together Online Conference during June 2 – 4, 2020, on community engagement and equity during the COVID-19 crisis.
You Are Invited to Join Us in these free online sessions to hear from state, local, Tribal and community leaders as well as international experts in the field of public participation and engagement. Integrated simultaneous interpretation in Spanish will be available. Please see the conference flyers below, available in English and Spanish.
Although this is a three day conference of online sessions, there is no expectation that you must participate in all three days or in all sessions. Many of the topics covered are intended to assist anyone who would like to learn more about:
• Using digital engagement tools effectively to plan and participate in virtual online meetings
• How organizations are adapting engagement practices during the COVID-19 crisis
• What it all means for equity and environmental justice
HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?
Please register at this link: https://bit.ly/calengage2020.
All sessions are free and online.
For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Sarah Rubin at Sarah.Rubin@conservation.ca.gov or call (916) 214-5731.
The Building Our Skills Together Conference is rooted in the experience that many people are going through during this crisis—the struggle to maintain connection in the face of the COVID-19 crisis and the even more pressing challenge to do better when it comes to authentic engagement. The crisis has highlighted once again, the pattern of deepening racial and ethnic inequities across health, the environment and the economy.
Day 1 will include two 45 minute practice sessions on Zoom (one for facilitators and one for participants, in the evening), a practice session on BlueJeans and one on GoTo Webinar. Days 2 and 3 will be exclusively held on Zoom.
English event flyer below. Click here for the flyer in Spanish.
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