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Tuesday, July 12
| 7:30 |
Conference Registration / Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 |
Plenary Session
• Thanksgiving Address By Children Seneca Nation
• Presentation of Art Mural
• Welcoming Comments:
• Chris Stoneman, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Honorable Anthony M. Masiello, Mayor Buffalo, New York
• Kathleen Callahan, Acting Regional
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 2
• Keynote Presentation: Chief Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper,
Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee, New York
• Housekeeping and Organize Open Time: Pat Carey, Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
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| 10:00 |
BREAK |
| 10:15 |
Capacity Building for Environmental Cleanup for Smart Growth
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Indoor Air Quality Campaigns: Getting Results that Improve Home and School Environments
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Lessons Learned from Love Canal: Catalyst for National Community Involvement
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Measuring Community Satisfaction with Public Involvement Efforts
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Negative to Positive: Real Life Tools for Building Community Support
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Strategies for Improving Community Relationships
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Using National Air Toxics Assessment for Regional and Community Projects
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| 11:45 |
LUNCH |
| 1:15 |
HELP for Kids: In Home Asthma Education for Border Residents
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Partnering for the Passaic: An Urban River Restoration Project
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Program Evaluation of Community Involvement in Superfund Risk Assessment
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Writing it Right! Effective Grant Writing Techniques
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Field Trip:
Love Canal and other Niagara County Superfund Sites
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Field Trip:
Waste Management Hazardous Waste Facility and Niagara Power Project Visitors Center
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| 2:45 |
BREAK |
| 3:00 |
Open Time:
Developing
Contaminated Sites: Engaging the Community
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Open Time |
Open Time |
Open Time |
| 3:50 |
BREAK |
| 4:00 |
Building Bridges of Empowerment: Culturally Competent Evaluation through Partnerships
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Community Leadership: Foundation for Successful Partnerships in the Great Lakes
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Cool It! Three Community Experiences with Reducing Summertime Heat Islands
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Partnership Strategies that Build Capacity for Community Revitalization and Remediation
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| 5:30 |
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| 5:45 |
Poster Session / Evening Reception |
| 7:00 |
(7:30 to 9:30) Performance of "Restricted Area" at Ujima Theatre |
Wednesday, July 13
| 7:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Building Community Involvement in Virginia
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Building Partnerships: Superfund and Environmental Education
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Community Involvement on Emerging Contaminants: Challenges and Opportunities
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Community Perspectives Project: Engaging Limited-English Speaking Communities through Technology
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Early Action Compacts: Developing Local and Regional Leadership
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Superfund Storytelling: You Be The Community Member
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The 10 Toe Express: A Transportation and Health Partnership
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| 10:00 |
BREAK |
| 10:15 |
Plenary Session
• The Role of Community Activism in Environmental Protection
• Moderated by Bonnie Bellow,
Director of Public Affairs, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
• Gayla
Benefield, President of the
Lincoln County
(Libby, Montana) Asbestos
Victim's Relief Organization
• Teresa Leal, Coordinating Council
Co-Chair, Southwest Network for Environmental and
Economic Justice
• Peggy Shepard, Executive Director
and Co-founder
of the West Harlem
Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT)
• Poster Session Awards: Presented by Trina Martynowicz,
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
• Housekeeping and Organize Open Time: Pat Carey, Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
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| 11:30 |
LUNCH |
| 12:45 |
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE): EPA's New Approach for Empowering Communities
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Conquering Techno-speak: Communicating Complex Technical Information in a MTV World
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Delivering Environmental Assistance to Small Communities through Collaborative Partnerships
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Designing a Promotora Program along the U.S./Mexico Border: Strategies for Success in Other Communities
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Drivers, Stop Your Engines! Model No-Idling Program in Freeport, Maine
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Student Conservation Association and City Charter High School: Partners in Service Learning
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Vapor Intrusion Sites: The Public's Role
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| 2:15 |
BREAK |
| 2:30 |
Community Involvement and Reuse Planning: Look- ing to the Future, Build-ing Common Ground
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Creating Community-Owned Plans: Effective Methods of Public Participation
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Detox Your Domicile: Learn to Put the GREEN into Clean!
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Red River Aluminum: Empowering Small-Town America in Environmental Decision-Making
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Tribes, Alaskan Natives, and Community Involvement in Alaska Federal Facilities
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Field Trip:
Cleaning up the Manhattan Project: Battling a Legacy of Mistrust
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Field Trip:
Erie County Habitat Restoration Projects
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| 4:00 |
BREAK |
| 4:15 |
Open Time
Community Involvement Activities of Environment Canada
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Open Time
U.S. EPA Office of Civil Rights
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Open Time |
Open Time |
Open Time |
| 5:30 |
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| 6:00 to 11:00 |
Evening at Niagara Falls ($10/person)
(Please register for this event) |
Thursday, July 14
| 7:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 |
Bringing High Tech GIS Tools to Community Decision-Making
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Buffalo Makes Arts Part of Healthy Communities' Initiative
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Civic Associations: The New Wave of Environmentalism
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Disaster Scenarios: Preparing Youth to Make Environmental Health Decisions
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Region 7 EPA-Initiated/ Community-Led Source Water Protection
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Taming Public Affairs: Residential Arsenic/ Munitions Cleanup Challenges at High- Profile Multi-Agency Sites
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The NEW Air Coalition: 10 Myths Shattered (and Rebuilt) in Northeast Wisconsin
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| 9:45 |
BREAK |
| 10:10 |
Plenary Session
• Dialogue and Collaborative Tools to Address
Community-Based
Environmental Problems: Facilitated by
Langdon Marsh, National Policy Consensus Center at
Portland State University and
Betsy Shaw, Office of Environmental Policy
Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Lunch
• U.S. EPA Region 2 Community Involvement Award: Presented by
Michael Basile, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Citizen Excellence in Community Involvement Award and
Superfund Excellence in Community Involvement Award
Presented by Suzanne Wells, Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
• Closing Comments: Sally Shaver, Director, Emissions
Standards Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
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| 1:10 |
BREAK |
| 1:30 |
Air Toxics Risk Assessment: Community Exercise in Source Characterization and Evaluation
(8-Hour Training)
(Continues on Friday)
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Be Prepared: An Advanced Media/ Spokesperson Training Workshop
(8-Hour Training)
(Continues on Friday)
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Environmental Forum Theater: Drama-Based Action Strategies for Community Building, Issue Clarification, and Conflict Mediation
(8-Hour Training)
(Continues on Friday)
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Using Social Marketing Planning Tools to Address Public Health Issues
(8-Hour Training)
(Continues on Friday)
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You Get What You Measure
(8-Hour Training)
(Continues on Friday)
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Creating an Eco- Municipality: Citizens and Officials Involved in Environmental, Economic, and Social Community Change
(4-Hour Training)
(Thursday Only)
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West Valley Demonstration Project: Media, Community, and Government Outreach
(4-Hour Training)
(Thursday Only)
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| 5:30 |
Adjourn |
Friday, July 15
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