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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The first-ever Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Education Conference is going virtual (June 29 and 30, 2020)! We’re excited to announce that
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.maccec.org/" target="_blank">registration is now open</a><span style="color:black">. The conference program overview is below and more details about speakers and session descriptions
will be posted on our website in the coming weeks. Please help us get the word out about this conference by sharing this announcement and the attached graphic with your formal and non-formal educator networks! For more information, visit:
</span><a href="http://maccec.org/" target="_blank">www.maccec.org</a><span style="color:black">.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">You can also check out our post to Facebook by
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/194735091780536/" target="_blank">visiting the event here</a><span style="color:black"> and sharing it directly with your network! <u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white">June 29</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Keynote</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">: The Case for Climate Change Education</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Strand 1: Environmental Justice & Climate Change</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Climate change will not impact everyone equally. These sessions will include research, learning activities, resources, and conversations that will help
participants delve deeper into environmental justice and learn about some approaches educators and community members are taking to raise awareness and address the unequal impacts of climate change.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Strand 2: Climate Change in the Classroom</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">What does climate change education programming look like both inside and outside the classroom. The sessions in this strand will demonstrate lesson plans
and resources that put climate change in the forefront of students’ minds.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Keynote</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">: Climate Science - Supporting Decision Making at State, Local, and
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Strand 3: Climate Science</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Climate science is at the nexus of many disciplines and systems. This strand will demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of the field and will explore
connections between coastal ecosystems, agriculture, human health, social science and the ways in which this science supports decision making.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">“What’s my place in slowing global climate change?” In terms of action, students are clamoring to help and oftentimes leading the charge. This strand will
explore solutions-oriented frameworks and will provide a sampling of opportunities to engage students with individual and community level climate change solutions. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Christopher Petrone<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Delaware Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of Delaware
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">College of Earth, Ocean and Environment<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">700 Pilottown Road<span style="color:black">/1044 College Drive<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Lewes, DE 19958</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(302) 645-4308<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.deseagrant.org/outreach/education" target="_blank">www.deseagrant.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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