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<h3>Date: March 24, 2021</h3> <h3>Time: 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm</h3> </div>
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<p><b>March 24. 2021</b> | 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.<b><br>
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<p><b>Supporting Public Access to Recreational Waters</b></p>
<p>Register<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-public-access-to-recreational-waters-tickets-138951492655" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> here</a>.</p>
<p>Watershed Action Alliance of Southeastern Massachusetts’ 2021 virtual
conference addresses environmental justice as it pertains to clean and
plentiful water, reconnected rivers, and healthy watersheds for all. The
conference is free, although donations are encouraged to supplement the
support of our sponsors, listed below. While much of the information is
from southeastern Mass. and Rhode Island, the principles, issues and
solutions are widely relevant.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-public-access-to-recreational-waters-tickets-138951492655">Registration</a> is necessary, and closes at 1 p.m. on March 24th.</span></p>
<p><b>Supporting Public Access to Recreational Waters</b>, the second session, <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">will be held on Wednesday, March 24th from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. </span>boasts an expert line up of presenters, who will speak about:</p>
<ul><li>the successful and popular Neponset River Greenway Trail, and how
grassroots efforts, local support and targeted marketing increased usage
by environmental justice community members and others</li><li>Indigenous people’s rights to access ancestral fishing grounds in Massachusetts and beyond</li><li>how social science, data collection and hearing from those most
impacted can aid in making public access areas to water welcoming and
available to Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities</li></ul>
<p><a href="https://watershedaction.org/2021-conference/bios" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read more</a> about speakers Vivian Ortiz, Melissa Ferretti and Kate Mulvaney. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-public-access-to-recreational-waters-tickets-138951492655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register NOW</a> for Session 2.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p>
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<p><b>March 31, 2021 </b>| 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.<b><br>
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<p><b>Promoting Environmental Justice: the First Steps<br>
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<p>Register<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/promoting-environmental-justice-the-first-steps-tickets-139310448301" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> here</a> for the third and final session. <span>Attendees
will take the first steps toward implementing environmental justice
by learning key terms and definitions, how to have authentic
conversations about racism, and ways to implement anti-racist practices.
They will also take away specific recommendations for how to continue
this work after the session ends. <a href="https://watershedaction.org/2021-conference/bios" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read more</a> about session leader Livia Davis of C4 Innovations. <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Registration </span>is necessary, and closes at 1 p.m. on March <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">31st</span>.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/promoting-environmental-justice-the-first-steps-tickets-139310448301" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register NOW!</a></span></p>
<p><b>Many thanks to our sponsors and supporters!<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</span></b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Island Foundation, Three Birds Consulting, Horsley
Witten Group, North and South Rivers Watershed Association, Neponset River
Watershed Association, Mass. Bays National Estuary Partnership, Beals and
Thomas, Pembroke Watershed Association, Herring Ponds Watershed Association,
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, Save the Bay, Six Ponds Improvement
Association, Interfluve, and the Mass. Division of Ecological Restoration.<br></span></span></p><p><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dorie<br></span></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Dorie Stolley<span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> (she/her/hers)</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Coordinator and Outreach Manager</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Watershed Action Alliance of Southeastern
Massachusetts</span><br>
</span><a href="http://www.watershedaction.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">www.watershedaction.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span><a href="mailto:dorie.stolley@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">dorie.stolley@gmail.com</span></a><span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">or </span></span><a href="mailto:WAAcoordinator@nsrwa.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">WAAcoordinator@nsrwa.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span></span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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