[SEMCO] Supporting Public Access to Recreational Waters, Mar. 24 (Virtual)

[Dorie Stolley]

Supporting Public Access to Recreational Waters
Date: March 24, 2021 Time: 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

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*March 24. 2021* | 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.

*Supporting Public Access to Recreational Waters*

Register here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-public-access-to-recreational-waters-tickets-138951492655>
.

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. Registration
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-public-access-to-recreational-waters-tickets-138951492655>
is necessary, and closes at 1 p.m. on March 24th.

*Supporting Public Access to Recreational Waters*, the second session, will
be held on Wednesday, March 24th from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. boasts an
expert line up of presenters, who will speak about:

   - 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
   - Indigenous people’s rights to access ancestral fishing grounds in
   Massachusetts and beyond
   - 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

Read more <https://watershedaction.org/2021-conference/bios> about speakers
Vivian Ortiz, Melissa Ferretti and Kate Mulvaney. Register NOW
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-public-access-to-recreational-waters-tickets-138951492655>
for Session 2.
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*March 31, 2021 *| 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.


*Promoting Environmental Justice: the First Steps *

Register here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/promoting-environmental-justice-the-first-steps-tickets-139310448301>
for the third and final session. 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. Read more
<https://watershedaction.org/2021-conference/bios> about session leader
Livia Davis of C4 Innovations. Registration is necessary, and closes at 1
p.m. on March 31st. Register NOW!
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/promoting-environmental-justice-the-first-steps-tickets-139310448301>

*Many thanks to our sponsors and supporters! *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.

Dorie
Dorie Stolley (she/her/hers)
Coordinator and Outreach Manager
Watershed Action Alliance of Southeastern Massachusetts
www.watershedaction.org
dorie.stolley at gmail.com or WAAcoordinator at nsrwa.org
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