Diversity Workgroup - All Meetings

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2025

    Diversity Workgroup Meeting - January 2025

    Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm

    This meeting is being postponed.  We will be in contact with you as soon as possible regarding rescheduling. 

    – Khesha Reed, Deputy Director, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, US EPA Mid-Atlantic Region

2024

    Stewardship Goal Team (GIT5) Meeting 2024

    Monday, September 23, 2024 from 10:00am - 3:30pm

    This will be more than a meeting. Let’s venture outside of our normal spaces, learn together, and get energized. The day will include guest speakers from Anacostia Parks and Community Collaborative and Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, a short, guided walk in the woods to see the results of community stewardship and access to greenspace, lightning updates on what workgroups are doing, and lots of interaction and conversation about the power of inclusive multiple-benefit efforts.

    Purpose:

    • Experience, witness, and consider the powerful, meaningful impact that can be achieved by connecting land conservation, access to nature, education, programming, stewardship and attention to equity and inclusion.

    • Infuse new perspectives, spark ideas and inspire discussion around how all of our different lines of work intersect, and how we can increase our collaboration and coordination toward more collective, strategic impact.

    • Get outside, talk with each other, connect.

    • Explore how to increase benefits across multiple outcomes by pairing needs and priorities of the community with CBP environmental conservation efforts.

    Format: This is primarily an in-person meeting, but all indoor portions of the meeting will be available for virtual participation.

    Location: Anacostia Community Museum - 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC 20020

    Hybrid Option:

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    ACTION ITEM: Please use this Google form to register to attend ASAP, so we can plan appropriately for space at the museum. Those who register will receive meeting materials and further details as needed.

    Important Logistics:

    • Lunch: Bring your own lunch. We wish for the lunch break to be a time for networking, idea sharing, and/or exploration of the museum. There are no facilities to chill or heat food.

    • Dress: Wear sturdy shoes for our woods walk-and-talk. Please dress for the weather, i.e., raincoats in case of rain, casual attire encouraged.

    • Parking/Public Transport: The museum has ample free parking. The museum is also accessible via the W3 bus line from Anacostia Station (on the Metro Green Line). The museum is not within walking distance from Anacostia Station.

    • Security: Please arrive promptly at 10:00am, participants will need to go through museum security and all bags will be checked.

    Hybrid Logistics: Indoor portions of this meeting will be hybrid accessible.
    • The morning session will run from the opening of the meeting at approximately 10:00 am until we transition outdoors with Nathan Harrington at roughly 11:45 am. The hybrid session will then reconvene after lunch from 1:30 pm until 3:30 pm

    Diversity Workgroup Meeting - March 2024

    Friday, March 22, 2024 from 1:00pm - 3:00pm

    This is the quarterly meeting of the Diversity Workgroup.

    Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

    All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Video conference links available below and located within the agenda.

2023

2022

2021

2020

    Webinar: Advancing Watershed Restoration Through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

    Tuesday, November 17, 2020 from 1:00pm - 2:00pm
    From 2018-2020, the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Diversity Workgroup worked with the independent consultant Skeo Solutions to develop a tailored Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership. As part of this work, Skeo Solutions completed a comprehensive cultural readiness assessment of the partnership, provided three cultural humility trainings, as well as tools and resources that the partnership can use after the conclusion of the project. Come learn about the finalized DEIJ Strategy, implementation tools and resources now available for CBP partners, and how you can get involved with advancing watershed restoration through DEIJ. A link to the webinar recording can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq3okABjhWE&feature=youtu.be

    Diversity Workgroup September 2020 Meeting

    Thursday, September 10, 2020 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm
    Meeting Objectives • Celebrate the signing of the CBP DEIJ Statement and discuss how our workgroup could support CBP leadership in meeting timebound commitments in the DEIJ Action Statement. • Hear from leadership of the CBP Principals’ Staff Committee (PSC) on the new DEIJ Statement and accompanying DEIJ Action Statement. • Hear an update on ongoing projects and efforts to meet actions in our 2020-2021 workplan. • Learn about the new Chesapeake Bay Environmental Justice and Equity Dashboard. • Discuss what a DEIJ indicator could look like in the UMCES Chesapeake Bay Report Card. • Share updates and announcements during a round robin.

    Diversity Workgroup March 2020 Meeting

    Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:45pm
    ***This meeting will now be held remotely via Zoom*** Meeting Objectives • Learn about local efforts that are engaging underrepresented stakeholder groups in watershed restoration activities. • Reflect on the Taking Nature Black Conference. • Hear updates and discuss opportunities with the Chesapeake Bay Gateways program. • Review actions that came out of our presentation to the Management Board last month. • Review and discuss full results of the 2019 Diversity Profile and revisit our target of 15% people of color in leadership. • Discuss priority actions and goals for the next two years of our work. • Share individual updates and announcements during a round robin.

2019

2018

2017

    Diversity Workgroup Meeting - Petersburg, Virginia June 2017

    Tuesday, June 13, 2017 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
    We are excited to announce the Diversity workgroup’s community-driven panel and workplan discussion! The workgroup facilitated a similar discussion last November in Baltimore, MD. The June 13th meeting will be held from 10-4 at Virginia State University’s L. Douglas Wilder Building, Carter G. Woodson Avenue Petersburg, VA 23806 Petersburg, Virginia, one of the older colonial cities of the commonwealth-state, has a population of a little under 32,500 citizens. About 23 miles south of Richmond, Petersburg is located at the fall line of the Appomattox River, which is where the Piedmont region and Atlantic coastal plain meets. Virginia State University, a Historically Black College/University founded in 1882, is one of Virginia's two land-grant institutions, and is located 20 minutes south of Richmond. Virginia Tech and Virginia State University started the Virginia Cooperative Extension, a collaborative designed to help sustain profitability of agricultural and forestry production, while protecting and enhancing the quality of our land and water resources. At this workgroup meeting, extension specialists for one of the projects under the partnership, the Harding Street Urban Agriculture Center, will be present. During this meeting, we plan to listen to community leaders explain the water quality/water infrastructure issues that are impacting local communities of Virginia, the larger Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and how these issues impact food security, sustainable agriculture and public health within underserved/underrepresented communities. We hope you attend in person and are able to take full advantage of the breakout sessions and networking opportunities. We will have a conference line and adobe connect primarily for those in parts of the watershed who cannot attend due to travel limitations. If you plan to be in attendance, please send an RSVP to Stanton.Darius@Epa.gov

2016

    Diversity Workgroup Listening and Working Session

    Wednesday, November 2, 2016 from 10:00am - 3:00pm
    We are excited about hosting the November 2nd community stakeholder listening session and diversity workplan discussion! Please review the attached agenda and coordinate arrangements to attend. The November 2nd meeting will be held from 10-3 at the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center, 1000 Frankfurst Ave Baltimore, MD 21226. Masonville Cove Directions The Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center is located on the historic Masonville community and serves as a learning center and gathering space for efforts related to restoring the surrounding communities, socially and environmentally. At this meeting, we are planning to hear what's important to local Baltimore communities as well as communities across the Bay watershed, in hopes to gain better perspectives about the work we have committed to embark upon. We hope you attend in person and are able to take full advantage of the breakout sessions and networking opportunities. We will have a conference line and adobe connect primarily for those in parts of the watershed who cannot attend due to travel limitations. Phone conference line is: Dial-in number: 866-299-3188 Access code 410-267-5731 AdobeConnect: http://epawebconferencing.acms.com/cbpdiversitymeeting1122016/ (We encourage that representatives try to make it in person, hearing via conference line may not be ideal, given location.) Thanks and we look forward to a productive discussion on November 2nd.

    Public Engagement Webinar on Diversity Workplan

    Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 6:00pm - 7:00pm
    This webinar will give the interested public an overview of how the Chesapeake Bay Program and partner organizations are proposing to implement the diversity management strategy. Proposed actions are outlined in the 2016-2017 workplan. Please join us! Let your voice be heard. Join the webinar https://join.me/159-360-671 Conference: (781) 666-2350 Access: 159-360-671#

    Black History Month Event: Taking Nature Black and Green Jobs Fair

    Saturday, February 20, 2016 from 9:00am - 5:00pm
    The Diversity Action Team is partnering with the Audubon Naturalist Society to organize a green jobs fair that will showcase Chesapeake Bay Program partner employment opportunities to diverse candidates. This is a free event and is open to the public. For details and registration visit: http://www.anshome.org/index.php/special-events

2015

    Diversity Action Team Meeting: Assist goal implementation teams incorporate diversity in strategies

    Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from 9:00am - 3:00pm
    The Diversity Action Team has committed to assist the chairs and coordinators developing the following management strategies in adding a diversity and/or environmental justice component: Public Access, Stewardship, Toxics, Environmental Literacy, Local Leadership, Tree Canopy, Land Conservation, and Climate Resiliency. The purpose of this meeting will be for the Diversity Action Team and it's stakeholders to brainstorm with and give recommendations to the coordinators and chairs of these management strategies.

    Environmental Justice Workgroup Call

    Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 1:00pm - 2:00pm
    Conference Line: 866-299-3188 Access Code: 968-683-7032 Adobe Connect: TBD Agenda: Get feedback on Diversity Outcome draft management strategy (MS) Review MB feedback on MS specific to individual workgroup section Edit and enhance management approach sections and link to factors influencing Brainstorm potential activities – assign/designate specific commitments Produce a draft workplan

2014