CARB Environmental Justice Blog

You’re Invited to the State Water Board’s SAFER Summer Series ! The SAFER Summer Series is a series of virtual events explaining the SAFER drinking water program, how the SAFER program can help your community, and how you can get involved.   You’ll also have the opportunity to share your thoughts, concerns, and questions with SAFER program staff. Below is a flyer with more details - starting June 2021. More information on the SAFER website . If you have any questions, please email safer@waterboards.ca.gov or call 916-445-5615. We’d love to see you there!

  ¡Invitación a la serie de eventos SAFER del verano de la Junta Estatal del Agua! La serie de eventos SAFER del verano es una serie de eventos virtuales donde se podrá enterar sobre el programa SAFER de agua potable, además de cómo el programa SAFER puede ayudar a su comunidad y cómo usted puede involucrarse. Usted también tendrá la oportunidad de compartir sus comentarios, inquietudes y preguntas con el personal del programa SAFER. Debajo encontrará un folleto con más detalles sobre los eventos que comienzan en junio de 2021. Más información en el sitio web de SAFER . Por favor, si tiene cualquier pregunta, no dude en comunicarse al correo electrónico safer@waterboards.ca.gov o por teléfono al   número 916-445-5615. ¡Nos encantaría que nos acompañe!

  Potential applicants are invited to participate in webinars hosted in early June 2021 by CalEPA to address questions about the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program’s 2021 Grant Cycle solicitation. Please note that the information presented in all three webinars will be identical. No RSVP necessary. Interested persons may access the pre-application assistance webinars as follows: Date Time Language Join By Phone: Toll Free Phone Number (same for all webinars) Webinar ID & Passcode (Different for each webinar) Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device : Please click the URL for the corresponding date to join. Zoom Link (Different for each webinar) Tuesday June 1, 2021 4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m., PST English (888) 788- 0099 Webinar ID: 825 7671 8184 Passcode: 195638

  The Greenlining Institute  is a research and public policy nonprofit advocating for racial equity, and we are excited to announce we are hiring TWO  Program Managers for Capacity Building --  one based in the San Francisco  Bay Area  and one in the   Los Angeles area .  Please share with your networks!  ABOUT THE POSITION The Program Manager for Capacity Building role supports local stakeholders to advance community-driven, equitable climate solutions at the pace and scale demanded by climate change and ongoing injustices. The aim is increased community ownership of climate & resilience action; strong grassroots and frontline leadership in city efforts; decreases in racial and socioeconomic disparities; greater trust between city & communities; and more robust neighborhood-level efforts in coordination with the ecosystem of partners needed to deliver transformative change. MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Stakeholder Engagement · Conducts outreach with community advoc

  You are invited to join Bay Area community members, environmental justice advocates and other stakeholders to our monthly community convening! These convenings are hosted by Committee Chairpersons Davina Hurt and Tyrone Jue of the Air District’s Community Equity, Health and Justice Committee and Sr. Deputy Executive Officer, Veronica Eady. The intention for these convenings is to offer a space for you to inform the Community Equity, Health and Justice Committee’s work for 2021 and beyond. DATE: Wednesday, May 26th TIME: 4-6 p LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Call Zoom Call Information Meeting Link: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 834 4550 4297 Passcode: 94105 PH: 669.900.6833   At this meeting, attendees will:   1.       Briefly recap the first Convening held on April 21 – notes from this meeting can be found here:   < LINK > 2.       Inform the formation of the Community Advisory Council 3.       Engage with each other in open discussion   If you have suggested additio

  The California Air Resources Board (CARB ) invites you to participate in a remote-access workshop on the forthcoming solicitation for the Community Air Grants Program (Air Grants Program) application period. CARB staff has released a  2021 Timeline for Community Air Grant Program  to assist applicants in preparing for the upcoming solicitation.  The following are eligible to apply for a Community Air Grants: 1) A California community-based organization holding a current tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 2) A California organization, not affiliated with a local, municipal, city, county, or state governmental agency or entity, and holding a tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as the Grantee, in partnership with a California community-based organization without Section 501(c)(3) status designated as a sub-grantee, and 3) A California Native American Tribe.  For the purposes of this grant, this includes all Federally

  This session of the US EPA (federal)’s Environmental Justice (EJ) and Systemic Racism Speaker Series will focus on California EPA’s (CalEPA) Pollution and Prejudice Project. CalEPA is a leader among government agencies advancing environmental justice. At CalEPA, understanding the role of government in perpetuating institutional and structural racism is essential to its work. Through the  Pollution and Prejudice project, CalEPA's racial equity team designed a set of tools to explore the connection between racist land use practices of the 1930s and the persistence of environmental injustice. Understanding how environmental conditions are informed by legacy land use practices helps CalEPA to ensure equitable access to clean air, water, and land for all Californians through policy development and implementation. Date and Time: June 10, 2021, 9 am - 10 am, Pacific Time Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/california-epas-pollution-and-prejudice-project-tickets-153190217063

    CARB Freight Days The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to participate in the Transportation and Toxics Division’s (TTD) Freight Days. Come join staff to discuss TTD’s Freight programs and regulations and share your input and concerns to help inform future programs and regulation development. Meeting Information The event will be split into two evening sessions and cover facility types that may affect you and your community. These include seaports, warehouses, railyards, airports and border crossings. TTD’s Freight Days are an opportunity to share with CARB staff your concerns, experiences, and suggestions for how CARB’s Freight related efforts can benefit all Californians.   Our Keynote Speaker for this event is Chanell Fletcher, CARB’s Deputy Executive Officer of Environmental Justice.     The Freight Days are scheduled to be held: June 8, 2021 at 5:00 – 7:00pm; and June 10, 2021 at 5:00-7:00pm   Zoom Meeting Links : June 8, 2021: Join M

Date and time Fri, May 21, 2021 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PDT   Register here About this event Components of a Community Air Quality Monitoring Network: A San Ysidro, CA Case Study will be hosted by  Casa Familiar  in the border community of San Ysidro, CA. Join us to discuss the basic tenets of monitors, sensors, collection of data and data analysis. Casa Familiar shares their community-based perspective alongside researcher, governmental, and industry perspective. In this introductory workshop Casa Familiar staff Alejandro Amador (Community Air Quality Program Supervisor) and Sarina Vega (Environmental Programs Associate) will lead conversation and be joined by  San Ysidro Air Quality Monitoring Network  collaborators  Penelope "(Jenny) Quintana  (Dept. of Public Health, San Diego State University),  Edmund Seto  and  Elena Austin  (Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington). Introduction to be provided by Idalia Perez at the U.S. Environmental P