Plan for a Sustainable & Livable Richmond for All

Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice

(See Agenda Below)

The Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice will convene in Richmond, California with the broader Richmond community to showcase models for addressing environmental justice topics and identify partnership opportunities to Plan for a Sustainable and Livable Richmond for All. This convening will focus on jobs to secure strong, healthy, and sustainable, equitable communities. 

Like many parts of the country, Richmond's communities are combating a complex and interlocking array of social, economic and environmental challenges. In Richmond, however, these challenges are accentuated and concentrated: unemployment rate is approximately 18%, affordable and workforce housing are in low supply (57% of households paying more than 30% of housing income for housing), and community health inequities (e.g. asthma and heart disease) are severe, with chronic disease rates especially impacting the City's low-income communities of color. Plan for a Sustainable and Livable Richmond for All will aim to address these challenges through the triple bottom line framework of environment, economy, and society - spurring job creation while improving public health and building a more vibrant, livable community.

Working Agenda

for

Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice

November 3, 2011

8:00 - 9:50

Registration, coffee, light refreshments 

8:30 - 10:00

Optional Richmond Community Bus Tour, sponsored by the Richmond Community Foundation

10:00 - 10:10

Performance by East Bay Center for the Performing Arts

10:10 - 10:25

Welcome Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, City of Richmond

Supervisor John Gioia, Contra Costa County District 1

Dr. Henry Clark, Executive Director, West County Toxics Coalition

10:25 - 10:40

Jared Blumenfeld, US EPA Administrator, Region 9

Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Lisa Garcia, US EPA Associate Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice

10:45 - 12:15  Concurrent Sessions

            A) Healthy and Revitalized Richmond

            B) Spurring Job Creation in Richmond

            C) Transportation Benefits, Burdens and Environmental Justice 

12:20 - 1:00 Lunch, Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Don Gilmore, Executive Director, Community Housing and Development Corporation

Keynote with Dr. Anthony B. Iton, M.D., J.D., MPH

Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities, The California Endowment

 1:00 - 2:30 Concurrent Sessions

            D) Achieving Equitable and Sustainable Communities

            E) Mechanisms for Increasing Access to Healthy Foods

            F) Green Jobs: From Federal Dollars to Local Energy Projects and Local Hires 

2:35 - 3:45 Reporting Out and Next Steps, Moderator Bill Lindsay, Richmond  City    Manager

Closing, Barbara Johnson, Chief of Staff, Congressman Miller's Office

4:00 - 5:30 IWG "Open Mic" (public comment)

                    Moderator, Sherri White, US EPA

* Please Note: Event materials will be emailed to registered participants in advance. 

** http://www.kcrt.com/aboutus/directions-civiccenterplaza.pdf

Who Should Attend

Community Organizations, Elected Officials, Environmental Groups, Environmental Justice Organizations, Public Agencies, Banks, and Businesses

*Please Note: Members of the Public Are Welcome.  No need to RSVP if attendance is only for the 4 - 5:30 pm open mike session.

 Lunch provided

Groups that will be in attendance on Nov 3

• Asian Pacific Environmental Network
• Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
• Black Alliance for Just Immigration
• Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment
• Chevron
• Citizens for a Sustainable Point Molate
• City of Richmond
• Communities for a Better Environment
• Community Housing Development Corporation
• Contra Costa Health Services
• Council of Industries
• E & T Dept. for the City of Richmond
• Enterprise Community Partners
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Greenaction
• GROUNDWORK RICHMOND
• Holland & Knight
• LBNL
• McDaniel Lambert
• Mechanics Bank
• National Park Service
• New Voices Are Rising:  A project of Rose Foundation for Communities & the Environment
• Office of Congressman George Miller
• Office of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
• Pacific Institute
• PolicyLink
• RecycleMore
• Richmond Chamber of Commerce
• Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency
• Rising Sun Energy Center
• Rose Foundation
• Rubicon Programs
• The California Endowment
• U.S. ARMY
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of Justice
• U.S. Department of Labor OSHA
• U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 and Office of Environmental Justice
• U.S. Housing and Urban Development
• UC Berkeley
• West County Toxics Coalition
• Yolandas Construction Administration and Traffic Control