Strategies for Community Engagement for Water Infrastructure Projects

May 22, 2024

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 am CT

Flooding is difficult for everyone, but it is particularly challenging for low-income families and other historically underrepresented communities that experience more barriers and have fewer resources to support their safe evacuation and recovery. For our communities to thrive, equity and environmental justice must be advanced at all levels of public agencies’ practices and decisions. Meaningful community engagement is essential to environmental justice and should focus on communicating directly with the impacted communities and providing a means for their input to inform decision outcomes. To facilitate collaboration and peer support about best practices and strategies for community engagement and environmental justice in water infrastructure the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA) is facilitating this webinar. 

This webinar will include presentations from: 

• Jessica Ludy, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Flood Risk Management, Equity, and Environmental Justice presenting “Community Driven Preparedness”
• Akilha Martin, Ph.D. CPC, USACE, Interdisciplinary Planner/Public Involvement Specialist presenting “Asset Based Language”
• Kelsey Morales, Assistant Manager for the Tribes and Climate Change Program, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals presenting “Strategies on how to engage with Tribal Communities”
• Michelle Clark, Executive Director, King County Flood Control District “Working with Public Health Navigators for Community Engagement”

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_amjPtJouS5GdScUFLTzHgw

Click HERE to go to the NeDNR Floodplain Management Division website.