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Join us on April 22nd
Recap of 2022 Environmental Justice Summit

The South Ward Environmental Alliance hosted its 1st Environmental Summit at Weequahic Park, Feldman Middleton, Jr. Community Center, 92 Thomas Carmichael Dr., Newark, NJ. 

The conference theme “One Ward, Fighting for Environmental Justice” is a critical topic for the South Ward community due to the proliferation of warehouses, increased truck traffic, flooding & unsafe drinking water in our homes and schools. 

The conference featured breakfast, local, state, national environmental speakers, a networking lunch & the launch of the Sonny Gaddy, Jr. Scholarship fund.

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Event Agenda

"One Ward, United for Environmental Justice"

Saturday, April 22nd 9:30am to 2:00pm

9:30am-9:55am

Breakfast

10:00am-10:10am

Welcome, Opening Remarks

10:10am-11:10am

Opening Plenary

  • Panelists

    • Commissioner Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey's Commissioner of Environmental Protection 

    • Lisa Garcia, Regional Administrator for Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 2 Office

    • Councilman Patrick Council, South Ward Councilman of Newark, New Jersey

  • Q & A Session

11:10am-12:25pm

Community Monitoring Panel

Moderator 

    • Asada Rashidi, South Ward Environmental Alliance

  • Panelists

    • Vivek Ravichandran, Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health

    • Luis Lim, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

    • Azania Heyward-James, The Cornerstone Collective 2020 Global and Damê Consultants

  • Q & A Session

12:25pm-1:10pm

  • Moderator

    • Kim Gaddy, Executive Director, SWEA

  • Panelists

    • Dr. Amandla Shabaka-Haynes, Florida Behavioral Health Impact Project, Florida State College of Medicine’s Center for Behavioral Health Integration

    • Michelle Dawkins, The Safety MD LLC and Safety, and Emergency Preparedness 

  • Q & A Session 

Reflections from United Nations Conference of Parties 27; Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Path to COP 28

1:10Pm-1:50pm

Voices from the Next Generation of EJ Leaders

  • Moderator 

    • Tiarra Lee, South Ward Environmental Alliance

  • Panelists

    • Chris Tandazo, New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance (invited)

    • Tolani Taylor, Clean Water Action 

    • Asada Rashidi, South Ward Environmental Alliance 

    • Christopher Westbrook Jr., South Ward Environmental Alliance 

  • Q & A Session

1:50Pm-1:55pm

Sonny William Gaddy Jr. Scholarship Fund 

  • Gift Basket Giveaways

1:55pm-2:00pm

Closing Remarks

2:00pm

Lunch

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Meet Our Panelists

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Plenary Session

Shawn LaTourette

New Jersey's Commissioner of Environmental Protection

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Community Monitoring Panel

Vivek Ravichandran

 Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health 

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 Climate Change

Kim Gaddy

Executive Director

SWEA

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​Voices from the Next Generation of EJ Leaders

Asada Rashidi

South Ward Environmental Alliance

Scholarship Opportunity

Sonny William Gaddy, Jr. was a highly motivated and determined young man.

 

He was laser-focused on empowering our youth with the understanding that their success in life will be determined by their calculated and strategic movements. 

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