This train-the trainer webinar prepares the participants to effectively deliver EPA's Community Involvement Tools and Techniques course to staff in the region who conduct community involvement. This is an intermediate level training built around experiential learning with limited lecture.

One of the nine criteria in analyzing cleanup alternatives is community acceptance. But how do you have the community understand and accept site cleanup, be it before, during and after cleanup? Participants in this webinar will learn different tools and techniques to effectively involve the community. Through presentation of a case study as well as group exercises, participants will gain an understanding and appreciation of how early and meaningful community involvement can result in successful remedies.

This webinar will help you:

• Identify resources and tools available to improve community involvement activities based on a case study.
• Describe various community involvement techniques and approaches that can be used at Superfund sites.
• Discover techniques that go above and beyond community involvement requirements under the NCP.

Participation is encouraged in groups with other CICs from your location when possible. Organizers will share information as details become available for each region on conference space to view as a group. You may also check with other CICs in your region to help coordinate the reservation of room for group attendance. You may also participate individually from your own location if desired.

You MUST register individually even if you plan to attend with a group from your region for training record purposes.

Please be registered for the May 1st delivery by April 24th or May 22nd for the May 29th delivery to ensure a spot in your desired session.

Presenters:

Laura Knudsen, U.S. EPA Region 10 (knudsen.laura@epa.gov or 206-553-1838)
Laura Knudsen has worked for EPA since 2010 and started at headquarters in the Superfund Community Involvement Program where she led the 2016 update to the Community Involvement Handbook. While at headquarters, Laura also supported the Superfund Construction & Post Construction Management Branch. Laura is currently the lead EPA Region 10 Community Involvement Coordinator at the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. She holds dual Masters degrees in Environmental Science and Public Affairs from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Julie Congdon, U.S. EPA Region 10 (congdon.julie@epa.gov or 206-553-2752)
Since 2013, Julie Congdon has lead the Region 10 Community Involvement Team as the lead Community Involvement Coordinator. She also is the CIC for the Duwamish Superfund site. She has been with EPA for over 10 years, and started out in assisting regulated communities with stormwater compliance. Her past experience in community involvement includes service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua, and neighborhood reforestation programs in California. Julie earned her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Washington, and focused her studies on international environmental policy. She enjoys helping out the EPA community on such efforts like Bike To Work Month, her sons' school community with environmental education, and her family and friends community with random acts of baking.

Tina Conley, U.S. EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Community Involvement and Program Initiatives Branch (conley.tina@epa.gov or 703-603-0696)
Tina Conley is the Superfund Community Involvement University Program Manager supporting community involvement knowledge and skills training for EPA staff working on Superfund site cleanups. Since Tina joined the Superfund Community Involvement program in 2012, she co-manages and supports the Technical Assistance Services for Communities program and serves as the lead contact for Superfund Just-in-Time conflict prevention and resolution services. She began her career working for a consulting firm managing the Superfund regulatory docket before starting with the EPA. She now has over 30 years of managing, coordinating and supporting environmental work in Superfund and the Office of Research and Development including cross-agency program coordination in environmental justice and environmental technology. Tina earned her Bachelor of Science in Economics and Management with a concentration in environmental studies from Carnegie Mellon University. She enjoys volunteering in her community; walking in nature, singing and most of all spending time with family and friends.

Pam Avery, Avery Massey LLC (pam@averymassey.com or 402-305-0799)
Pamela has more than 25 years' experience creating effective solutions to complex communications challenges. She has developed and implemented comprehensive communications strategies and crisis management plans for organizations ranging from Fortune 100 technology corporations to health, social justice, environmental, education and numerous other government and nonprofit organizations. A certified conflict resolution professional, Pamela successfully has facilitated meetings involving complicated social justice and environmental issues in communities throughout the nation. When it comes to counseling organization spokespersons about the ins and outs of dealing with the media in all its forms, Pamela knows the news media first-hand, having been an award-winning newspaper reporter, science writer, medical writer and editor.

Moderator:

Jean Balent, U.S. EPA Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (balent.jean@epa.gov or 202-566-0832)
Ms Balent is on the staff of the EPA's Technology Innovation and Field Services Division where she has worked to collect and disseminate hazardous waste remediation and characterization information since 2003. Ms Balent manages the Clean Up Information Network website and actively supports online communication and collaboration resources available to EPA. She formerly worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Engineering Division in the Buffalo District. Ms Balent was also a member of the SUNY-Buffalo Groundwater Research Group where she constructed and tested large scale models of groundwater flow. Ms Balent has also conducted research relating to the Great Lakes, environmental remediation, and brownfields re-development. She holds a Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from SUNY-Buffalo and a Master's degree in Information Technology from AIU.

Expert Panel Partner:

Gina M. Cerasani, Ph.D., U.S. EPA, Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center (cerasani.gina@epa.gov or 202-564-0838)
Gina Cerasani is a conflict resolution specialist in the EPA's Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center (CPRC). She works with Superfund, offering convening, advising, coaching, and facilitation services, and she serves as CPRC's training coordinator. Prior to joining CPRC, Gina was a university lecturer and conflict resolution practitioner, specializing in community conflicts. She earned her doctorate in conflict analysis and resolution at George Mason University, and she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in community conflict resolution and conflict resolution practice, including negotiation and mediation. She has over 10 years of experience facilitating dialogues and workshops to address environmental and other conflicts in communities.

Webinar Slides and References:

• Slide Presentation for Julie Congdon, Laura Knudsen, Pam Avery and Tina Conley (4.38MB/PDF)

Webinar Slides and References:

• Slide Presentation for Julie Congdon, Laura Knudsen, Pam Avery and Tina Conley (4.38MB/PDF)

Additional Resources:

• Community Involvement Handouts from Webinar
  • Community Involvement Activities Throughout the Superfund Removal Process (Slide #20)
  • Community Involvement Activities Throughout the Superfund Remedial Process (Slide #21)
  • Public Involvement Spectrum (Slide #22)
  • Links to Community Involvement Plans - CIPs Highlighted on Webinar
    • Lower Passaic River
    • Grasse River Superfund Site
    • Coeur d'Alene Basin Cleanup Project
    
    
    
• Superfund Community Involvement Resources
  • Main Superfund Community Involvement Tools and Resources Page (Where the Community Involvement tools and the Community Involvement Handbook can be accessed)
  • Superfund Remedial Process Infographic
  • Community Involvement University (CIU)
  • CIU Brochure - 2018 Update
  • CIU Courses on Trainex
  • Effective Community Involvement Plan Writing Webinar
  • EPA Office of Civil Rights translation/interpretation
  • Current List of Approved Superfund Customer Satisfaction (for hard copy or online) Questions
  
  
  
• Public Involvement Policy Resources
  • Public Involvement Policy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 2003
  • Framework for Implementing EPA's Public Involvement Policy, May 2003
  • Introducing EPA's Public Involvement Policy
  
  
  
• Environmental Justice Resources
  • EPA's Environmental Justice Website
  • EJ 2020 Action Agenda: EPA's Environmental Justice Strategy
  • EJSCREEN
  
  
  
• Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center (CPRC) Resources
  • EPA's CPRC Website
  
  
  
• Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) Resources
  • EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative Website
  • Regional Superfund Redevelopment Coordinators (Slide #51)

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 May 29, 2019: EPA's Community Involvement University Presents: Superfund Success: Tools and Techniques for Community Involvement Train-the-Trainer Webinar

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