Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation
Neighborhoods work better when they work together
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CLIMATE ACTION – IT STARTS AND ENDS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
April 10, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Denver Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation is honoring Earth month with its first Community Climate Forum hosted by the new Climate & Sustainability Committee. Participants will gain a sense of promise by learning about actions for improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods.
Saturday morning, April 10, 2021, 9:30 – 11:30am
Click here to pre-registration for this Zoom Meeting (required):
https://denvergov-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcOCqpzgoHdTm9CGg_PPB_u3XrBb1O2Nf
will offer simultaneous translation into Spanish
CLIMATE ACTION –
IT STARTS AND ENDS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
9:00 – 9:30 (30 minutes) Denver INC Delegate Monthly Meeting (open to the public)
9:30– 9:40 (10 minutes) Opening of Climate Forum
- Welcome & Ground rules – Loretta Koehler, INC President (confirmed)
- Land acknowledgement – Ean Tafoya, Community Organizer and Environmental and Social Justice Advocate (invited)
9:40 – 9:55 (15 minutes). Update on the New Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency (CASR) –Grace Rink Executive Director, (confirmed)
9:55-11:10 (75 minutes) Panel – Imagining Denver’s Climate Friendly Neighborhoods — Quick overview — Denver’s city and community leaders show and tell – what does climate action look like and accomplish at the street level? Moderated by Liz Babcock (confirmed)
Panelists
- Complete Neighborhoods
- David Gaspers – Senior Planner, Community Planning & Development (confirmed)
- Angelle Fouther – Strategic Communications, Urban Land Conservancy, member, Blueprint Advisory Board confirmed)
- Complete Streets
- Christian Steward – Community Connector, Department of Transportation & Infrastructure (confirmed)
- Naomi Amaha – Denver Streets Partnership, Climate Action Task Force, American Heart Association (confirmed)
- Climate Safe Neighborhoods
- Cincerre Eades, Parks Resiliency Principal Planner, Department of Parks & Recreation (confirmed)
- Jasmin Barco – Climate Safe Neighborhood Programs Manager, Groundwork Denver (confirmed)
- A Clean Energy, Resilient and Just City (Help Taylor!). 🤓
- Taylor Moellers, Sustainable Neighborhoods, CASR (confirmed)
- Sonrisa Lucero, Sustainability Strategist, CASR (confirmed)
- Q&A
11:10 – 11:25 (15 minutes) Recovery & Resiliency: Advancing Equity in Climate Action — Denise Fairchild, Ph.D.; President/Chief Executive Officer; Emerald Cities Collaborative | America Empowered (confirmed)
11:25-11:30 (5 minutes) Close – Parry Burnap & Jane Potts, INC Climate & Sustainability Co-Chairs
- Thank you
- Video: Amanda Gorman – Earthrise
