CLIMATE ACTION – IT STARTS AND ENDS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
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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-register for this Zoom Meeting (required):
https://denvergov-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcOCqpzgoHdTm9CGg_PPB_u3XrBb1O2Nf
We will offer simultaneous translation into Spanish
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
Press Here For Pre-Registration (Required)
About Us
ABOUT THE CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
The C&S Committee is Denver INC’s newest committee. Originally called the Urban Resilience and Sustainability Committee, it was started in 2018 by then Highland United Neighbors INC delegate, Ernie Dietrich. Ernie passed the baton to current Co-Chairs Parry Burnap and Jane Potts in 2020 shortly after the pandemic hit. The work of the Committee has picked up momentum as the issue of Climate has become more front and center with the creation of the new CASR Office and the approval by Denver voters of a sales tax to fund the Climate Protection Fund.
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OUR VISION:
Denver is a sustainable, resilient, and equitable city with engaged neighborhoods.
OUR MISSION:
To build an informed network of Denver residents and neighborhoods who are ready to support and take climate action.
OUR GOALS:
- Communicate with neighbors about critical sustainability issues (the nexus of environment, economy and equity) and relevant climate measures that are being taken in Denver.
- Connect neighbors to their neighbors, community organizations, city leadership, and resources that support solutions.
- Catalyze action by neighbors to address the climate crisis and create sustainable and resilient neighborhoods.
2021 FOCUS AREAS
- Quarterly informational forums
- Build network of climate curious and active neighborhoods throughout the city, with special attention to diversity and inclusivity
- Monitor and share information about new climate developments throughout the city and by relevant city agencies: Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency, Community Planning & Development, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, and Parks and Recreation
- Help produce and distribute monthly newsletter
- Collaborate with other INC Committees: ZAP (Zoning & Planning), Transportation, and PARC (Parks and Rec Committee)
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ABOUT DENVER INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COOPERATION
Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation’s mission is to advocate for Denver citizens by bringing together, informing and empowering Denver neighborhood organizations to actively engage in addressing city issues.
Currently starting its 46th year, Denver INC (Inter Neighborhood Cooperation) is a voluntary, non-profit coalition of representatives from Denver’s registered neighborhood organizations (RNO’s), city agencies and others that gather to promote responsible city change and growth.
INC believes that individual neighborhoods are stronger when they work together and learn from one another. Our structured coalition enables Denver’s neighborhoods to speak in a unified voice to City officials about such things as zoning, transportation, climate and sustainability, parks and recreation, and public safety.
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