Dates/Time
October 13, 2021
1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Join Enterprise Community Partners for the launch of their California-based Community Powered Resilience website and program. Community Powered Resilience is a different way of planning for and recovering from disasters that ensures frontline communities have decision-making power, safety and dignity.
During this event, you will:
- Hear from environmental justice advocate Dr. Cecilia Martinez of the White House Council for Environmental Quality on the importance of listening to and centering frontline communities
- See a demonstration of the website and its many tools for equitable disaster planning and recovery
- Connect with community organizations, government and philanthropic partners working in this area
Keynote: Dr. Cecilia Martinez
Dr. Cecilia Martinez is the senior director for Environmental Justice at the White House Council for Environmental Quality. In this role, she facilitates the coordination of the whole-of-government environmental justice agenda for the Biden administration. Previously, she was the executive director of the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy, an organization that she co-founded to ensure that communities and policymakers have the tools and information they need to create just, sustainable energy and environmental policy.
