Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice (2024)
Chapter: Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27317.
Appendix B
Public Meeting Agendas
The committee’s deliberations were informed by formal presentations, formal and informal discussions, and written input from several individuals. This appendix includes the agendas from the committee’s formal information-gathering sessions and lists those individuals invited to make presentations. Many more individuals (not listed) asked questions and offered their expertise in commentary to help enrich the discussions in both closed and open sessions.
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
HYBRID MEETING
| 2:00 pm EST | Welcomes and Introduction |
| 2:05 pm | Introduction to Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) Natasha DeJarnett, Deputy Director of Environmental Justice Data and Evaluation |
| 2:35 pm | Clarifying Questions from Committee for CEQ |
| 2:45 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Orientation from Sponsor Cecilia Martinez, Principal Advisor, Bezos Earth Fund |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27317.
| 3:25 pm | Clarifying Questions from Committee for Sponsor |
| 3:35 pm | General Discussion Between Committee and Sponsor |
| 4:00 pm | Opportunity for Public Comment (Advance Registration Required) |
| • | Email Oshane Orr for advanced registration at oorr@nas.edu |
| • | Public comment registration closes at 11 am EST, February 13th |
| • | Members of the public will be called on in the order that they registered and have 2 minutes to provide their comments. At the end of 2 minutes, the next commentor will be called. |
| 4:30 pm | End of Open Session |
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
VIRTUAL MEETING
| 1:00 pm EST | Welcomes and Introduction |
| 1:10 pm | CDC’s Environmental Justice Index (EJI) Explorer Benjamin McKenzie, Epidemiologist, CDC Sharunda Buchanan, Director, Office of Priority Projects, Innovation and Environmental Justice, CDC |
| 1:30 pm | Clarifying Questions from Committee for CDC |
| 1:35 pm | EPA’s EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool Tai Lung, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. EPA Matthew Lee, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. EPA |
| 1:55 pm | Clarifying Questions from Committee for U.S. EPA |
| 2:00 pm | Break |
| 2:20 pm | Panel Discussion Benjamin McKenzie, Epidemiologist, CDC Sharunda Buchanan, Director, CDC Tai Lung, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. EPA Matthew Lee, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. EPA Lucas Brown, Senior Advisor for Justice40 at CEQ |
| 4:00 pm | End of Open Session |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27317.
MAY 12, 2023
VIRTUAL MEETING
| 3:00 pm EST | Welcomes and Introduction |
| 3:05 pm | Presentation on U.S. DOT Equitable Transportation Community Explorer Kristin Wood, Justice40 Program Lead in the U.S. DOT Secretary’s Office of Policy Development and Coordination |
| 3:25 pm | Clarifying Questions from Committee |
| 3:35 pm | General Discussion Between Committee and Presenter |
| 4:00 pm | End of Open Session |
MAY 16, 2023
VIRTUAL MEETING
| 1:00 pm EST | Welcomes and Introduction |
| 1:05 pm | Presentation on mapping present and future vulnerability Weihsueh Chiu, Professor in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences at Texas A&M University |
| 1:25 pm | Clarifying Questions from Committee |
| 1:35 pm | General Discussion Between Committee and Presenter |
| 2:00 pm | End of Open Session |
JUNE 1, 2023
HYBRID COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
This workshop of the Committee on Utilizing Advanced Environmental Health and Geospatial Data and Technologies to Inform Community Investment will explore how well data used within the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) represent lived experiences of different kinds of communities across the nation. CEJST, a geospatial tool, was developed by the White House Council on Environmental Quality to identify communities experiencing climate and economic burdens. Workshop participants will discuss (a) how information obtained using CEJST reflects conditions within communities, (b) gaps in the data used within CEJST, and (c) how cumulative burdens are experienced and represented in CEJST. The information gathered during
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27317.
this workshop will inform the study committee’s deliberations and recommendations regarding a future data strategy for CEJST. View the full study description at https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/utilizing-advanced-environmental-health-and-geospatial-data-and-technologies-to-inform-community-investment.
| Purpose |
To understand connections between the lived experiences of historically marginalized and overburdened populations and:
|
| 10:00 am EST | Welcomes and introduction, background about project and CEJST tool, objectives and logistics for the day |
| 10:20 am | Presentation regarding the categories and indicators of burden in CEJST and the data used to represent them |
| 10:50 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Flash talks from experts on understanding the lived experience of communities: Michelle Alvarado, Executive Director, Resiliency Law Center Loka Ashwood, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Kentucky Nayamin Martinez, Executive Director, Central California Environmental Justice Network Vi Waghiyi, Native of Village of Savoonga, Physician, Environmental Health and Justice Program Director with Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT), WHEJAC Neza Xiuhtecutli, General Coordinator, Farmworker Association of Florida |
| 11:55 am | Plenary: Concluding the morning sessions |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm | CEJST demonstration to provide a base level understanding of each component of the tool to prepare participants for hands-on exercise |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27317.
| 1:00 pm |
Hands on exercise: How well does CEJST represent conditions in your community? The exercise focuses on the representation of conditions through CEJST categories of burden. Exercise worksheet: https://forms.gle/23LxjfHK8ravhAgL9 |
| 2:00 pm | Break |
| 2:15 pm | Plenary reports from rapporteurs followed by group discussion on common observations about data gaps and unique observations |
| 3:30 pm | Panel discussion on defining disadvantaged communities and approaches for how CEJST can better identify these communities: Jack Ding, Environmental Justice Technology Fellow, Anthropocene Alliance/Environmental Policy Innovation Center Rep. Larry Lambert, State Representative, 7th District, Delaware General Assembly, House of Representatives, Marisa Sotolongo, PhD candidate in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University; Research Assistant, Initiative for Energy Justice Mathy Stanislaus, Esq., Vice Provost & Executive Director, the Environmental Collaboratory, Drexel University Sacoby Wilson, Professor and Director, Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH) Lab, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 4:10 pm | Open plenary discussion: Committee member opens questions to the participants to reflect on the data needs identified throughout the day’s sessions and how they can be addressed Form for sending other useful datasets for committee consideration: https://forms.gle/LF1wYwMnbHUVn5yf6 |
| 4:45 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 5:00 pm | End of Open Session |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27317.
JULY 20, 2023
VIRTUAL MEETING
| 2:00 pm EST | Welcomes and Introduction |
| 2:05 pm | Presentation on composite indicators Michaela Saisana, Head of the Monitoring, Indicators and Impact Evaluation Unit, lead European Commission’s Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards (COIN), Joint Research Centre |
| 2:30pm | Clarifying Questions from Committee |
| 2:45 pm | General Discussion Between Committee and Presenter |
| 3:30 pm | End of Open Session |
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