E.P.A. and Partners to Host Free Environmental Justice Workshop in Gulfport, Miss.

ATLANTA - Representatives from the E.P.A. (EPA) together with Oxfam America and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) will present a Mississippi environmental justice workshop on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at the Westside Community Center in Gulfport. The workshop is free and open to the public, and participants may register through Sept. 18, 2015.

The workshop will provide a forum for capacity building and resource sharing relative to promoting just practices and improving conditions in environmentally overburdened communities across Mississippi. The theme, "Encouraging Just Practices in Vulnerable Communities," is critical to understanding and advancing environmental justice.

WHO:
EPA, Oxfam America and MDEQ

WHAT:
Mississippi Environmental Justice Workshop

WHEN:
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 from 8:30 am to five p.m. CST (Registration will open at 7:30 a.m.)

WHERE:
Westside Community Center
4006 Eighth Street, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501

Community members interested in obtaining additional information are encouraged to contact LaKeshia Robertson at [email protected] or Keala Hughes at [email protected].

For more information and to register, visit https://epa.connectsolutions.com/gom_ejworkshop/event/event_info.html and select "view" after entering your data.

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