Description: The Resident Empowerment Training (RET) is a project-based learning program that empowered 20 emerging community leaders in San Diego with skills in community organizing and urban greening to help transform the health of their watershed. Participants attended workshops on climate resilience, green stormwater infrastructure, and community involvement in planning blue-green infrastructure in the Chollas Creek Watershed. As a result, five project concepts were developed, including a “Safe Routes to School” project. Learn about the Chollas Creek Watershed project, the Resident Empowerment Training model, hear directly from three of the resident leaders (fellows), and discover lessons learned from listening to the community and supporting them as integral partners in watershed management.

• Demonstrate how community advocates can become powerful allies for water infrastructure.
• Share an exemplar of a well-designed community leadership program for water infrastructure development.

Presenters: April Mendez, CEO, Greenprint Partners, Jacinta Hinojosa, Resident Fellow, Brian Flaigmore, Resident Fellow, and Howard Cuarezma, Resident Fellow, Groundwork San Diego

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

We invite wastewater personnel from large, medium, small, urban, suburban, small and tribal systems; planners, architects, consultants, engineers, designers, managers and board members, elected officials, community leaders, policy experts, hydrologists, scientists, nonprofit and advocacy group representatives, construction professionals, grant writers, financial officers, and anyone interested in collaborative watershed management solutions.

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