Community Engagement as a Useful Tool for Seeking Solutions and Actions

What Is Community Engagement and How Can it be a Useful Tool for Seeking Solutions and Actions to Climate Change?

The program will focus on key aspects and practices of community engagement and then delve into how they can be applied for seeking solutions and actions to climate change.

The event’s speakers will provide an overview of the National Academy of Public Administration’s study, “Engaging Americans & Increasing Public Trust: An Agenda for 2021 and Beyond” and the City of Alexandria, Virginia’s community engagement program, What’s Next Alexandria. They will then discuss how community engagement practices and lessons learned can be used to engage people in seeking solutions and actions to climate change. The discussion will include how these practices and lessons learned can especially engage people whose thoughts and needs are often marginalized on topics that have a direct effect on them.

 

Presenters:

Dr. Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Founding Executive Director, The National Institute for Civil Discourse and Founder and Former President, America Speaks

Carrie Beach, Division Chief, Neighborhood Planning and Community Development, Office of Planning and Zoning, City of Alexandria, VA

Ellen Eggerton, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Alexandria, VA

 

Register to attend by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 15th to receive the Zoom link at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-engagement-as-a-useful-tool-for-seeking-solutions-and-actions-tickets-211473863017

NCAC Annual Meeting

Save the Date!

Don Kettl Discusses His Latest Book – Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn’t Work

With Keynote Speaker Don Kettl

Sid Richardson Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs,

University of Texas and author of numerous books.

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Drinks and Conversation: Lunch

About this Event
This is an opportunity for the DC area public administration community to get together to discuss anything on your mind such as the results of the presidential and congressional elections, coping with COVID-19, balancing work and helping your children in a virtual or hybrid learning environment, the opportunities and challenges of working remotely, safety of your office when it reopens or anything else that you want to chat about. You might even want to share how NCAC can help you.
 
The Board recognizes that people have various availabilities to participate in drinks and conversation. As a result, this event is being offered on three days at different times.
 
They are:
Tuesday, February 16th, from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 17th, from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, February 18th, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
 
Please register for Drinks and Conversation to participate in one or more days. A zoom link to join the meeting will only be provided to those who register.
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Drinks and Conversations: Morning

This is an opportunity for the DC area public administration community to get together to discuss anything on your mind such as the results of the presidential and congressional elections, coping with COVID-19, balancing work and helping your children in a virtual or hybrid learning environment, the opportunities and challenges of working remotely, safety of your office when it reopens or anything else that you want to chat about. You might even want to share how NCAC can help you. The Board recognizes that people have various availabilities to participate in drinks and conversation. As a result, this event is being offered on three days at different times.

They are:

Tuesday, February 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 17, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Thursday, February 18, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Please register for Drinks and Conversation to participate in one or more days. A zoom link to join the meeting will only be provided to those who register.

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