2020 CAMDEN ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT

On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, the Camden Collaborative Initiative (CCI) hosted the
2020 Camden Environmental Summit to highlight innovative and equitable efforts locally to protect
and enhance the environment in Camden, New Jersey.  The Summit was held for the first time virtually
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  More than 250 residents, environmental leaders, advocates, and stakeholders form the public, private, and non-profit participated in the 8th annual Summit, presented
by New Jersey American Water.  The Summit featured author, poet, wildlife biologist and "Black Birdwatcher". Dr. J. Drew Lanham as the keynote speaker.
 A native of Edgefield, South Carolina, J. Drew Lanham is the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature, which received the Reed Award from the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Southern Book Prize, and was a finalist for the John Burroughs Medal.  He is a birder, naturalist, and hunter-conservationist who has published essays and poetry in publications including Orion, Audubon, Flycatcher, and Wilderness, and in several anthologies, including The Colors of Nature, State of the Heart, Bartram's Living Legacy,  and Carolina Writers at Home. An Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher of Clemson University, he and his family live in the Upstate of South Carolina, a soaring hawk's downhill glide from the southern Appalachian escarpment that the Cherokee once called the Blue Wall.

POST-SUMMIT INFO

www.projectlittlewarriors.com to learn more about the non profit and what we do. Also for information about bringing yoga and mindfulness to your local community for the youth!

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Five-Minute Fast Talks on the Environment

HOW CAN WE ALL MAKE FASHION SUSTAINABLE
Terina Nicole Hill
Founder, Jypsea Leather Goods
FOR MORE INFO
www.fashiondesigncentersj.com
www.terinanicole.com
Instagram:
@theterinanicole @fashiondesigncentersj
CRAMER HILL WATERFRONT PARK

Michael Palmquist
Environmental Specialist, NJDEP, Office of Natural Resource Restoration
FOR MORE INFO
on the Cramer Hill
Waterfront Park
Visit www.nj.gov/dep/nrr/cramer-hill.htm
WATER QUALITY & LEAD AWARENESS

Denise Venuti Free
Director of Communications & External Affairs, American Water, Easter Division
FOR MORE INFO
Take the Camden Water Quality Survey:
English / Spanish
Annual Water Quality Reports
Camden City customers: www.aw-connect.com/Camden
New Jersey American Water customers: www.newjerseyamwater.com, under Water Quality
Video: What to Know About H2O: Lead
CITIZEN SCIENCE: TRUCK TRAFFIC

Mike Morgan
Waterfront South resident
FOR MORE INFO
Check out these additional resources on citizen science
THE FUTURE IS HERE: SOLVING CAMDEN'S STORMWATER ISSUES
Scott Schreiber
Executive Director, Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
FOR MORE INFO
on the Long-Term
Control Plan
Visit www.ccmua.org/index.php/long-term-control-plan/

Featured Speakers
Francisco "Frank" Moran
Mayor
City of Camden
Olivia Glenn
Deputy Commission
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Pete Lopez
Regional Administrator - Region 2
US Environmental Protection Agency

Additional Speakers
WELCOME & M.C.
Meishka L. Mitchell
Vice President, Cooper's Ferry Partnership
OPENING REMARKS
Cheryl Norton
President, New Jersey American Water
ARTS BREAK
Pretty in Poetry
Jennalissa Moore (8th grade), Alayah Dunlap (9th grade), Jakiyah Moore (8th grade)
MOMENT OF ZEN
James Gaddy
aka Mr. Yogi
Founder/Chief Inspirational Officer, Project Little Warriors
WHAT'S NEXT?
Armando Alfonso
Environmental Engineer, CCI Liason, NJDEP

2019 Camden Environmental Summit

250 people representing a diverse cross-section of the greater Camden community spent the day talking about equity and inclusion in the environmental realm, acknowledging and recognizing the inequities deeply rooted in the development of Camden over time, and seeking out and sharing solutions to overcoming Camden's environmental legacy at the 2019 Camden Environmental Summit, presented by New Jersey American Water. 

One highlight of the day was keynote speaker Carolyn Finney, Ph.D.'s poignant talk about the relationship between people of color and America's great outdoors. Check out her talk below.

Thank you again to our tremendous title sponsor, New Jersey American Water, our principal sponsor, Covanta, our supporting sponsors, Pennoni, the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, and Advanced Enviro Systems, and our additional contributors, PS&S, Gilmore & Associates, Inc., and Woodard & Curran. 

Congratulations again to our 2019 Environmental Heroes, and thank to you to all of our speakers, exhibitors, and attendees. Please check out the event photos below.

Congratulations to our 2019 Environmental Heroes! 

Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School
Jonathan Compton, Program Director, Center for Environmental Transformation (CFET)
Jessica Franzini, Deputy Director of Government & Community Relations, NJDOT 
VietLead

Please click here, for more information on our 2019 Environmental Heroes

2018 Camden Environmental Summit

2017 Camden Environmental Summit

If you have any questions pertaining to the Camden Environmental Summit, please contact Cooper's Ferry Partnership at
856-757-9154 or email camdencollaborative@coopersferry.com