Meeting purpose: Navigating the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) process • Update on the 3 Communities 1 Common Agenda (3C1CA) organizing process and the DEIS.
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Agenda Highlights
- 9:30 AM – Continental breakfast
- Prayer and introduction
- Progress report: since September 16, 2023, community engagement
- Partnerships:
- Academic Institutions
- Columbia University: Sustainable Management students’ site visit
- Georgia State University: Student website and asset mapping projects update
- 3C1CA Organizing Update
- Updates on the Pearl River Federal Flood Risk Management Project study
- One Lake: Its threats to the Pearl River and Frontline Communities – presentation by Jill Mastrototaro, Audubon Delta Policy Director (See bio before)
- Community discussion and next steps
- Closing Prayer
- Brunch and Fellowship
Special guest bio
Jill Mastrototaro joined Audubon Delta as their Mississippi policy director in 2017. In this role, she advances conservation and climate priorities across the state, the Gulf Coast, and the Mississippi Flyway by working with policymakers, natural resource agencies, diverse coalitions, and the public. Her recent successes include securing one of the nation’s most equitable rooftop solar policies, reinstating key federal protections for globally important wetlands, and steering tens of millions of dollars to coastal restoration projects. She has spent the past 24 years leading campaigns and programs for regional and national environmental non-profits that have achieved victories for wildlife and marginalized communities in the Deep South and beyond. A New England native, she has a Master’s in Environmental Policy and a B.S. in Environmental Science. She has lived in metro Jackson for 12 years.
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