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WHEN: May 10, 2012
WHERE: Doyle Community Park & Center, Leominster, MA
COST: $35, byo lunch
MORE INFO: http://tinyurl.com/PartnershipsWorkshop
Creating and sustaining successful partnerships can be challenging, but can also have a range of benefits, from leveraging impact to creating lasting professional relationships. At this one-day workshop, trainers from the Consensus Building Institute will teach relevant strategies and best practices for managing and engaging in successful partnerships, based on real-life examples, situations and experiences. Participants will gain an understanding of, and framework for, when to partner and with whom; negotiating objectives and strategies; clarifying roles and responsibilities; and preventing surprises and setbacks from derailing the partnership and effort. The workshop will include lectures, group discussions, and interactive activities designed to provide participants with a framework for effective partnering.
WHEN: June 9, 2012
WHERE: Worcester, MA
COST: FREE
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For the first time in New England, residents of low income communities and communities of color, together with community organizers, attorneys, public health and environmental professionals and government officials will assemble for a one day Summit on environmental justice. At the Summit attendees will share ideas, learn from one another and plan future work to address environmental and public health issues that especially affect low income communities and communities of color. NEEJF is a collaboration of Alternatives for Community and Environment, Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice and Rhode Island Legal Services.
WHEN: July 13-15th, 2012
WHERE: Soule Homestead Education Center, Middleborough, MA
COST: TBD
MORE INFO: http://northeastconvergence.wordpress.com/
To: Interact with each other and observe each others’ strategies and successes; Catch and store the excitement and energy that comes with collaboration and sharing with the community; Walk away with a yield (new ideas, strengthened relationships, & next steps); Share your own strategies and receive feedback on how to improve their efficiency; Learn about renewable resources in your bio-region; Collaborate and imagine with others how to produce as little waste as possible in your own homestead; Take a weekend to step back and think about the design of your own life; Integrate with others in your bio-region; Develop new slow and small solutions, learn about local resources and produce more sustainable outcomes;Use and value the diversity of the Northeast’s resources and people; Learn about the differences among bio-regions across the Northeast and use these edges and margins to your advantage; Meet new people, learn about how they work, and create new ideas from theirs.
WHEN: August 10-12, 2012
WHERE: UMASS Amherst
COST: TBD
MORE INFO: http://www.nofasummerconference.org/