Go Green for St. Patrick’s Day: Ethical Action Climate Justice Salon Featuring Curt Collier & Lucy Crespo

17 Mar 2021 | 07:30 pm - 09:00 pm
Cost : FREE
Curt Collier is the National Youth Program Director for Groundwork USA, an organization created by the National Park Service and the EPA to help raise the capacity of communities to deal with local environmental challenges. He has created a number of programs with federal partners and supporting agencies to create environmental job training, resume building experiences, and career pipelines for diverse youth of color in multiple states. He is also an Ethical Culture Leader, having served three Societies during his nearly 20 years of service, and is currently serving as the Interim Leader of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County.

Ayelen “Lucy” Crespo is the RTCA Conservation Ambassador for the National Park Service – Groundwork Elizabeth. She was born in Rio Ceballos, Argentina, and raised in Elizabeth, NJ. As a DACA recipient Lucy received the opportunity to join Groundwork Elizabeth (GWE) in 2014. Lucy works as the Director of Youth Initiatives to expand the capacity of the organization and increase the number of urban youth in green careers by providing them opportunities with Federal agencies, such as the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service. Over the years, Lucy and GWE have been working with many partners to access the truck traffic, air pollution, heat and flooding through a series of citizen science projects, mapping and connecting the results to its historic origins

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