March 20, 2021 - BCONE and CCNY Present EPA’s Brownfields Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT)

The Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast (BCONE)in conjunction with the City College of New York (CCNY) present a virtual panel discussion on

EPA’s Brownfields Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT)

When:  Saturday, March 20, 2021 from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Zoom Meeting URL: https://ccny.zoom.us/j/89426417808 | Meeting ID: 894 2641 7808

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. The latter, also known as Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grant funds are provided to nonprofit organizations and other eligible entities to recruit, train, and place residents from solid and hazardous waste-impacted communities, including low-income and minority, unemployed, and underemployed individuals. Our panel discussion will be moderated by EPA Region 2 Brownfields Program Coordinator Ms Schenine Mitchell. Panelists include three EWDJT grantees, as well as one representative of the Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute, as outlined below. 

Moderator: 

Schenine Mitchell, Brownfields Program Coordinator, Land Chemicals and Redevelopment Division, Land and Redevelopment Programs Branch, Brownfields Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2.

Panelists:

• Raphaella Savaides, Training Coordinator, The Fortune Society, Long Island City, NY 
• Paul McFadden, Manager of Workforce Development, City of Rochester, NY 
• Angela M. Iocolano, Sr. Director, Quality & Evaluation, PathStone Corporation, Rochester, NY  

• Michael Senew, representing Eastern Iowa Community College’s Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute (HMTRI)

For more information on the selected Brownfields EWDJT grant recipients, including past grantees, please visit: https://cfpub.epa.gov/bf_factsheets/index.cfm?grant_type_id=1003&grant_announcement_year=2018

For more information on this, and other types of Brownfields grants, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/environmental-workforce-development-and-job-training-ewdjt-grants