Please join Urban Ocean Lab on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 2:30 pm ET, (11:30am PT) for a remote panel discussion on the federal government’s role in supporting and preserving working waterfronts, with opening remarks from Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.
To safeguard these places, strong policy and planning is required to provide equitable access to waterfront infrastructure, expand community involvement, strengthen waterfront economies, and address the climate.
Panelists will share actionable measures Congress can take to preserve and increase the resilience of working waterfronts around the country. The discussion will be grounded in the panelists’ experiences passing legislation, securing funding, and working with stakeholder communities. Potential topics include provisions and considerations for urban working waterfronts, climate adaptation and decarbonization policies that Congress can enact, community engagement, workforce development, waterfront mapping and data collection, and government collaboration.
Panelists:
Imani Black, CEO and founder of Minorities in Aquaculture
Janelle Kellman, former mayor of Sausalito, CA, and founder of Center for Sea Rise Solutions
Morgan Rielly, Maine State Representative
Moderator: Alexandra Carter, policy director at Urban Ocean Lab
To attend this remote briefing please RSVP here. Please feel free to share this invite.
The panel is complemented by the Urban Ocean Lab policy memo A Path to Protect and Support Working Waterfronts.
We hope you can join us for this remote briefing.Best,Alexandra “Ali” Carter (she/her)
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Policy Director
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