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2023 Listening Session Summary

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2023 Listening Session Summary

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Resilient Virginia provides critical assistance to help our communities adapt to climate, environmental, social, and economic challenges. However, we recognize that the unique character of each community requires unique assistance. To determine how we can best serve our communities, we must seek input from all sectors across the state and incorporate their needs into our programs and projects.

On December 12th, we held our 2023 Listening Session with representatives from state and local governments, nonprofits, businesses, and academic institutions across the state to hear what they had to say. The discussion centered around what was preventing communities from building resilience, strategies for overcoming these roadblocks, and in what ways we can work together and collaborate to get more done. We walked away with pages of notes and suggestions that will help us determine how Resilient Virginia can fill the gaps; identify and plan the most impactful programs going forward; and connect groups for partnerships and collaborations.

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The Resilience Calendar

  • VAEE Annual Conference
    Date: February 9, 2025
    Location: Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA 24011, USA

    Virginia Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference

    Learn more and register here.

  • Examining Rural Places, Disability, and Underserved Populations in Disaster
    Date: February 11, 2025
    Location: Virtual

    This webinar will feature emerging scholars and Bill Anderson Fund Fellows who examine critical issues at the intersection of rural places, disasters, and underserved populations.

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  • Comprehensive Climate Action Plan(CCAP) Community Listening Session - Northern Region
    Date: February 11, 2025
    Location: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Ct, Woodbridge, VA 22193, USA

    Throughout spring 2025, the DEQ Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) team will
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    development of the CCAP.

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  • Engaging Inclusivity in Regional Development
    Date: February 13, 2025
    Location: Virtual

    UEDA is hosting a special post-summit, virtual discussion that will feature the 2024 UEDA Awards of Excellence winners in the Engaged University and DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) categories, and the judges award.

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