The purpose of this partially-ARP funded grant is to provide funding to milwaukee water commons to support the milwaukee environmental justice roundtable, a collaborative forum coordinated by…

The purpose of this partially-ARP funded grant is to provide funding to milwaukee water commons to support the milwaukee environmental justice roundtable, a collaborative forum coordinated by milwaukee water commons that intentionally brings together multi-racial community leaders - centering communities of color and indigenous communities, and their allies - to facilitate inclusion of environmental justice principles in all levels of policy and decision-making at the intersection of the environment, health, and racial justice. Activities: coordinate and hold regular meetings of the 40+-member roundtable (BI-monthly) and the 7-member roundtable leadership planning team (monthly), provide opportunities and support for roundtable members to speak on existing policy and decision-making processes on priority issues, and produce and disseminate 3 position papers targeted to policymakers; results: public educated; results: public and policy-makers educated on key environmental issues. Outcomes: outputs include 40+ roundtable members/organizations participating in meetings, 12 leadership team meetings, 6 roundtable meetings, 3 policy-maker briefings held on prioritized environmental/health/justice issues, 3 policy statements/position papers produced, principles and framing document developed, 500 community members participating in outreach and report-back events. Subrecipient: no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.