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DEP Environmental Justice Community Engagement Session, February 24, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. in Elizabeth, NJ

Date and Time: Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, 6:00-7:30pm

Location: Peterstown Community Center, 418 Palmer Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202

Livestream: via Zoom. Registration information forthcoming

Inclement Weather Plan: Virtual session via Zoom. Registration link to receive that information forthcoming

In person attendees will be asked to wear masks.

This session is co-sponsored by Groundwork Elizabeth and the Hillside Branch of the NAACP.

The community engagement session will provide residents, community groups, and other members of the public a chance to meet Commissioner LaTourette and discuss environmental justice issues in Union County. The Commissioner will also provide the community with an update on the Department’s efforts to advance the mission of environmental justice for New Jersey’s communities.

This community engagement  session is part of the Administration’s commitment to promoting environmental justice in New Jersey to ensure that all state residents, regardless of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, or income are able to live, learn, work, and recreate in a healthy and clean environment and to have equal access to green space, clean energy resources, and other environmental benefits.