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Highlands Region Environmental Justice Community Engagement Session (Tuesday, June 14, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m.)

Save the date! In-Person and Virtual Options Available

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Location: St. Philip & St. James Church, 430 S Main Street, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 08865

Livestream: via Zoom. Please register using the following link: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsfuCppjwqHDk27iGJRdIBtGoGBTWOFbo?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Prior registration also recommended for in-person attendees to ensure social distancing.

The community engagement session will provide residents, community groups, and other members of the public a chance to meet Commissioner LaTourette and Regional Administrator Garcia and discuss environmental justice issues in the Highlands Region. 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 overburdened 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.

Please share this announcement and the below flyer with community members and organizations concerned about environmental and public health conditions in the Highlands Region.

https://nj.gov/dep/ej/docs/20220614-highlands-session-invite.pdf