DEI Salon: What is Meaningful Community Engagement? Let’s Talk About It!

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The Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Committee Presents:

Do you find it challenging to get good turnouts at public meetings?

Join us for a salon style discussion to explore non-traditional strategies to collect feedback and gain insight to diverse community perspectives on policies and projects.

This peer sharing opportunity will explore topics such as:

-What does successful engagement look like

-How to create space for overlooked communities to participate in planning processes

-Challenges and barriers to encouraging participation in public meetings

Recorded on October 21, 2025 | 12 – 1pm PDT via Zoom.

Webinar: What’s the Secret Sauce? 7/25

 

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Event Description:

Join the NCRA Schools Committee for: “What’s the Secret Sauce? How Castro Valley schools achieve such high diversion rates”

Castro Valley has an award-winning Schools Program!
  • Average school diversion rate is 91% and 15 out of 17 schools have achieved 90% or more.
  • Support includes: Green Ribbon school program, custodial recognition, 4Rs field trips, refresher presentations, donations & supples.
  • Learn how they do it and how you can support schools on the path to Zero Waste!
Speaker: Jordan Figueiredo, Zero Waste Specialist, Castro Valley Sanitary District
July 31st at 1-2PM

What’s Fair: Funding for Food Recovery, 6/25



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Hot Date with NCRA ZFW, 2/25

Come prepared on February 14, 2025, 1-2 PM via Zoom to share your ideas for regulatory / legislative fixes to the SB 1383 edible food recovery system!

What would make SB 1383 regulations more effective at reaching Zero Food Waste?⁠ ⁠ We want to hear all your ideas! Anyone affected by SB 1383 edible food recovery regulations is welcome to join.⁠ ⁠

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