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June 10, 2020

Building Community Resilience: Climate Action and Equity

Join Simon Fraser University's Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT) for an insightful discussion with Dr. Edward Cameron about climate justice and equity in a post COVID-19 world. 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET.

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June 5, 2020

Stories from the Frontlines: Journalists and Protests with CNN's Brian Stelter

Join CNN Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter as he talks with journalists covering the protests over the death of George Floyd. Why have journalists faced such unprecedented harassment, intimidation and detainment during this fast-moving story? How can they protect themselves and get the access they need to keep their communities informed going forward? An SPJ Live Online Session, 12:00 p.m. ET.

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June 5, 2020

Covering Protests: Journalists Under Attack

Join the International Center for Journalists, 10:00 a.m. ET, for a special event on the alarming trend of police targetting journalists covering protests, featuring Linda Tirado, a freelance photojournalist who was blinded in one eye while covering the Minneapolis protests; Branden Hunter, Detroit Free Press; Maria Salazar-Ferro, CPJ; and Ahmer Khan, winner of the 2020 Human Rights Press Award for his coverage of unrest in Kashmir.

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December 1, 2020

DEADLINE: Writing Opportunity With The Oxygen Project

Proposals for covering deep seabed mining, a burgeoning ocean issue, are invited from experienced journalists and opinion writers for conventional news stories, in-depth features, investigative reports, profiles, case studies. Pitches will be considered on a rolling basis until Dec 1, 2020, or whenever our budget is disbursed.

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May 26, 2020 to May 28, 2020

Webinar: An Inside Look at How NASA Measures Air Pollution

With the world’s eyes and media coverage turned to recent global changes in air pollution from the economic downturn, NASA offers a free two-part webinar series (May 26 and 28, 1.5 hours each) in both English and Spanish.

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May 21, 2020

Webinar: SPJ Google Tools Training for Freelancers

Author/journalist/technologist Andy Boyle presents a free, interactive program geared to freelance journalists. The focus will be on Google tools new and old that will help you get the best information, most accurate and up-to-date information more efficiently. 1:00 p.m. ET.

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May 13, 2020

Rising Waters: Stories from America’s Frontline

The University of Rhode Island's Metcalf Institute and the Rhode Island Center for the Book's Reading Across Rhode Island program present an online conversation with Elizabeth Rush, author of "Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore." Free registration required. 2:00 p.m. ET.

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May 5, 2020

Webinar: Managing Corrosion and Biofouling on the Offshore Monopile Supports for Wind Turbines

This free World Ocean Council webinar presents research on a new concept for offshore wind monopile design to address corrosion and also create habitat for marine life, enhance local ecologies and provide ecosystem services in terms of fisheries, nutrient cycling and carbon fixation. 10:00 a.m. ET.

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April 24, 2020

Climate Change and Coronavirus Panel

The Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition's Zoom panel will ask tough questions and feature speakers Stephen Pacala, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professor, Princeton University and co-director, Carbon Mitigation Initiative; Kian Mintz-Woo, Princeton's University Center for Human Values and the Princeton Environmental Institute; and SEJ president Meera Subramanian, independent journalist and Princeton's Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities.

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April 20, 2020

How Strikes and Community Coalitions Can Address the Crises We Are Facing

The Leap presents a webinar, 6pm ET, on how a property service union in Minnesota, representing 4,000 janitors who clean corporate office buildings, went on strike with support of environmental justice groups during their recent contract fight. Their lessons learned can be applied to our current moment, when bargaining for the common good is a tool we all need to address a global pandemic and economic crisis.

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