Attention SE Florida Residents, Ocean Lovers & Activists:

Are you concerned about climate change, sea level rise, and the increasing amount of human-made pollution, plastics and offshore oil drilling negatively impacting the look, feel, and chemistry of our life-giving oceans and regional seafood?

Then please join the SE Florida Sierra Marine & Water Quality Team and members of the Tri-County Sierra Clubs on Saturday, April 14, 2018 (10a-5p), for a very special FREE-TO-THE-PUBLIC FORUM featuring a host of outstanding speakers working in their respective fields as well as knowledgeable representatives from several locally based environment-related organizations.

The 2018 Forum will be held inside the Hallandale Beach Community/Cultural Center Center, at 410 SE 3rd Street, Hallandale Beach 33009, across from Gulfstream Village, behind the Library in the Hallandale City Hall complex off US1 (see map on this page). There’s plenty of free & safe car parking surrounding the building, with easy access for the handicapped.

Please register via this Eventbrite page to guarantee your seat(s) for you and your guests. We have capacity for over 100 people at the Hallandale Beach Center (general admission, no assigned seating), so please consider inviting your friends and family. Donations to the Sierra Club cab can be made at the door by cash or check.

AGENDA & SPEAKERS (in order of presentation):
Note: Order and Times Subject to change. Check back for updates - thanks!

9:30a - Doors Open for 10am Start
Come early and enjoy coffee & light refreshments

10a - CAROLINE McLAUGHLIN and JACKIE CRUCET (National Parks Conservation Association)
Topic: Marine Conservation in our National Parks

11a - CAPTAIN DAN KIPNIS
Topic: Ocean Acidification and Climate Change

12p - Working lunch with SALOME GARCIA (Oceana)
Topic: Offshore Drilling, Seismic blasting

1p - RACHEL SILVERSTEIN (Miami Waterkeepers)
Topic: Off-shore dredging along SE Florida's coasts and reefs

2p - CAMERON JAGGARD (PEW Charitable Trust)
Topic: Ecosytem Fisheries Based Management

3p - DREW MARTIN (Sierra Club Loxahatchee Group)
Topic: Underwater Noise Pollution

4p - DAN BURDENO (Coral Restoration Foundation)
Topic: Restoring Ecosystem Services through Active Reef Restoration

5p - Closing Remarks and Wrap

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