Convenings
Coming Soon
2026 Environmental Summit: April 8-10
Upcoming Meetings
Explore our upcoming meetings. Individuals are required to become members in order to receive access to a Hub meeting invitation.
All Member Meetings
Our All Member meetings operate as a critical nexus for which all priorities identified by our Hubs and Leadership Council are pitched to the full network.
Spring All Member Meeting - May 28th from 12:00 - 4:30 pm
Fall All Member Meeting - October 1st from 12:00 - 4:30 pm
Hub Meetings
Collectively, we bridge community and organizational insights with external network capacities to create impactful projects through our Action Pods. These meetings intentionally create space for project ideation and development.
Science Hub Meeting - May 5th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm ET
Government Hub Meeting - May 6th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm ET
Healing & Justice Hub Meeting - May 7th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Leadership Council Meeting - May 14th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Science Hub Meeting - September 8th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm ET
Government Hub Meeting - September 9th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm ET
Healing & Justice Hub Meeting - September 10th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Leadership Council Meeting - September 17th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Become Involved In Our Hubs
Government Hub
The Government Hub provides strategic policy guidance, tracks legislation, and advises on points of leverage. This Hub seeks to increase our region’s capacity to influence policy by uplifting existing initiatives of organizations participating in the Network. There is also a focus on all facets of government and ways in which we can influence them.
Science Hub
The Science Hub operates as the network’s knowledge base. Its role is to gather, analyze, and disseminate critical scientific information. This Hub also provides high-level research that has the potential to fill crucial gaps in knowledge needed to reduce environmental carcinogens, promote safer alternatives, and catalyze systemic change towards healthy environments.
Healing & Justice Hub
The Healing & Justice Hub serves as our principled foundation, ensuring our work is grounded in equity, community voice, and a trauma-informed approach. By prioritizing equitable practices, they guide the Network in sensemaking to ensure our pathways to prevention are inclusive, just, and responsive to the needs of those most impacted by environmental toxins.
Action Pods
Our emergent Action Pods are temporary, self-organizing groups formed organically around a specific, time-limited goal (e.g., drafting a press release, organizing an event, or responding to a community crisis). They are the primary engine of network output and exist to allow the Network to react to sensitive community needs in real time.
Action Pods infuse collective action throughout the entire Network and are born through a collaborative process. Network members are encouraged to pitch new, innovative ideas in which the Network can organize around. After the initial pitch, a collective dialogue takes place and if there is energy among our members to work on the proposed project, it is officially adopted as a new Action Pod.
Active Action Pods
Project REACH: Toolkit A digital initiative to advance environmental health equity and to address environmental injustices by translating science into tools for community action. This pod will specifically oversee critical updates to the Reducing Environmental and Occupational Cancer Risks Toolkit.
Pod Deliverable: To write the content for a SWPA-specific module in the Toolkit.
Pod Deliverable: To write the content for a SWPA-specific module in the Toolkit.
CENSWPA Podcast
A focused, five-session seasonal podcast series designed to leverage the expertise of regional network leaders to provide insightful and topical information to our audience. Pod Deliverable: Plan a 5-session (first season) of the CENSWPA podcast.
A focused, five-session seasonal podcast series designed to leverage the expertise of regional network leaders to provide insightful and topical information to our audience. Pod Deliverable: Plan a 5-session (first season) of the CENSWPA podcast.
Legacy Action Pods
CENSWPA Year in Review The Year in Review (YIR) was successfully written and released. The YIR summarizes findings from scientific studies published in 2025 that add to the evidence regarding cancer risks associated with exposures in our environment to support risk reduction/cancer prevention strategies. This project included multiple authors and content reviewers representing 6 network organizations, individual members, and internal staff.
Environmental Justice Policy Campaign
Through our Government Hub, we successfully drafted and circulated an organizational sign-on letter urging Governor Shaipro to increase transparency regarding the adoption timeline of the revised Environmental Justice (EJ) policy. 25 local organizations signed the letter, representing vast community support. After receiving an official response letter from the DEP Secretary, a strategic meeting was scheduled between CEN and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) where we discussed specific concerns highlighted in our letter. The EJ policy was officially released in January 2026, after which we promptly partnered with the DEP and hosted a network-wide EJ policy training session.
Through our Government Hub, we successfully drafted and circulated an organizational sign-on letter urging Governor Shaipro to increase transparency regarding the adoption timeline of the revised Environmental Justice (EJ) policy. 25 local organizations signed the letter, representing vast community support. After receiving an official response letter from the DEP Secretary, a strategic meeting was scheduled between CEN and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) where we discussed specific concerns highlighted in our letter. The EJ policy was officially released in January 2026, after which we promptly partnered with the DEP and hosted a network-wide EJ policy training session.