BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ChamberHive//Events//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:tenant-1123-event-94036@chamberhive.com
DTSTAMP:20261108T085115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261108T085115Z
DTSTART:20251215T191500Z
DTEND:20251215T203000Z
SUMMARY:Monday Enrichment - Turbulence on the Water Front: News & Reflectio
 ns from 18 Years of Public Service
LOCATION:Nineteenth Century Charitable Association 178 Forest Avenue Oak Pa
 rk
DESCRIPTION:Those who have access to drinking water from Lake Michigan are 
 fortunate indeed. Yet threats to water quality and supply abound: proposal
 s by counties to the west and suburbs to the south to cannibalize drinking
  water from the city of Chicago\; demands for water and power from quantum
  computing and data centers\; forever chemicals and microplastics detected
  everywhere\; unquenchable thirst from drought-stricken west\; and agencie
 s charged with protecting the environment are eviscerated. What do we know
  and what should we be doing? Debra Shore's 18 years as Metropolitan Water
  Reclamation District Commissioner and regional administrator for US EPA p
 rovide the backdrop. Debra Shore served nearly 15 years as a member of the
  Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of 
 Greater Chicago and then as Regional Administrator of the US Environmental
  Protection Agency until January 2025. She has also served on the Board of
  the Great Lakes Protection Fund\, the LGBTQ+ Victory institute\, Congrega
 tion Sukkat Shalom\, and the Illinois Women's Instituted for Leadership Tr
 aining Academy. Debra was founding editor of Chicago Wilderness Magazine a
 nd loves doing habitat restoration in the Cook County forest Preserves. Sh
 e earned degrees from Goucher College\, Johns Hopkins University\, and Col
 umbia College (Chicago). Free and open to the public. Donations are welcom
 e! To live stream this program\, visit our website. A recording will also 
 be available from the website one week later. https://ncca.memberclicks.ne
 t\n\nhttps://www.oprfchamber.org/events/94036
URL:https://www.oprfchamber.org/events/94036
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR