We have numerous events coming up in May and June, and know it's a busy time of year, so this month's email will include both May and June events! We will still send out a June Monthly Events Email for that month as well, the first Friday in June.

Join us for our last session of the Community Engagement Conversations series, to build an understanding of how to facilitate digital and in-person meetings to help your participants share their needs and challenges.

After registering to join us, we encourage you to visit the Community Engagement Conversations webpage, to view recordings and other materials from previous Conversations.

The Series:

The MAPC Community Engagement Team has been hosting once-a-month Conversations since September 2024 (and they will go through May 2025) focused on different community engagement topics. The goal of these Conversations is to support this work within your own community, and to introduce you to the services MAPC offers when you work with the MAPC Community Engagement Team.

Questions? Please contact:

Javier Gutierrez, Director of Community Engagement, jgutierrez@mapc.org

Please join MAPC, City of Boston, Net Zero Logistics, and MassCEC for an interactive discussion about our recently launched new resource, E-Cargo Bikes: Strategies for Municipal Delivery Transition!

This guide provides tools and resources to support municipalities in the Greater Boston region who want to make the transition from traditional delivery vehicles to electric bikes, or e-cargo bikes. E-cargo bikes can provide an alternative form of delivery that is cleaner, safer, and faster.

We understand that cities and towns who may be interested in making the transition might have questions on where to even begin. We encourage you to join us for this conversation, and bring those questions with you!

Questions? Please contact:

Marah Holland, Senior Transportation Planner, mholland@mapc.org

Additional information – including the exciting announcement of our esteemed Keynote and Panel of Speakers – is coming soon.

For now, we encourage you to save the date and time on your calendar, and register to hold your seat!

Questions? Please contact:

Emma Koontz, Council Engagement Specialist, ekoontz@mapc.org

MAPC in partnership with the Center for Climate and Health at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH), is hosting a regional symposium titled Fostering Collaborations: A Symposium to Advance Equitable Heat Health Actions.

The symposium aims to engage with and foster constructive dialogue among key stakeholders across sectors. By bringing together experts and leaders from academic, state and municipal governments, healthcare institutions, community-based organizations, foundations, and advocacy groups in the region, we will help bridge the gap between research and practice. 

The time and location of this event will be announced soon (including how to register). For now, we encourage you to hold the date on your calendar, and subscribe to the event email list to be among the first to know once the announcement is made: Subscribe to the Email List.

This event is part of a national conversation - Strengthening Pathways - focused on identifying opportunities to better translate innovations from prevention and care research to maximize societal benefits, comprised of 18 symposia occurring across the country in the spring and summer of 2025.

To learn more about this event and the national conversation, please visit the Symposium webpage.

Questions? Please contact:

Van Du, Assistant Director of Environmental Planning, vdu@mapc.org

Kat Kobylt, Senior Environmental Planner, kkobylt@mapc.org

Questions? Please contact Amanda Belles (abelles@mapc.org).