Media Relations Volunteer Opportunity with EPA Region 4 Office of External Affairs (Deadline: May 3)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the International City/County Management Association will hold the National Brownfields Conference, the largest training and networking event in the nation focusing on environmental revitalization and economic redevelopment. Now in its 15th year, the event is two and a half days of educational sessions, training workshops, volunteer activities, mobile workshops, film screenings and much more. This is the place to be where all topics related to brownfield cleanup, ranging from community engagement to public health, will take center stage.

EPA Region 4 Office of External Affairs has volunteer opportunities for students in Mass Communications/Business/Environmental concentrations to serve in the conference media center. This hands-on opportunity will provide real-world media relations and communications planning experience, as well as expose students to a myriad of networking opportunities.

WHO:    Federal, state, local and tribal leaders as well as public and private sector officials

WHAT:  15^th National Brownfields and Land Revitalization National Brownfields Training Conference 

WHEN: May 15-17, 2013
WHERE: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga.

For more information on the conference visit: http://www.brownfieldsconference.org/
Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brownfieldsconference

Twitter: @Brownfields2013

The deadline for interested students to apply is Friday, May 3, 2013. Interested students should contact the following:

Lincoln.larry@epa.gov, (404) 562-8304

-or-

Harris-young.Dawn@epa.gov, (404) 562-8421