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SESSION SCHEDULE

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	J110	J130	H195	H191	H175
Session 1 9:00–10:00 AM	Ways to highlight waste reduction and reuse in your communities Rita Cole, Dodge County Environmental Services/Renovation Reuse Matt Walters, Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District	Peer-to-peer reuse marketplaces Courtney Talmadge, fledj Nigel Xiao, EchoEcho	Resilience starts here: Reuse, connection, and community Cat Polivoda-Grae, Cake Plus-Size Resale Roxanne Sanchez, Nine Lives Letitia Thomas-Skalicky, Willmar CommUNITY Closet	Activism and sustainability in music Paige Roth, REVERB (virtual)	Designed to last? A hands-on repairability audit of modern apparel Danielle Claseman, Nice Repair
Session 2 10:15–11:15 AM	Can people of color truly experience psychological safety in the U.S. workplace? Jerad Green, Quixotic Solutions LLC Andrea Perez-Maikkula, A Practice Mindset, LLC	Equitable and shared transportation in the Twin Cities Amanda LaGrange, HOURCAR Aaron Westling, Great Plains Institute	Keeping it approachable: Making sustainability part of your brand Rebecca Sansone, The Mustache Cat	K-12 Schools: Reusables in action Ben Duggan, StopWaste (virtual) Chelsea Moody, Saint Paul Public Schools Jodi Taitt, EcoConsilium	Reuse with purpose: Turning community challenges into opportunities Summer Keown, City of Saint Paul, Public Works, Solid Waste & Recycling Allison Majerus, HDR
Session 3 Lunch 12:15–1:45 PM	Join us for lunch, a welcome, and plenary session in the cafeteria.	Join us for lunch, a welcome, and plenary session in the cafeteria.	Join us for lunch, a welcome, and plenary session in the cafeteria.	Join us for lunch, a welcome, and plenary session in the cafeteria.	Join us for lunch, a welcome, and plenary session in the cafeteria.
Session 4 2:00–3:00 PM	Easy fixes for existing garments Laura Schroeder, Much Love	TBA!	Scrappy wall hangings Becca David, Justopia Moon Studios	Paint anything — Create a new life for throw away items with leftover house paint Megan Moore, Artist	Connecting with our nature Anna Meyer, Formation Healing Arts
Session 5 3:30–4:30 PM	From report to reality: Turning reuse recommendations into an interconnected system Alison Cameron, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Karre Wagner, RRS	Community-scale reuse for affordable housing Natalie Heneghan, Habitat for Humanity of the Greater La Crosse Region	Gathering community into action: Hosting gift-based events for the reuse economy Veronica Mangio, Gifting Grove	Making the case for reuse: Measuring social, economic, and environmental impact Kami Bruner, Repair x Reuse Washington (virtual) Jacqueline Ebner, RRS Laura Novich, ABCLMNOP (virtual)	--
Social hour 4:30–5:30 PM	Join us for social hour in the atrium.	Join us for social hour in the atrium.	Join us for social hour in the atrium.	Join us for social hour in the atrium.	Join us for social hour in the atrium.

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SESSION SCHEDULE