Community
Action Team

The CAT plays a pivotal role in shaping Alliance projects like the Mystic River Vulnerability Assessment, and our overall Watershed Regeneration Action Plan (WRAP), which will guide millions of dollars of investments into our community.

Events & Gatherings

Vulnerability Assessment Project Launch &

Community Action Team (CAT) Gathering

April 2

Virtual Gathering, 6-8pm

Join us in working together to:

Define RISK in the context of the Mystic River Watershed
Identify and characterize the VULNERABILITIES of our communities
Outline a path to build MOMENTUM in the community for collecting stories/input/ verbal data.

Join our Community Action Team to share and help others to share your experiences with our changing environment and extreme weather related impacts, helping us let community concerns direct the Vulnerability Assessment. We want to hear from you about things like where you've seen flooding, if there are any birds or fish that you don't see anymore, and whatever else you believe is relevant. Community gatherings like this one on April 2 play a crucial role in guiding the Mystic River Watershed Vulnerability Assessment, a critical section of our comprehensive Watershed Regeneration Action Plan (WRAP).

Meeting Information

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from 6-8 PM EST on Zoom, register above.

Meeting ID: 824 4826 1512; passcode – NONE
Registration required in advance of meeting

More info on our next events coming soon. They will all have unique, relevant themes to guide our discussions. Mark your calendars for these dates:

April 2: Source to Sound Community Action Team & Project Launch--virtual 6-8pm (Why are we gathering our community strength? What is a Vulnerability Assessment and how does it fit into an overall plan for the whole Watershed? what does Community-led mean? How will we be gathering stories / community knowledge? Where will those stories go? What do you love about this place?)

April 10: Community Conversations CAT --virtual 6:30-8pm (opening question=how does Ocean warming affect our whole region? What do you love about this place?)

April 16 : Community Conversation CAT --in person United Methodist Church, Old Mystic 6:30-8 pm (What risks/hazards? Where? What is/where are we most vulnerable to those risks?)

April 17 : Community Conversation CAT --in person, MPMRC 5:30-7pm (What risks/hazards? Where? What is/where are we most vulnerable to those risks?)

April 22 (Earth Day) Community Conversation CAT -- Virtual 6:30-8pm (What are Nature-based / Green Infrastructure / Living solutions and do they work? Where do we need them?)

April 30 Community Conversation CAT -- Virtual 6:30-8pm (What are Nature-based / Green Infrastructure / Living solutions and do they work? Where do we need them?)

May 7 Community Conversation CAT -- Virtual 6:30-8pm (What is resilience? What is regeneration?? where are our best protective assets and how can we invest in them?)

May 10 CAT LIVE @ Seeqanamahs Celebration (booths and demonstrations about ecological & economic regeneration, Conversation Circles: How to tend to waterways we don't own, Protecting and renewing our best protections, and what needs to be studied more deeply in the Vulnerability Assessment. What we put in it will direct millions of tax dollars and investment in our and our children's futures).

May 15 Virtual

May 28 Wrap for Now...