Community Outreach and Education
Overview
UPCOMING SESSIONS
- Monthly Storm Squad Meeting: April 20, 2026
In collaboration with the Harbordale Neighborhood Association
6:30 PM at the Islamic Center of St. Pete, 2401 5th St S. St. Petersburg, FL 33705 - Monthly Storm Squad Meeting: May 19, 2026
In collaboration with the Child's Park Neighborhood Association
6:30 PM at 4301 13th Ave S, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, Florida 33711
PAST SESSIONS
- iCAR Monthly Community Meeting: February 3, 2026
Enoch Davis Community Center, 1111 18th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705 - iCAR & Storm Squad Community Annual Review 2025
- iCAR Community Appreciation Dinner: December 2, 2025
6 - 7 p.m. at Enoch Davis Community Center
1111 18th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705
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- iCAR Community Townhall: October 11, 2025
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Campbell Park Recreation Center
601 14th St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Event Powerpoint - iCAR Monthly Community Meeting: September 9, 2025
Enoch Davis Community Center, 1111 18th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705 - iCAR Monthly Community Meeting: August 5, 2025
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Enoch Davis Community Center
1111 18th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705
- iCAR Community Townhall: July 19, 2025
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Islamic Society of St. Petersburg
2401 5th St. S. St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Event Powerpoint - Bartlett Park HOA and Storm Squad meeting: June 14, 2025
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at 1600 MLK St. S. - iCAR Monthly Community Meeting: June 3, 2025
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Frank W. Pierce Recreation Center
2000 7th St., St. Petersburg, FL 33705
- iCAR Community Townhall: May 3, 2025
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Lealman Asian Neighborhood Family Center
4255 56th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33714
Event Powerpoint - iCAR Community Townhall: April 26, 2025
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Mt. Zion Human Services
945 20th St S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33712
Event Powerpoint - iCAR Monthly Community Meeting: March 4, 2025
Frank W. Pierce Recreation Center
2000 7th St. S., St. Petersburg FL 33705 - iCAR Monthly Community Meeting: February 4, 2025
Frank W. Pierce Recreation Center
2000 7th St. S., St. Petersburg FL 33705 -
iCAR Monthly Community Meeting: January 14, 2025
Frank W. Pierce Recreation Center
2000 7th St. S., St. Petersburg FL 33705 - iCAR & Storm Squad Community Annual Review 2024
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iCAR Community Appreciation Dinner: December 3, 2024
6 - 7 p.m. at Enoch Davis Community Center
1111 18th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705
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iCAR Community Townhall: October 26, 2024
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Child's Park Recreation Center
4301 13th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33711
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iCAR Community Townhall: July 13, 2024
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the New Faith Free Methodist Church
2427 Irving Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33712
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iCAR Community Townhall: April 6, 2024
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Enoch Davis Center
1111 18th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Event Powerpoint
- iCAR & Storm Squad Community Annual Review 2023
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iCAR Community Townhall: Dec. 6, 2023
Goals: Find out how you can be a Storm Squad Ambassador - 14 residents will start this pilot program with a mission to neighbor helping neighbors and also learn about the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) initiatives that will be launch in your neighborhood. Pilot communities for the Ambassador Program include: Bartlett Park, Harbordale, Childs Park, Jordan Park, Campbell Park, Palmetto Park and Lake Maggiore Shores. Event Pictures
If you are interested in becoming an ambassador - please fill out this application: https://forms.gle/TFrHduADXSBhcGAd8
If you are interested in joining CERT Team - please fill out this application: https://forms.gle/UUPYuxnE6wcSzADq9
- iCAR Community Townhall, Oct 14, 2023
Goals: Assess how the community faired during hurricane season, gain a more in-depth understanding of communities concerns regarding disaster preparation and co-design a community-led community action plan (CAP) to address and alleviate the concerns.|
Event Powerpoint - iCAR Community Townhall, June 10, 2023
Goals: Provide information to the communities and find out their challenges so that ultimately, we can co-design a community-led 'community action plan' or CAP -
Community-Collaborative: Steering Committee Meeting for Storm Team Pilot Program
2023 - Jan 19th, Feb 2nd, March 2nd, April 6th, May 4th, June 1st, July 13th, Aug 3rd, Sep 7th, Oct 5th, Nov 2nd and Dec 7th
2024 - Jan 18th, Feb 1st, March 7th
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Community-Collaborative: Steering Committee Meeting for Storm Team Pilot Program - Dec 13, 2022, 6 - 8 p.m. at the Enoch Davis Center, 1111 18th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705
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Community-Driven Empowerment Project: Storm Team Pilot Program - November 15, 2022, 6 - 7:30 p.m. (Virtual)
- Conversation with stakeholders to foster disaster preparation and promote resiliency
- Townhall (in person) Event July 12, 2022, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Enoch Davis Center,
1111 18th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33705
- Building equitable resiliency for preparing and recovering from disasters and the
impacts of climate change: Action Plan Meeting I with stakeholders (Virtual) Nov 10th,
2021 - 1 - 3 p.m.
- Climate Resiliency and Justice: Townhall (in person) event Sep 25, 2021
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Community Climate Change Education Series (CCCES-103), 2020-2021 Events
The Community Climate Change Education Series offered by iCAR brings experts on diverse issues related to the impact of climate change on Florida (and Pinellas County specifically), to the community. A primary goal of the series is to partner with local organizations with similar missions to increase access of all residents to the scientific and professional expertise of the university and the broader scientific community by hosting events at off-campus locations that are accessible to marginalized communities. Monthly events, generally held on the first Tuesday evening of each month, run from September to May. These events feature a presentation by an expert on the topic, but also provide an opportunity for substantive dialogue with the audience on issues that are of concern to all of us.Sponsors & Partners of this Series: Tampa Bay Estuary Program, and the Suncoast Sierra Club.
The outcomes that CCCES seeks to achieve are:
1. Make scientific expertise on climate change more accessible to the non-university community, with the specific goal of engaging marginalized communities.
2. Increase dialogue between experts and community members through open, free and informal gatherings.
3. Allow the university and other scientific professionals an opportunity to hear from the community about their concerns.
4. Build scientific literacy in Pinellas County around issues of climate change and resilience.
- April, 7, 2021: Women's Participation in Climate Change Adaptation: A global perspective
Speaker: Jamie Sommer, USF - January 27, 2021: Community Resiliency Information System (CRIS) - Technology-enhanced
Community Engagement and Data Collection & Viewing Tools & Strategies
Speaker: Barnali Dixon, iCAR and USF - November 17, 2020: An Overview of Updated Climate Change Models
Speaker: Maya Burke, Tampa Bay Estuary Program -
October 6, 2020: Managing COVID 19 in Hurricane Season
Speaker: Amber Boulding, City of St. Petersburg - Video Link
- April, 7, 2021: Women's Participation in Climate Change Adaptation: A global perspective
- South St. Petersburg Community Climate Education Series 102 Events (Fall 2019 – Spring
2020)
- March 3, 2020 – The Impact of Climate Migration on the United States
- February 4, 2020 – Emotional Costs of Climate Change
- January 21, 2020 – Building Economic Resilience and Recovery in the Tampa Bay Area
/ Helping Business Grow Before, During and After a Disaster
- November 5, 2019 – Climate Science 102 Climate Variability and Changes: Impact on
Agriculture and Forestry in Florida
- March 3, 2020 – The Impact of Climate Migration on the United States
- STEM Education Workshop: Crowdsourced Flood Mapping & Solutions, Summer 2019
This is an iCAR Community Engagement and education project where K-12 students received hands-on STEM educationusing Geospatial analytical approach to map neighborhood flooding. The workshop was funded primarily by a grant from the American Geophysical Union. Additional support was provided by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Quantum Spatial, Tampa Bay Estuary Program and the Joint Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. - South St. Petersburg Community Climate Education Series 101 Events (Fall 2018 – Spring
2019)
In cooperation with Boyd Hill Nature Preserve,iCAR faculty and students are organizing a series of town hall conversations between residents of south St. Petersburg and key officials, agencies and experts on a variety of issues related to changing weather patterns, storms, and climate change.- April 2, 2019 – Climate Science 101: The City of St. Petersburg Resiliency Initiative
- March 5, 2019 – Climate Science 101: Real Estate and Climate Change: What will happen
to my house?
- February 5, 2019 – Climate Science 101: Potential Impacts of climate change on Ecosystems,
Flora and Fauna in the Tampa Bay Region
- November 6, 2018 – Climate Science 101: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Flooding
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October 2, 2018 – Climate Science 101: State of Our Knowledge on Climate Change
- April 2, 2019 – Climate Science 101: The City of St. Petersburg Resiliency Initiative
- Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Day, July 14, 2018, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
iCAR is co-organizing a Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Day at the Child’s Park Recreation Center with the neighborhood association. This event will include a “Share Your Stories” event in which residents will share their experiences with storms, flooding, etc., and will be able to ask questions of key agencies, such as the St. Petersburgand Pinellas County Emergency Management offices, the Florida Department of Health, and the Red Cross. Agency representatives will be able to hear what is most important to the neighborhood and residents will receive vital information from each agency. A raffle will be help for starter hurricane preparation kits and residents will be given a specific Call to Action. - Child’s Park Family Fun Day, June 9, 2018, 1 – 5 p.m.
iCAR representatives along withthe iCAR research team and volunteers lead by Ms. Rachelle Pontes participated in Child’s Park Family Fun Day meeting as part of iCAR’s on-going outreach/engagement efforts called ‘Child’s Park Community Resiliency Project’ - Child’s Park Neighborhood Meeting, May 15, 2018, 6 p.m.
iCAR representativesincluding Drs. Dixon and Johns participated in the Child’s park Neighborhood meeting along with their research team Ms. Rachelle Pontes and Ms.Melissa Keles as part of iCAR’s on-going outreach/engagement effort called ‘Child’s Park Community Resiliency Project’
