## Upcoming Barnraising and Crisis Convening **Description**: This year we are gathering for three days in Newark, part of the NJ/NY metropolitan region with coastal neighborhoods & infrastructure vulnerable to storm surges and flooding. On Day One, we will focus on the Crisis Convening topic. On Day Two and Day Three, the agenda-setting power moves to the participants for the Barnraising. **Dates:** Crisis Convening: Friday, July 13, 2018; Barnraising: Saturday July 14 - Sunday 15, 2018 #### Register by Friday June 29th, 2018 Eventbrite Link **Location**: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark. Central King Building "CKB" Room 116 (seats 80), and two additional breakout classrooms (seats 30-45).
**Transportation**: local public transit, or, if coming in from Newark Airport, take [this bus](http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=GoBus28To). Visitor Parking is available and free of charge.
**Child care**: will be provided on-site free of charge based on the information you submit during registration.
**Bathrooms**: During our event, the existing bathrooms on the floor will be re-labelled Gender Neutral.
**Pets**: TBD

**Detailed Schedule**: * Crisis Convening attendees should plan to arrive Thursday evening for an all-day Friday worksession, and are encouraged to stay on for the Saturday / Sunday Barnraising. * Public Lab Barnraisers are welcome to arrive as early as Thursday evening in order to attend Friday's Crisis Convening, but must arrive by Friday evening for a 9AM Saturday start to the Barnraising. * The event will end Sunday afternoon at 4PM. * "Day tripper" tickets are available (just keep in mind it may be more difficult to get your agenda onto the schedule if you are not there Saturday at 9AM). ### What do we mean by Crisis Convening? Every year, communities are affected by “extreme environmental events” such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, or floods. There are official response agencies with mandates to rescue, feed, heal, and rebuild; however, the true first responders are always people who live in the affected regions: neighbors and community leaders. After 2017’s hurricane season, a network of people formed with interest in improving the capacity for disaster response to more effectively support local priorities and leadership in times of crisis. Together, this network and Public Lab are now calling for the convening of people who have worked together through crises such as Sandy, Harvey, Irma, Maria, and the like. Together, we will share experiences and skills, explore ways to promote equity and justice through modern crisis response, and build resources for community-first response on Friday, June 13, and then continue the conversation over the weekend of Barnraising: Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15. **Click on the Trello board below to see progress on organizing!**
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_Below image of the main room where we will gather for all three days, with two projectors, projector screen, wired mics, and monitor:_ [![ckb116_with_rounds.jpg](/i/25212)](/i/25212) ___________ ### About the Barnraising Barnraisings are the closest thing we have to a Public Lab conference -- but with an emphasis on "doing stuff together." At these events, people come together to exchange field-tested technical knowledge, compare advocacy tactics, and share stories in person. On the first morning of the event, we make our own schedule using an "Open Space Technology" approach; this ensures that the agenda speaks directly to the interests of the people present. Our [Code of Conduct](https://publiclab.org/conduct) applies here as in all other Public Lab spaces. At a Barnraising, people may: * Connect with people from other regions who are working on similar issues * Exchange advocacy strategies * Build and modify tools for collecting data * Learn about local environmental health concerns, perhaps through a field trip * Improve social ties through in-person collaboration * Learn how to collaborate with the broader Public Lab community Every Fall since 2012, Public Lab hosts a Gulf Coast Barnraising, also referred to as the Annual Barnraising. Additionally, since 2014, we host a Regional Barnraising every summer through partnerships with local groups working on place-specific issues such as restoring wetlands on depleted farmland, monitoring the largest landfill in LA County, assessing petcoke pollution in Southeast Chicago, and timelapse imaging mountain top removal explosions in West Virginia. **Browse more about Barnraisings here: https://publiclab.org/tag/barnraising** **** ## Host your own barnraising Thinking about hosting a Barnraising? Check out the [resources on this page](/wiki/barnraising-host) ********* ### Past Barnraisings: * [2017 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-2017) * [2017 Appalachia Barnraising](https://publiclab.org/wiki/appalachia-barnraising-2017) * [2016 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](wiki/barnraising-2016) * [2016 Regional Barnraising, Val Verde, CA](https://publiclab.org/wiki/barnraising-val-verde-ca) * [2015 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2015) * [2015 Midwest Regional Barnraising: Chicago, Illinois](/wiki/2015-regional-barnraising) * [2014 Barnrasing: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2014) * [2014 Northeast Regional Barnraising: Plymouth, Massachusetts](/wiki/barnraising-northeast-2014) * [2013 Barnraising: New Orleans, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2013) * [2012 Barnraising: Cocodrie, Louisiana](/wiki/barnraising-2012) * [2011 Barnraising: Asheville, North Carolina](/wiki/barnraising-2011) [![The_Barnraiser_--_Regional_Special_Issue_2016.jpg](//i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/016/690/large/The_Barnraiser_--_Regional_Special_Issue_2016.jpg)](//i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/016/690/original/The_Barnraiser_--_Regional_Special_Issue_2016.jpg)