Nora DePalma
It’s reason to celebrate. Our Green Earth PR consultant was asked to join the conversation at the Big Table, in recognition of what she knows and has to offer.
The table is an international roundtable discussion on water issues for World Water Day in Washington D.C. on March 22. The consultant is Nora DePalma, principal with O’Reilly/DePalma, and founding consultant with Green Earth PR Network.
The Global Water Futures Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host the Paths Forward for the Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). The goal of the roundtables is to generate strategies on how to improve the outcomes of WASH programs and increase the capacity of the U.S.-based public and private sectors to address the global WASH challenge of clean fresh safe drinking around the world.
DePalma was invited to participate in the high level roundtable discussion Building the Momentum for WASH Awareness, moderated by Ambassador Hattie Babbitt. This session will call upon DePalma and approximately 30 other attendees to share their communications expertise on the challenge of keeping WASH initiatives front and center in the media and how to develop a visible, collaborative movement within U.S. civil society to support global WASH initiatives.
DePalma’s 20 years expertise in plumbing products gives her a unique appreciation for how plumbers, the “butt” of so many jokes, are so critical to our use of–and access to–safe clean water in developed countries. “What we use mindlessly everyday, flushing and turning faucets on and off is a basic human comfort denied to 2.6 billion people around the world who still lack basic sanitation,” DePalma says.
Two Days of World Water Advocacy
Earlier in the day, DePalma will join representatives from her client, American Standard Brands, at an invitation-only Americans Doing Our Part event at the National Geographic Society. Expected to be attended by Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, the event highlights new commitments in water and sanitation by the US government, philanthropic foundations, corporations, NGOs, civic organizations, faith-based organizations, universities and others. Americans Doing Our Part is co-hosted by Water Advocates and the National Geographic Society.
The following day, DePalma will be bringing toilets to Capitol Hill to take a humorous stand for the serious subject addressed by WASH. Learn more about the World’s Longest Toilet Queue at ProfessorToilet or download the World’s Longest Toilet Queue .pdf.
Learn more about the WASH collaborative via .pdf.
Download information on the Paths Forward for the Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) roundtable via .pdf.
Green Earth PR consultants are informed and authentic when we join a conversation. The rest of the team is thrilled that our go-to on plumbing and water consumption has the chance to share what she knows on bringing this critical issue to a broader audience. Follow DePalma’s reports next week on Twitter or via the O’Reilly/DePalma Facebook page.