Do the Work: Imperial County

Registration is now closed. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Imperial County is both the youngest and the least populated county in California, and boasts an area more than twice the square miles of the State of Delaware. With agriculture accounting for almost 50% of all its jobs, Imperial County produces two-thirds of all the vegetables consumed by Americans during the winter. Home to the Salton Sea and an incredibly active renewable energy sector including solar, wind, geothermal and possibly one of the world’s largest lithium deposits.

Join us for this all-day session to learn more about this incredibly important, and too often overlooked and underinvested, region. Hear directly from organizations like Campesinos Unidos, who has been providing greater social, economic, educational and employment opportunities for farmworkers and economically disadvantaged residents of Imperial, Riverside and San Diego counties for 50 years.

Transportation and lunch is provided. Participants will be picked up and dropped off at the Catalyst office.

Safety Protocols

With the safety of our community in mind, we utilize a standard set of protocols for all in-person events. We ask all participants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (waived for religious or medical exemptions) and to wear masks indoors. Please view our safety protocol in full here.

Target Audience

Sessions are available at no charge to anyone with a paid registration for Catalyst’s 2021 annual conference. A fee of $150 for members and $250 for non-members per session is required at registration.

About this Series

Do the Work is a series of five immersive, experiential learning programs hosted by Catalyst. In these cohort style programs, participants will have in-person, on-site, deep dive insight into themes we explored in our 2021 annual conference, All In. Learn more and register for other sessions below:

• Do the Work: Border Economy – San Ysidro
• Do the Work: Guaranteed Basic Income
• Coming Soon – Do the Work: Indigenous Communities
• Coming Soon (early 2023) – Do the Work: Military Families

Missed last year’s conference? Catch up on what you missed here.

If you require any accommodations to fully participate in this program, please contact [email protected]. If the fee is a barrier to participation, we will gladly make accommodations.