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"Voices for Healthy Environments,
Healthy Communities, Healthy Jobs"
December 7- 8, 2001
Inglewood, CA
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Friday, December 7
| 1:30 |
Registration/Exhibits
(community groups/regulatory agencies/academic institutions
and center)
Emcee: Kent Wong (UCLA Center
for Labor Research and Education)
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| 2:40 |
Welcome: Pastor Dr. Gregory L. Dixon, First
Church of God
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| 2:45 |
Opening Ceremony: Xochimilco Portillo Group
(Tongva-Gabrieleno Indians)
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| 3:15 |
Welcome
Mayor Roosevelt F. Dorn (City of Inglewood)
Angela Johnson-Meszaros (California League of Conservation
Voters Education Fund)
John Peters (Southern California Environmental Health
Sciences Center, USC)
John Froines (UCLA School of Public Health, Center
for Occupational & Environmental Health)
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| 3:45 |
Keynote: "Environmental Justice & Health
Disparities"
Congresswoman Hilda Solis
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| 4:05 |
University Researchers Present Work Relevant to
Los Angeles
Beate Ritz (UCLA School of Public Health), Pesticides
and Parkinson's & Air Pollution and Reproductive Health
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| 4:15 |
Panel: "Public Participation in Environmental Health
Decisions"
Moderator: Kent Wong (UCLA Center for Labor Research
and Education)
Community Representatives:
Joe Lyou (California League of Conservation Voters Education
Fund)
Penny Newman (Center for Community Action & Environmental
Justice)
Deborah Milligan (Community Coalition for Change)
Regulatory Agency Representatives:
Nancy Sutley (California Environmental Protection Agency)
Marilyn Solomon (South Coast Air Quality Management
District)
Jonathan Fielding (Los Angeles County Department of
Health Services) |
| 5:15 |
Open Microphone / Q & A
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| 5:45 |
DINNER
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| 6:30 |
Band: "Yaksi"
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| 7:30 |
Adjourn |
Saturday, December 8
| 8:15 |
Registration/Exhibits/Light Breakfast
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| 8:15 |
Open Microphone Signup
Emcee: America Bracho (Latino Health Access)
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| 9:00 |
Welcome: Dr. Kenneth Olden (National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences)
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| 9:15 |
Open Microphone:
Community Groups, Residents, Students, Workers,
and Labor Organizations present testimony on their environmental
health concerns and describe research they believe needed.
Testimony presented to the NIEHS, environmental health
scientists and government officials.
Moderator:
Warren Olney (KCRW)
Panel hearing testimony: Kenneth Olden (NIEHS),
John Peters (USC), John Froines (UCLA), Romel Pascual
(California Environmental Protection Agency), Jim Marxen
(Department of Toxic Substances Control), Linda Murchison
(California Air Resources Board, invited), Carol Coy
(South Coast Air Quality Management District, invited)
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| 10:00 |
Keynote: "Environmental Justice & Health Disparities"
Congresswoman Maxine Waters |
| 10:30 |
BREAK
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| 10:45 |
Open Microphone continues
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| 11:15 |
University Researchers Present Work Relevant to
Southern California
John Froines (UCLA) - Health effects of particles
in air pollution; the toxicity of metals (arsenic and
chromium)
Joseph McQuirter (King-Drew Medical Center) - Sources
of lead exposure for Southern California residents,
including concerns about retained bullets
John Peters (SCEHSC, USC) - Effects of air pollution
on children and their developing lungs
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| 11:45 |
LUNCH
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| 12:15 |
Environmental Justice from the Federal Perspective:
Senator Paul Wellstone, Minnesota
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| 12:30 |
Luncheon Speakers:
Robina
Suwol (Los Angeles Safe Schools) - Pesticide policy
in Los Angeles Unified School District schools
Linda Kite (Strategic Actions for a Justice Economy)
- An innovative settlement to protect tenants from lead
poisoning in an apartment complex
Carlos Porras (Communities for a Better Environment)
- Important environmental justice victories in Southern
California
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| 1:30-2:30 |
Workshops:
A1-A4 (each participant will choose one to attend):
Workshop A1: Children and Environmental
Health (e.g., why there are special concerns about
children, state action on children and air pollution,
pesticide exposures, school environment issues)
Facilitator: Jean Circiello (U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency)
Scientific resources: Ed Avol (USC), Jonathan Buckley
(USC), Frank Gilliland (USC)
Community Organizer/Rep.: Robina Suwol ( LA Safe Schools),
Martha Arguello (Physicians for Social Responsibility)
Affected person: Nancy Chuda (Children's Environmental
Health Coalition)
Government representatives: Shankar Prasad (California
Air Resources Board), Janet Scully (Los Angeles County
Department of Health Services), Shobha Niampally (Los
Angeles Unified School District)
Recorder: Gretchen Hardison (City of Los Angeles Environmental
Affairs Department)
Workshop A2: How to Identify and Learn About Environmental
Health Problems in Your Community
Facilitator: Lina Paredes (Liberty Hill Foundation)
Academic resources: Andrea Hricko (Southern California
Environmental Health Sciences Center, USC)
Community Organizer or Rep: Joe Lyou (CLCV-Ed Fund),
Marta Segura (Communities for a Better Environment),
Jacqueline Hamilton (Environmental Defense)
Affected person: Liseth Romero (Pacoima Beautiful),
Richard Gallegos (Pacoima Beautiful)
Government rep: Natalia Porche (South Coast Air Quality
Management District)
Recorder: Mirna Troncoso Dominguez (USC)
Workshop A3: Healthy Workplaces & The Community
Connection (Worker health and safety, issues involving
brownfields and hazardous waste sites, drinking water
contaminated by industrial wastes, etc.)
Facilitator: Marianne Brown (UCLA-LOSH Program)
Scientific resources: Dean Baker (Irvine Occupational
Health Center, UCI)
Community Organizer or Rep.: Dave Campbell (Paper,
Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International
Union - PACE); Cynthia Babich (Del Amo Action Committee),
Suejatha Jahagirdar (California Public Interest Research
Group), Leila Valdivia (Service Employees International
Union)
Affected person: Jose Luis Vega (Val Verde Community
Housing Group, invited)
Government rep: Dan Leiner (California Occupational
Safety and Health Administration), Sharon Beard (National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
Recorder: Claudia Molina (UCLA-Education Resource
Center)
Workshop A4: Effects of Development on Health/Sustainable
Development Issues (e.g., airport expansion, brownfields,
light rail lines, Alameda Corridor, port expansion,
lack of parkland, economic development vs. pollution)
Facilitator: Stephanie Pincetl (USC Sustainable Cities
Program)
University researcher: Bob Gottlieb (Occidental College)
Legal resource: Angela Johnson-Meszaros (CLCV-Ed Fund)
Community Organizer/Rep.: Mike Stevens (LAXEN, invited),
Linda Kite (SAJE), Dennis Zane (Urban Dimensions)
Affected person: Lillian Anaya (Residents for a Better
Alhambra)
Government rep: Joseph "Chip" Hughes (National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences), Nancy Pfeffer (Southern
California Association of Governments - SCAG), Al
Santillanes (Community Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Los Angeles)
Recorder: Jonathan Parfrey (Physicians for Social
Responsibility)
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| 2:30-2:40 |
BREAK
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WORKSHOPS B1- B5 (Each participant will choose
one to attend):
Workshop B1: Outdoor Air
Quality (e.g., traffic, industrial pollution, research
currently being conducted, new monitoring programs for
children and air pollution, diesel issues)
Facilitator: Kevin Finney (Coalition for Clean Air)
Scientific resources: John Peters (USC); Henry Gong
(Los Angeles County Department of Health Services),
James Gauderman (USC)
Community Organizer/rep: Bahram Fazeli (Communities
for a Better Environment), Melanie McCutchan (Environmental
Health Coalition), Elsa Lopez (Madres del Este de Los
Angeles-Santa Isabel - MELASI)
Affected person: Francisca Jimenez (Environmental Health
Coalition) Government rep: Bart Croes (California Air
Resources Board)
Recorder: Johanna Congleton (Physicians for Social Responsibility)
Workshop B2: Healthy Homes (e.g., indoor
air quality and asthma triggers, pesticides, lead, mold)
Facilitator: Marlene Grossman (Pacoima Beautiful)
Scientific resources: Brian Dolan (Independent), Rob
McConnell (USC), John Schillinger (CSUN)
Community Organizer/rep.: Gabriela Gonzalez (Esperanza
Community Housing Corporation), Linda Kite (SAJE)
Affected person: Norberta Gonzalez (Esperanza Community
Housing Corporation)
Government rep.: Karen Choi (U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development), Eleanor Long (Los Angeles County
Department of Health Services), Karen Maiorca (Los Angeles
Unified School District Nursing Services)
Recorder: Yaneth Rodriguez (USC)
Workshop
B3: Youth Concerns/Actions on Environmental Health Issues
Facilitator: Juan Garcia (UCLA-LOSH Program)
Community Organizer/rep.: Yuki Kidokoro (Communities
for a Better Environment); Isaac Martin (Communities
for a Better Environment), Nadia del Callejo (Communities
for a Better Environment)
Recorder: One of the participants
Workshop B4: Community-Based Research Partnerships on
Environmental Health Issues (e.g., forming partnerships,
the advantages and limitations of science for community
groups, examples of successful partnerships, how to
connect with the "community," how to connect with a
university researcher)
Facilitator: Joe Lyou (California League of Conservation
Voters Education Fund)
Scientific resources: Beate Ritz (UCLA School of Public
Health)
Community organizer/rep: Loretta Jones (Healthy African
American Families), Carlos Porras (Communities for a
Better Environment)
Affected person: Barbara Johnson (community resident
near Rocketdyne)
Government rep.: Allen Dearry (National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences) Jean Circiello (Environmental
Protection Agency)
Recorder: Jonathan Parfrey (Physicians for Social Responsibility)
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| 3:40 |
BREAK
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| 4:00 |
Meeting Wrap Up Recommendations/Next Steps regarding:
- research needed
- policy changes needed
- funding for community groups needed
- technical assistance for community groups needed
Moderator: America Bracho (Latino Health Access)
Facilitators:
Jean Circiello (EPA)
Marianne Brown (UCLA-LOSH)
Kevin Finney (Coalition for Clean Air)
Juan Garcia (UCLA-LOSH)
Lina Paredes (Liberty Hill Foundation)
Stephanie Pincetl (USC)
Marlene Grossman (Pacoima Beautiful)
Joe Lyou (CLCVEF)
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Adjourn |
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