Getting to Zero: Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning in R.I.
Conference

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October 24, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Radisson Airport Hotel, Warwick, R.I.

Thank you to everyone who attended this year's Conference.  Your particpation helped to make the event an enormous success!  Copies of the workshop presentations will be available online shortly.

Conference Highlights:

The Childhood Lead Action Project will host a Conference this fall: Getting to Zero: Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning in RI. The Conference, which coincides with National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, will bring together all sectors of the community to share strategies for eliminating lead poisoning through collaboration, education and public policy change. Parents, lead inspectors, contractors, lawyers, social workers, public health officials, health providers, advocates and elected officials will engage in workshops and panel discussions on best practices for lead poisoning prevention. 

Getting to Zero will help participants tackle critical issues through morning workshops and an afternoon panel discussion.  The conference will also include an inspirational 16th anniversary luncheon, featuring Lois Gibbs, Community Leader of Love Canal, NY and currently the Executive Director of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), an organization that assisted over 10,000 grassroots groups nationwide with technical assistance. 

For more information about the Conference, contact Sojaili Gomez at Sojaili at leadsafekids.org or by telephone at 401.785.1310.

Registration fee:
$90 - morning workshops and afternoon sessions; includes the 16th anniversary luncheon
$50 - half day (lunch and panel discussion)

Student Rate:
$50 -morning and afternoon sessions; includes the 16th anniversary luncheon
$25 - half day (continental breakfast and morning workshops)