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West Suburban Community Health Network Area (CHNA) 18
With Assistance From CHNA 15 and
the Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
Presents:
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Mitigating Global Climate Change:
Community Strategies and Model Public Health Programs |
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Date: Friday, October 19, 2007 (from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Location: Needham Free Public Library, 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02494.
The library is located within walking distance of Needham Center.
For directions, please visit http://www.town.needham.ma.us/Library/about/directions.html.
Please park in the lot across the street from the library.
For environmental reasons, we strongly suggest car pooling and/or using public transportation.
The library is served by bus # 59 and by the Commuter Rail. For route and schedule information please visit the MBTA at www.mbta.com
Event Description: This exciting forum will frame the issues from
the global to local scale, and present successful community models that
can be emulated. Highlights include:
- Welcome: Senator Marc Pacheco, Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.
- Keynote Speaker: Paul Epstein, MD, MPH, Associate Director for Health and
the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School.
- Panelists: Alan Balsam, PhD, MPH, Director, Brookline Public Health and
Human Services; Nancy Nolan, Founding Member, Lexington Global Warming
Action Committee, and Suzanne Condon, Director, Bureau of Environmental
Health, MA Dept of Public Health.
- Networking opportunities and resource materials in abundance!
Cost: This event is free, but registration is required.
Please RSVP by Friday, October 5th, 2007
- see registration details below.
To register: You can register
by calling Olga Edmunds at (617) 441 – 0700 x205 or e-mail your name and contact
details to oedmunds@healthier-communities.org.
In your e-mail, note that you wish to register for the October 19, Global Event.
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