WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Scientific Session & Community Dialogue
starts at 2:00 pm - TODAY!

Please note the change in our location. We will be at: 

The Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Avenue at W. 135th Street
New York, NY 10030
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm & 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: FREE
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Robin Whyatt 
 
ROBIN M. WHYATT, DrPH.
 
Professor of Clinical Environmental Health Sciences and Deputy Director of the Center for Children's Environmental Health at the
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health 
 
(Photo of Dr. Whyatt courtesy of Columbia University)
HARLEM COMMUNITY VOICES
A quarterly publication of WE ACT for Environmental Justice
 
HCV March 2010 
 
Please click here for the latest issue - March 2010.
Greetings!

Please join WE ACT for Environmental Justice TODAY, Tuesday, April 13th beginning at 2:00 pm for a Scientific Session & Community Dialogue on Healthy Homes and You: How the Environment Impacts on Human Health. You will have the opportunity to voice your concerns during the evening community dialogue with Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Dr. Birnbaum will discuss the Obama Administration's priorities for protecting the environmental health of communities.
 
The afternoon scientific session will feature presentations from scientific researchers on emerging environmental health issues. One of these researchers is Dr. Robin Whyatt, Professor of Clinical Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University, and Deputy Director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health.
 
Please note that we have changed the location of this event. We will no longer be holding the sessions at the Harlem School of the Arts, but at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse instead. See the most up-to-date information below.

Where: Harlem Stage Gatehouse (outside City College) 
150 Convent Avenue at W. 135th Street
New York, NY 10030
Use the # 1 train to 135th Street (please click here for directions)

When: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Scientific Session 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Community Forum 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Childcare and Translation (Spanish) will be provided. 

***To RSVP, please call or email Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman at
(347) 465-8483 or
Ogonnaya@weact.org.***
Thank you so much for your continued support of WE ACT's work. We look forward to seeing you later today.
 
Sincerely,
 
Team WE ACT
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