2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:22:41 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: Re: [CPEO-BIF] Pre-Conference Public Health Sessions at Atlanta Brownfields Conference, May 15, 2013
 
Extended EJ/Community Scholarships for Brownfields 2013
 
(Please excuse the duplicate messages.)
 
Thanks to a generous donation from the Goldstein Brownfields Foundation, the Center for Public Environmental Oversight is offering a small number of three-night scholarships for environmental justice and other community participants in the Brownfields 2013 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia May 15-17, 2013. See www.brownfieldsconference.org.
 
We will provide two (one or both) types of assistance for people who are accepted into the scholarship program after submitting the attached or linked application.
 
1.  We will provide a $100 discount on conference registration, which is $125 for community participants. Each person is responsible for his/her own registration, including a payment of $25. We will provide selected applicants with instructions for registering with the discount.
 
2. In addition to our previously announced standard two-night hotel scholarships, we are offering three-night scholarships to people who plan to attend the affiliated Public Health sessions on the morning of Wednesday, May 15. We will be making reservations and paying directly for the nights of May 14, May 15, and May 16 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center. Scholarship recipients are still responsible for incidental expenses at the hotel.
 
Note than there will be no registration charge for the meetings of the Environmental Justice Caucus, which will be held at the Omni Hotel the evenings of Wednesday, May 15 (main caucus) and Thursday, May 16 (informal debrief). Furthermore, there is no additional charge (above the main conference registration fee) to attend the Public Health sessions.
 
We will not be providing any additional travel assistance.
 
We will give preference to people from the Southeast region, but not to participants who live close enough to stay at home during the conference. Because we already have many more applicants than we can support, we will strive to distribute the hotel scholarships among organizations and communities.
 
Please fill out and submit the linked application by April 15, 2013. We plan to notify awardees by April 22, 2013.
 
You may download the application from www.cpeo.org/3-nightBF13ScholarshipAp.doc .
 
To download the original, two-night application, go to www.cpeo.org/BF13ScholarshipAp.doc .
 
If you have already submitted a two-night scholarship and wish to apply for a third night, please just send a message to LSIegel@cpeo.org or fax or phone 650-961-8918.
 
Lenny Siegel
 


On Mar 15, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is going to Brownfields 2013 Conference in Atlanta, GA.  Are you?  Do you want to know how you can protect and improve your community’s health through land reuse?   ATSDR is offering community health training at the Brownfields 2013 Conference in Atlanta, GA.  (Register on the Brownfields 2013 Conference Website:  www.brownfieldsconference.org)

 

Plan to participate in the ATSDR-hosted affiliate training sessions, “Is it Healthy?” education sessions, films, environmental justice caucus, and pick up free resources at the ATSDR booth.  

 

Learn how to protect and improve community health through land reuse, meet our team, and learn how to use our simple tools to assess brownfield/land reuse sites in your community.    

 

 

ATSDR-Hosted Affiliate Training and Workshops  (May 14, 2013)

 

Creating a Brownfields Site Inventory while Protecting Public Health
Tuesday May 14 9-10:30 am

Participants will learn to use the ATSDR Brownfields/Land Reuse Site tool to create a rapid site assessment and inventory at brownfield/land reuse sites through hands-on activities and recognize the impacts blighted, contaminated, and vacant properties can have on public health. All participants will be given a free copy of the tool.

 

Every Site Has a Story to Tell:  Using Videos to Improve Community Health
Tuesday 14 11 am – 1 pm

Participants will learn to use video documentaries to educate communities about incorporating public health at brownfield and land reuse sites, view videos that have been used to educate communities about incorporating health monitoring in brownfield and land reuse projects, and talk to filmmaker Robert Safay and others, who have developed videos to promote public health in their communities.

 

Why Public Health?  Leveraging Health Resources
Tuesday May 14 11:30 am – 1 pm

Participants will talk to ATSDR, Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU), Fulton County  Department of Health and Wellness, and Georgia Department of Public Health about how they can help improve community health through redevelopment projects; gain an understanding of why protecting public health in redevelopment communities is important; and gain an understanding of how federal, state and local health agencies can help integrate public health in brownfield/land reuse projects.

 

 

Taking Action to Improve Community Health: 
ATSDR Action Model and Heath Impact Assessment
Tuesday May 14 1 -4 pm

Participants will learn how indicators of community health status can be established and tracked during redevelopment projects to assess health impacts, learn to use indicators as a means of tracking brownfield program success, and talk to people who have used community health indicators to leverage additional resources for communities.

 


[The following events are part of the main Brownfields conference.}

“Is it Healthy?  Public Health and Brownfields Redevelopment” Education Sessions (May 15 – 17, 2013). 

 

Protecting Future Generations through Public Health Approaches
Thursday, May 16, 2:30 – 3:45 pm
The idea of brownfields redevelopment for community reuse is not a new concept; however, delineating the connection between environmental justice and community access to jobs is. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Minority Worker Training Program addresses one of the most important and significant problems with urban unemployment--workers lacking crucial technical and marketable job skills with experience on the job. Explore how this program demonstrates the safety-first holistic approach to training that emphasizes not only environmental and hazmat technical training, but also includes training in environmental public health impacts, life skills, and remedial education. And discover how this program brings together community members and researchers to investigate the potential health risks of environmental and occupational exposures of concern to the community.

 

The Brownfields Highway to Healthcare
Thursday, May 16, 1:00 – 2:15 pm
Often lacking comprehensive plans, planning staff, and in some cases full-time elected officials, rural communities face significant hurdles in meeting revitalization goals. In this Town Hall meeting panelists will discuss insights from successful brownfields redevelopment project and foster discussion among attendees about the unique redevelopment and revitalization challenges faced by rural communities. *Local session

 

Don’t Be “Lead” Astray:  Addressing Lead Concerns in Brownfields Communities
Friday May 17 9:45 – 11 am
Our widespread use of leaded gasoline and lead-based paint means lead exposure concerns are a unifying thread among communities with brownfields/land reuse sites. In these communities, lead is often associated with older housing stock, but former smelting operations, battery manufacture, or past agricultural lead-arsenate pesticide use can cause significant lead exposures as can other lead uses. The recent lowering of the blood lead level by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 10 ug/dL to 5 ug/dL may help expand efforts to address lead concerns in brownfields communities. Presenters will describe activities in Blue Island (IL), Detroit (MI), and Upper Exploreland (IA) to reduce exposures to lead in paint or soil in brownfields communities. Audience members from municipalities, local health agencies, and environmental consulting will find this session to be informative for their own brownfields program needs. Participants will learn how the lowering of the blood lead level may impact brownfields assessment and clean up activities and how lead outreach activities can be implemented in individual communities.

 

Brownfields 2013 Film Series (May 15 – 17, 2013). 
 
Brownfields Short Films
Thursday, May 16, 2:30 – 3:45 pm
A series of four short films demonstrate how communities can work together on brownfields clean-up, remediation and redevelopment. Featured in the short films are Asheville, North Carolina; the Glatfelter Mill Redevelopment in Neenah, Wisconsin, and two projects overseen by Native American Indian Tribes, Cherokee in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe in Sequim, Washington. After the films, discussion leaders will highlight important take-away ideas on what communities can do to ensure successful brownfields redevelopment projects.
 
Environmental Justice Caucus (May 15 7:30 – 10:00 pm). 
The format of the Caucus will be a combination of both panel and roundtable discussions.  Panelists will each speak briefly about EJ issues and how they are being addressed within their organization. In the audience there will be distinct topic tables and at the conclusion of their presentations each panelist will join an appropriate table to talk with audience about their own community issues. 

 

 
The ATSDR Team is your partner when working with your community to improve health.
 
Register on the Brownfields 2013 Conference Website:  www.brownfieldsconference.org/

 

 

For more information:  atsdr.landreuse@cdc.gov

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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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