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The People's Dioxin Action Summit
Agenda Thursday, August 10th
4:00 - on REGISTRATION -- Pauley Ballroom, Student Union, UC Berkeley 6:00 - 8:30 Reception and viewing of the award winning video, "Drum Beat for Mother Earth, Persistent Organic Pollutants Threatening Indigenous Peoples"
Friday, August 11th
8:00 A.M..- on REGISTRATION -- Pauley Ballroom, Student Union, UC-Berkeley 8:15 A.M.- 9:15 TUTORIALS
9:30 A.M.- 11:30 OPENING PLENARY - Update on the EPA's Dioxin Reassessment --Pauley Ballroom 11:45 A.M.- 12:45 WORKSHOPS (CHOOSE ONLY ONE)
12:45 - 1:45 LUNCH 1:45 -
3:45 STRATEGY
SESSION #1
4:05 - 4:25 ACTION PREPARATION 4:25 - 7:00 LOCAL ACTION FOR ZERO DIOXIN AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Saturday, August 12th
9:00 - 10:45 PLENARY - Environmental Justice Struggles from Around the World -- Pauley Ballroom 11:05 - 12:05 PLENARY - Strengthening Our Ties with Workers and Their Unions 12:05 - 1:00 LUNCH 1:00 - 3:30 Plenary - Latest Scientific Findings on Dioxin 3:50 - 5:50 STRATEGY SESSION #2 (Continued sessions from Friday) 6:30 - 8:00 DINNER 8:00 - on FESTIVITIES/"OPEN MICROPHONE" -- Pauley Ballroom (Bring your guitar/harmonica/jokes/skits, etc.)
Sunday, August 13th
8:30 - 10:00 REPORTS FROM STRATEGY SESSIONS 10:00 - 10:30 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE 10:30 - 11:00 CLOSING PRAYER/CEREMONY Box Lunches to Go |
Please Join Us! Everywhere in the world today, babies start out life with dangerous industrial chemicals in their bodies. Dioxin is the most toxic of these chemicals. It can cause cancer, birth defects, learning disabilities, infertility, and immune system damage. Dioxin is the by-product of industrial processes that use chlorine including the bleaching of paper, the manufacture of petroleum and the production of chlorine-containing pesticides and plastics like polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Dioxins are also produced when household trash, medical waste, or hazardous materials are incinerated. Come join hundreds of other people for this important four day event aimed at creating effective actions that people can take together to eliminate dioxin exposure! For more information, contact:
Registration Registration: $75 (includes Thursday reception, Friday box lunch, Saturday lunch and dinner and Sunday box lunch) *Sliding scale - no one will be turned away for lack of funds. All attendees, please fill out the registration form Accommodations Dormitory rooms on the University of California/Berkeley Campus Double occupancy: $29.00 per person/night Single occupancy: $45.00 per person/night Scholarships are available to cover all or part of the above costs. Information Tables/Display Space A limited number of information tables will be available for rent. To secure a table, complete the "display" portion of the registration form attached. Table space is on a "first registered, first served" basis. Scholarships Scholarship funds are available to supplement the costs of travel, registration and/or accommodations. To apply for a scholarshiop, please complete the application Applications requiring international travel must be returned by June 20th. Applications for those traveling within North America must be RETURNED NO LATER THAN JUNE 30TH. International SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS WILL BE INFORMED OF THE STATUS OF THEIR REQUEST BY June 30 and applicants traveling inside North America will be informed no later than July 17. Scholarship Information for People's Dioxin Action Summit There are a few conditions to having the Summit pay for your travel:
These measures may seem bureaucratic, but we anticipate more requests for funding than we have money available, and this information will help us to make those tough decisions.
Please note: The People's Dioxin Action Summit is a smoke-free, scent-free, wheel-chair accessible event. The Summit activities will be held in different buildings on the UC-Berkeley campus.
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