Conference and Events Calendar
DATE/TIME |
EVENT |
LOCATION |
| Roy Jones, SJEJA, brings Environmental Justice Issue to Church in Cherry Hill | ||
| July 13, 08 10:15am |
SUNDAY
CHURCH SERVICE in Cherry Hill, NJ
Roy Jones, SJEJA, speaks on "Toxic Schools in Our Own Backyard." PLEASE COME TO THE SERVICE - EVERYONE IS INVITED! >>> more |
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| May 12, 08 4pm-9pm |
FREE lead screening
in Pennsauken, NJ
for children ages 9 months to six years. The child's legal guadian or parent must be present to sign consent
forms.
Please see attached flyers regarding free venous and saliva lead
screens for the CDC pilot study. If you are interested in bringing
your child, or know others who are planning to attend, please
contact me
(RSVP) so that the screeners have enough staff to handle the testing
efficiently. Thank you. Leann Howell, MA, BS Founder & President American Lead Poisoning Help Association, Inc. www.ALPHALead.org |
Camden County Technical
School gymnasium
6008 Browning Road
Pennsauken, NJ 08109-1599
>>> download flyer in Spanish (pdf) |
| May 3, 08 | Crisis
Caused by Building Schools On Contaminated Sites |
Thomas
Edison State College |
| 9 am - 4pm | SJEJA, NJEJA and other environmental & civil rights organizations in New Jersey are hosting New Jersey's first conference on the crisis caused by building schools on contaminated sites and the related issue of healthy schools. | 101 West State Street
Trenton, NJ >>> download a brochure (pdf) |
The
Conference is free and open to the public.. A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. |
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| April 5, 2008 8 am - 6 pm |
New Jersey Environmental Federation 22nd Annual Conference |
Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, NJ |
| Come
and participate in the NJ
Environmental Federation's 22nd annual conference! The
day will feature grassroots environmental awards, workshops, keynote
speaker, mayor's panel, breakfast, lunch and reception. Register and find more information here! |
123 Washington Street Newark, NJ |
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| Jan 31, 08 6:00 pm |
Meeting
for Penns Grove Residents |
YMCA of Salem County |
RE:
Issues surrounding "Coal Gasification"
at the PSE&G power plant |
204 Shell Road Penns Grove, NJ |
|
| What is Coal Gasification? For further reading, | >>> download flier (PDF) | |
| Nov 15, 07 6:00 pm |
A
Special Community Meeting |
First Refuge Baptist Church |
RE: Toxic
Contamination at |
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Agenda
>>> download flier with more information (pdf) and in Word format |
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| Dec 10, 07 9 am - 5 pm |
BUILDING
STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS: Brownfields Redevelopment in Undercapitalized Communities |
Trenton Marriott at Lafayette Yard 1 West Lafayette Street Trenton, New Jersey |
| Registration
Deadline: Dec 5th >>> print registration form and brochure (pdf) |
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| Oct 25, 2007 | Healthy Schools
Conference |
RU-Camden Campus Center |
| 5-8pm | This SJEJA conference is designed
to provide information about environmental hazards for children and offer
ideas and strategies to improve the physical environment in schools and
in homes where children learn and live. >>> email or call 856-365-9038 for more information |
Registration
& Dinner: 4pm - 5pm Conference: 5 -8 pm Cost: $ 45.00 Professional Development Credit provided |
| Oct. 20, 2007 8:30am-3 pm |
Central/Northern,
New Jersey CBTU & CARAT 9th Annual Mini-Conference on Toxics |
UAW Region 9, 56 Vineyard Road ,
Edison, New Jersey |
| Cheap is
NOT Cheap: Wal-Mart’s
Toxic Impact on our Jobs, Health, Environment & Communities Join us for an informative, interactive and exciting program featuring panel discussions, small groups, video, and entertainment. |
For more info, please
visit the NJWEC website, or contact Valorie Caffee at (609) 695-7100 or Mujahid Majeed at (917) 579-0525. |
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| Aug 16, 2007 9:00am-4:00pm |
Become an Expert on
Lead Poisoning! |
REGISTER
TODAY! |
Print
Registration Form and Fax to |
WHEN: Thursday,
Aug16, 07 TIME: 9:00am 4:00pm WHERE: One Port Center 2 Riverside Drive, 11th Floor Camden, NJ 08103 |
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Friday, |
Farmers Market Schedule |
Broad
Way Farmers Market |
Spotlight
this week: Families First Card We're in "full swing" with this wireless system with customers purchasing tokens from Falynn at the AHEC tent and buying produce from any of the three vendors (Pastore Orchards, La Polanita and Fruit Haven Farms). >>> download flier (pdf) |
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| Aug
1, 2007 9:00am-1:00pm |
Camden Eye Van at Fairview Market |
Fairview
Farmers Market |
Don't
Miss This: The Camden Eye Van is coming to the Fairview Market tomorrow from 10am - 11:30am to provide vision screenings. >>> more |
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starting, Aug 1, 2007 2:00pm-6:00pm |
Lady
of Lourdes Community Market |
Our
Lady of Lourdes Community Farmers Market |
| June 7, 2007 2:00-3:30pm |
What lessons have we learned?
The
IoA Visiting Scholars 2006-07 SeriesHelping the Most Vulnerable: Issues in Emergency Preparedness, Older Adults, and Health Disparities >>> download flier (pdf) Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD President and Chief Executive Officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
Flyers/Sixers
Surgery Theatre, Ground Floor, White Building Hospital of the Univ of PA 3400 Spruce Street PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 To register, email aging@mail.med.upenn or call 215.898.3163 |
| May
9, 2007 6:15pm |
Health in an Unequal World
The
Mabel A. Purdy Lecture:Quality and Equality in Health Care Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD President and Chief Executive Officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
College
of Physicians of Philadelphia 19 SOUTH 22nd STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-3097 To register, email lectures@collphyphil.org or call 215.563.3737, ext 304. |
| April 23, 07 12:30-2:00 pm | Congressman
Andrews on EJ Issues
On Monday April 23rd from 12:30-2:00 pm at the Rutgers Camden campus center, Congressman Andrews (D-Camden county) will be on campus to disucss his environmental platform and to take questions. Please use the flyer attached to distribute this information. PEACE, Kimberly Grace Mauroff kimberleygrace@msn.com |
Rutgers
University
- Camden Camden Campus Center The event is free and |
| April
14, 2007 8am – 5pm Reception at 5pm |
Winds of Change New Jersey Environmental Federation 21st Annual Conference >>> download the conference brochure (pdf) SAFE THE DATE! |
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| Mar 24, 2007 8:30- 4:30pm | PowerShift Tour 2007 2020 Vision.org Note: 11:30 am Workshop D Environmental Justice -Mike Ewall (ActionPA and Energy Justice Network) |
University
of Pennsylvania Wharton School Huntsman Hall/Auditorium 3730 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA (Click here to see the Agenda) |
| Mar
13, 2007 6:15 pm |
Health
in an Unequal World Healthcare Disparities Program with Professor Sir Michael Marmot Director of the International Institute for Society and Health and Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London. |
College
of Physicians of Philadelphia
19 SOUTH 22nd STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-3097
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| Feb. 23-24, 2007 | Common Ground a FREE two day conference presented by the Social Justice Student Alliance of Rutgers-Camden -click here for some pictures- |
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| Feb. 20, 2007 | Film Premiere at the Walt Whitman Center Petty's Island: The Untold Story SJEJA and the Camden City African American Commission
co-produced a 15-minute film, Petty's Island: The Untold
Story, with technical assistance from a
Philadelphia nonprofit group, Scribe Video Center and the film was
narrated by Danny Glover. The film says the island was, among other
things, an early settlement for Native Americans and a slave-trade
depot in the 17th century and argues it needs to be preserved as
both a environmental refuge as well as a National Historic Site. >>> more |
Walt
Whitman Arts Center at the beautiful Johnson Park Cooper and 2nd Streets Camden, NJ (click here for more information) |
| Nov. 9-10, 2006 | Relationship between Environmental Exposures in our Homes and Schools and Learning Disabilities (click here for conference brochure) |
Holiday
Inn Bridge Port, NJ |
Train
the Trainer Workshop by NJ Citizen Action scheduled for August 16th
in Camden. 
