| Friday, November 16, 2007 |
| 3:00 - 6:00 PM |
Early registration |
| 6:30 - 9:00 |
Refreshments |
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Meet and greet roundtable, Starpower organizing game and film shows. |
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| Saturday, November 17, 2007 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00 |
Welcome
Lois Gibbs, Executive Director, CHEJ and Janet Zeller, Executive Director, BREDL |
| 9:15 - 10:15 |
Plenary: Taking Precautionary Action
Dr. Peter Montague,
Environmental Research Foundation |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Concurrent Workshops |
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Tackling Sludge on Community, State and National Levels
Professor Ellen Harrison, Cornell University
Dr. Caroline Snyder, Citizens for Sludge-Free Land |
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Successful Zero Waste Programs
Dan Knapp, Urban Ore
Bill Sheehan, Product Policy Institute |
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Energy Economics & Safe Energy Alternatives to Nuclear
Mary Olson, NIRS
Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, GRACE rep.
Mike Ewall, Energy Justice |
| 12:00 - 1:15 |
Lunch and Cross-Fertilization Discussions on Sludge, Nuclear and Landfills |
| 1:15 - 3:00 |
Concurrent Workshops |
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Messaging and the Media
Lois Gibbs and Anne Rabe, CHEJ |
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Health Studies
Stephen Lester, CHEJ
Madeleine Scammel, Boston University
Professor Ellen Harrison, Cornell University |
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Corporate Campaigns
Scot Quaranda, Dogwood Alliance
Mike Schade, CHEJ and Peter Montague, ERF |
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Community Organizing
Ron Davis, CHEJ |
| 3:15 - 5:00 |
Concurrent Workshops |
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Strategies for Sludge Community Fights
Attorneys Ed Holman and Chris Nidel,
Bladen County Commissioner Delilah Banks Sandy Smith, Pennsylvania Environmental Network |
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Key Components of Zero Waste
Dr. Peter Montague, ERF
Professor Paul Connett, St. Lawrence University
Bill Sheehan, Product Policy Institute |
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Landfill Gas, Bioreactors & Incineration
Peter Anderson, Recycle World
Mike Ewall, Action PA |
| 6:00 - 7:00 |
Reception |
| 7:00 - 10:00 |
Dinner, with Music and Comedy Skits |
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| Sunday, November 18, 2007 |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Plenary: How to Stop a Proposed Mega-Dump, Reactor and Sludge Application
Lois Gibbs and Ron Davis, CHEJ |
| 10:15 - 12:15 |
Concurrent Strategy Sessions |
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Sludge Precautionary Action Strategies |
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Nuclear Precautionary Action Strategies |
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Mega-Dump/Zero Waste Precautionary Action Strategies |
| 12:15 - 2:00 |
Lunch & Campaign Plan Reports |
