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March 21 – LA Community Forum on Toxics
Hear from local experts about the chemicals in your community, and what you can do about them! In fall 2009, the US House of Representatives passed legislation that could protect over 110 million Americans that live near chemical plants. The Senate will consider this legislation this year.
March 3 – Toxic Chemicals in Hollywood
Just in time for the Oscars, the environmental group Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy is holding its own red-carpet event on Wednesday March 3 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. This tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony for “Bad Actor” chemicals, “The Toxies,” is an entertaining event with actors in character as various chemicals.
March 27 – PSR-LA 30th Anniversary Membership Dinner
PSR-LA’s 30th Anniversary Membership Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at the UCLA Faculty Club and will feature special guests speakers Ira Helfand, MD and California State Senator Fran Pavley. Join us as we celebrate three decades of public health advocacy made possible by the support and active participation of our members.
March 6 – International Women’s Day – Celebrating Our Power
Please join the Reproductive Justice Coalition of Los Angeles and sponsoring organizations for “Celebrating Our Power – Building our Skills,” a celebration of International Women’s Day on March 6th, 2010.
February 18 – David Karl – “India: The Paradoxical Power”
The Global Security Seminar featuring a presentation by David Karl, President Asian Security Initiative on “India: The Paradoxical Power.” The emergence of China and India as important players on the global stage is altering international power dynamics and diminishing America’s relative global standing.
March 13-15 – National Physicians Alliance 5th Annual Conference
Join colleagues from across the country at the 5th Annual Meeting of the National Physicians Alliance: “Waves of Change: Developing Physician Leadership in our Practices, Communities, and Nation”.
PSR-LA Opposes Missile Defense Test
PSR-LA is deeply concerned with the missile-defense system test planned for Sunday, January 31 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. We believe that the best way to protect the U.S. and other countries from nuclear threats is through international, verifiable treaties to eliminate nuclear weapons and to secure and eliminate all fissile nuclear bomb-making material.
January 19 – Glen MacDonald – “Beyond Climategate: Greenhouse Gas Increases, Climate Change Evidence and the California Perspective”
UCLA’s Institute of the Environment Chair, Glen MacDonald, will explore what scientifically known and what is predicted regarding increases in greenhouse gases and associated climate change. Drought and impacted communities in Southern California will be discussed.
January 30 – Pesticide Exposures in Urban Settings – How to Recognize and Manage Pesticide Illness
More than half of pesticide-related poisonings cases in California are caused by non-agricultural use, including home use insecticides. Join PSR-LA’s Environmental Health Ambassador Program for a health professional training on how to recognize and manage pesticide illness.
Dec. 8 – Mark A.R. Kleiman – “How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment”
We have too much crime and vastly too many people behind bars. Is it possible to have less of both? Doing things we already know how to do, we could have half as much crime and half as many people in prison in ten years from now as we have today.
Nov. 23 – Dr. Peter Katona – “Pandemic Swine Flu: Is the Response Justified?”
This is a most novel pandemic. How do we handle all this uncertainty when historical perspective is lacking? Join infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Katona for an informative discussion at the monthly meeting of the Global Security Seminar.
Dec. 2 – World March for Peace and Non-Violence
An unprecedented social mobilization which aims to create consciousness of the dangerous global situation in which we are living — a situation marked by the heightened probability of nuclear conflict, a renewed arms race, and the violent military occupation of foreign territories.
Dec. 10 – Unveiling the South Los Angeles Declaration of Health & Human Rights
Join us on International Human Rights Day to unveil the South Los Angeles Declaration of Health & Human Rights. PSR-LA was a co-convener of this summer’s South Los Angeles Health & Human Rights Conference, where attendees convened to help advance the understanding of health and human rights, and began to form this declaration.
Oct. 31 – What Is Going On With Healthcare Reform?
Are you confused or frustrated by the healthcare reform debate? Do you want to do something, but don’t know what to do? Would you like to get information and talk with friends and colleagues? Therapists for Social Responsibility invites you to a conversation with Jackie Goldberg Former Assemblymember, LAUSD Board Member, lifelong activist.
Oct. 22 – Mike Shuster – “Iran in Crisis” Global Security Seminar
Since June Iran has experienced a political crisis unlike anything it has gone through since the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79. Millions of people challenged the election results that handed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second term. The very legitimacy of the Iranian government continues to face serious challenges. Then in September came news of the discovery of a secret uranium enrichment facility under construction, leading to a new set of foreign policy challenges for the Iranian regime. Mike Shuster was in Iran for the presidential election and its aftermath and he has covered the Iran nuclear issue for years.