From Environmental Justice League of RI:
Getting the Bugs Out: Pest Control Strategies for Affordable Housing
A two-day conference to discuss safer pest control strategies in multi-family affordable housing.
ON-LINE REGISTRATION LINK:
Conference Cost: No Charge
Dates: Wednesday April 16th and Thursday April 17th, 2008
Time: 10am-3pm.
Location: University of Massachusetts, Boston. Student Center. (Parking lot adjacent to the building. Cost-$6)
Sponsors: Boston Public Health Commission, Asthma Regional Council of New England, and Boston Housing Authority
Day 1 (April 16) - Pest Control Strategies in Affordable Housing- Learn about practical, safer and effective methods of pest control
Audience Day 1:
*Public Housing Authorities Directors and Facilities Managers*
*Landlords and Tenants of Multi-Family Affordable Housing*
*Housing Finance and Construction Managers*
*Pest Control Companies*
*Public Health, Environment and Housing Organizations*
Day 2 (April 17) - Integrated Pest Management Policy Summit- Explore public health and policy approaches to fostering and sustaining IPM
Audience Day 2:
Policymakers, Government Officials and Advocates in:
*Public Health, Environment, and Housing
*Those working in the fields of Integrated Pest Management, Pesticides, Asthma, and Healthy Homes
Register for one or both days of the conference, depending on your interests and your availability. A light breakfast and lunch will be served. We encourage your organization to come in teams, so that you can learn and strategize together.
FOR UPDATED INFORMATION, INCLUDING PROGRAM DETAILS AND AGENDA
http://www.asthmaregionalcouncil.org/ipmconference.html
SENT TO YOU BY:
Laurie Stillman
Director of Health Policy and Advocacy
Executive Director of the Asthma Regional Council (ARC)
The Medical Foundation
622 Washington Street, 2nd fl.
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 451-0049 x504
(617) 282-3950 (fax)
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Steven Fischbach
Community Lawyer
Rhode Island Legal Services
56 Pine Street--Suite 400
Providence, RI 02903
401-274-2652 X-182
401-453-0310 (fax)
[email protected]
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