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May 24, 2011
Book Reading: "Wherever There's A Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California"
Sacramento, California
Authors Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi will read from and sign copies of their book with Q & A. Co-sponsored by PSR/Sacramento.
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May 20, 2011
WNCPSR May Monthly Meeting
West Asheville, North Carolina
Western North Carolina PSR's regular 'bring your own lunch' meeting runs from Noon till 2 PM in the office/residence of Nuclear Information & Resource Service (NIRS) at 45 Riverview Dr.
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May 19, 2011
Help Us Stop Radioactive Waste Being Transported Through Oregon!
Portland, Oregon
12,600 truckloads of extremely radioactive waste would come through Oregon and Spokane to Hanford, if Hanford is chosen as the national radioactive waste dump for extremely radioactive (GTCC) wastes.
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May 19, 2011
Climate Change and Health
San Francisco, California
Brown bag lunch, lecture and discussion with Dr. Tom Newman, PSR National board member and SF Bay Area PSR Steering Committee member.
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May 18, 2011 - May 18, 2011
"The Unsung Nuclear Impacts of Hanford"
Seattle, Washington
While the impact Hanford has had on the site itself and the Columbia River is well documented and discussed, Hanford's "reach" goes well beyond Eastern Washington. This forum will explore some of the many aspects of Hanford history not often dealt with.
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May 14, 2011
Food Matters: A Clinical Education and Advocacy Program
Boston, Massachusetts
What clinicians need to know about our food system to help ensure healthy pregnancies, healthy families and a healthy planet. Developed in part by San Francisco Bay Area PSR.
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May 14, 2011 - May 15, 2011
Workshop: Advancing the Right to Health on a Sick Planet
Iowa City, Iowa
This workshop is the kickoff event setting the stage for a multi-year cross-disciplinary project to develop tools, talking points, and educational materials to help stem the dangerous impacts of militarism on our imperiled global environment.
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May 14, 2011
Chicago Green Festival: Health Care Justice Panel
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago PSR director Dr. Sarah Lovinger, together with Health Care for All Illinois, will moderate a panel on health care disparities in Chicago at this year's Green Festival.
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May 14, 2011 - May 14, 2011
Food Matters training 05-14-2011 at Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Food Matters: A Clinical Education and Advocacy Program. What Clinicians Need to Know About Our Food System to Help Ensure Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Families and a Healthy Planet. Sign up for the training today!
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May 12, 2011
Gaza: A PSR Medical Delegation Report Back on the Continuing Crisis
Please join Oregon PSR in welcoming Washington PSR members as they discuss the health threats witnessed on their January 2011 medical delegation visit to Gaza.
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May 12, 2011
Climate Change Keynote for Pediatricians
San Francisco, California
Dr. Thomas B. Newman, PSR National board member, will be the keynote speaker on Global Climate Change at the 44th Annual Advances & Controversies in Clinical Pediatrics, May 12-14, 2011, at The Westin San Francisco Market Street Hotel.
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May 11, 2011 - May 11, 2011
“Blowing Our Way: Effects of Fukushima on Washington State”
Hanford. Bangor. Chernobyl. Fukushima. Are you wondering what implications the disaster in Japan has on Washington State? On May 11th, nuclear experts will address this issue in a panel presentation at Seattle Children's Hospital.
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May 10, 2011
Antibacterial Soaps: Are They Necessary?
San Francisco, California
Brown bag lunch, lecture, and discussion with Dr. Sarah Janssen, SF Bay Area PSR Steering Committee member, on the environmental and human health effects of antibacterial chemicals.
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May 5, 2011
Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Nuclear Power
San Francisco, California
Lecture and discussion with Dr. Robert Gould, PSR National Board Member and President of SF Bay Area PSR. University of California San Francisco, Health Sciences West 301.
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May 2, 2011 - May 4, 2011
50 States United for Healthy Air
Washington, District of Columbia
PSR is proud to be a co-sponsor of “50 States United for Healthy Air,” a collaborative effort that is bringing health professionals, faith leaders and community activists to Washington to speak out on the need for clean air.
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May 1, 2011
PSR/Sacramento Scholarship Essay Contest Finals Dinner
Sacramento, California
Join PSR/Sacramento to celebrate the winners of the 2011 High School Scholarship Essay Contest.
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May 1, 2011
Earth Week Celebration and Video Launch
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago PSR will launch its how-to video: "Doctor Green: The Environmentally Conscious Medical Office" and will also show the feature-length documentary "Living Downstream."
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April 28, 2011
When the Wells Run Dry: The Water-Soil Connection
Seattle, Washington
PSR board member Dr. Steven Gilbert will speak. Co-sponsored by Washington PSR.
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April 27, 2011
The Future of Nuclear Energy - Lessons from the Fukushima Tragedy for the IAEA
Berkely, California
Dinner and discussion on nuclear energy featuring Paul Carroll of the Ploughshares Fund.
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April 27, 2011
Dean Howard Frumkin speaks about Climate Change & Public Health at UW
Seattle, Washington
Dr. Howard Frumkin, the Dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health and a Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health sciences, will be speaking at UW on April 27th about Climate Change and Public Health.