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The Road to a #LeadFreeShelby:
Strategies for Centering Children's Environmental Health
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 1:00PM CST/2:00 PM EST
While the use of lead-based paint and lead-free gasoline has been banned for decades, issues of lead exposure and poisoning are still prevalent specifically in Black and Latinx communities. The Shelby County Tennessee Lead Prevention & Sustainability Commission presents: The Road to a #LeadFreeShelby: Strategies for Centering Children’s Environmental Health featuring both local and national experts, politicians and more sharing their perspectives on how we can achieve #LeadFreeCommunities.
Speakers include:
- State Representative London Lamar
- Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas
- Mairi Albertson, Deputy Director, City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development
- Ruth Ann Norton, Executive Director, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
- Sharon Hyde, Memphis-Shelby County, Tennessee, Housing Program Manager, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
- Betsy Shockley, Member, Shelby County Lead Prevention & Sustainability Commission
Moderated by: LaTricea D. Adams, Inaugural Chair, Shelby County Lead Prevention & Sustainability Commission
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