Sponsored by Union Bank of California, the format for this ongoing series remains the same: elected officials provide the welcome, journalists serve as moderators, top minds and advocates serve as expert panelists and responders, followed by a robust Q&A among each other and the audience.
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November 17, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Edward Headington
Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com
WHO: BREATHE LA staff and supporters, residents, consumers, businesses, students, educators, public policy professionals and others
Welcome – Office of the Honorable Greig Smith, Los Angeles City Councilmember
Moderator – Jason Schaff, Editor for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Panel of Experts – Stuart Waldman, President of the Valley Industry Commerce Association (VICA); Ashwani Vasishth, Director of CSUN’s Institute for Sustainability; and Dr. Richard Barbers, BREATHE LA Board Member, Associate Medical Director of the USC Asthma and Allergy Center and Medical Director of the USC Lung Transplantation Program
Panel of Responders – Enrique Chiock, President & CEO of Breathe California of Los Angeles County; Matthew Dodson, Director of Local Government Relations for the California Grocers Association and Sepand Samzadeh, President of the Valley Recycling Center and Document Shredding Services
WHAT: The BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions Salon Series is a new and engaging discussion of clean air, the environment and healthy living--launched in June 2008 (This is the closing salon for the year.)
“Healthful Living & Community Wealth: Going Green and Growing the Economy”
WHEN: Thursday, November 20, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
WHERE: California State University, Northridge @ 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330 in the Flintridge Room in the CSUN University Student Union
WHY: Climate change is part of the national lexicon and many are trying to find the nexus between “going green” and growing the economy. Hear from some of the top experts and responders while also engaging them around healthful living and community wealth.
FYI: It is open to the public and there is no cost to attend the BREATHE LA salons. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. For more information and to R.S.V.P., contact Edward Headington at Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com or (818) 720-7181. You may also visit us at http://www.breathela.org/ or www.myspace.com/BCLAC—and/or join our group pages on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the future of clean air and healthy lungs in Los Angeles County. BREATHE LA was established in 1903 and has over a century of accomplishments. First established to fight then-epidemic Tuberculosis, BREATHE LA has long been a leader in efforts to improve air quality and lung health in Los Angeles. Now part of BREATHE California, a statewide organization, BREATHE LA is dedicated to service in our local communities. For more information, visit http://www.breathela.org/.
October 21, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Edward Headington
Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com
WHO: BREATHE LA staff and supporters, residents, consumers, businesses, public policy professionals and others
Welcome – Honorable Gilbert Cedillo, state Senator, District 22
Emcee and Moderator – Ray Gonzales, BREATHE LA Board Member and KTLA Director of Community Affairs
Panel of Faith Leaders – Sister Marilyn Rudy of Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Earth Harmony; Revered Peter H. Rood, Jr. of the Holy Nativity Episcopal Church; and Christopher Chapple, Navin & Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic & Comparative Thelogy at Loyola Marymount University
Panel of Responders – Jane Affonso of the South Coast Interfaith Council; Rev. Jim Conn of the United Methodist Church; and Dr. Shereen Sabet, California State University, Long Beach
WHAT: The BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions Salon Series is a new and engaging discussion of clean air, the environment and healthy living--launched in June 2008
“Sinful Behavior: Is Pollution the 8th Deadly Sin?”
WHEN: Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: The California Endowment, 1000 Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (There is plenty of free parking on the premises; Metrolink Exit – Union Station only 2 blocks away.)
WHY: Global warming and climate change have become part of the national lexicon and religion continues to look at the nexus between pollution, solutions and what could be construed by some as “sinful behavior.” Come hear several faith leaders offer their thoughts on the relationship between spirituality, humanity and the environment.
FYI: It is open to the public and there is no cost to attend the BREATHE LA salons. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. For more information and to R.S.V.P., contact Edward Headington at Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com or (818) 720-7181. You may also visit us at http://www.breathela.org/ or www.myspace.com/BCLAC—and/or join our group pages on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the future of clean air and healthy lungs in Los Angeles County. BREATHE LA was established in 1903 and has over a century of accomplishments. First established to fight then-epidemic Tuberculosis, BREATHE LA has long been a leader in efforts to improve air quality and lung health in Los Angeles. Now part of BREATHE California, a statewide organization, BREATHE LA is dedicated to service in our local communities. For more information, visit http://www.breathela.org/.
October 9, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Edward Headington
Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com
WHO: BREATHE LA, residents, consumers, businesses, public policy professionals and others
Welcome – Honorable Gilbert Cedillo, state Senator, District 22
Moderator – Ray Gonzales, BREATHE LA Board Member and KTLA Director of Community Affairs
Panel of Faith Leaders – Sister Marilyn Rudy of Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Earth Harmony; Revered Peter H. Hood, Jr. of the Holy Nativity Episcopal Church; and Svavasa Dasa of International Society for Krishna Consciousness of Los Angeles (ISKON)
Responders – Enrique Chiock, President & CEO of Breathe California of Los Angeles County and Jane Offonso of the South Coast Interfaith Council
WHAT: The BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions Salon Series is a new and engaging discussion of clean air, the environment and healthy living--launched in June 2008
“Sinful Behavior: Is Pollution the 8th Deadly Sin?”
WHEN: Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: The California Endowment, 1000 Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (There is plenty of free parking on the premises; Metrolink Exit – Union Station only 2 blocks away.)
WHY: Global warming and climate change have become part of the national lexicon and religion continues to look at the nexus between pollution, solutions and what could be construed by some as “sinful behavior.” Come hear several faith leaders offer their thoughts on the relationship between spirituality, humanity and the environment.
FYI: It is open to the public and there is no cost to attend the BREATHE LA salons. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. For more information and to R.S.V.P., contact Edward Headington at Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com or (818) 720-7181. You may also visit us at http://www.breathela.org/ or www.myspace.com/BCLAC—and/or join our group pages on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the future of clean air and healthy lungs in Los Angeles County. BREATHE LA was established in 1903 and has over a century of accomplishments. First established to fight then-epidemic Tuberculosis, BREATHE LA has long been a leader in efforts to improve air quality and lung health in Los Angeles. Now part of BREATHE California, a statewide organization, BREATHE LA is dedicated to service in our local communities. For more information, visit http://www.breathela.org/.
WHO: BREATHE LA, residents, consumers, businesses, public policy professionals and others
Welcome – Honorable Jose Huizar, Los Angeles City Councilman, District 14; to be introduced by Ray Gonzales, BREATHE LA Board Member and KTLA Director of Community Affairs
Moderator – Jon Regardie, Executive Editor of the Downtown Daily News & Los Angeles Press Club Board Member
Panel of Experts – Dario Frommer, Former Assemblymember and AB 32 Co-Author; Vasilios Manousiouthakis, UCLA Professor of Chemical Engineering; and Richard Varenchik, Office of Climate Change with the California Air Resources Board
Responders – Marvin Martinez, Vice Chancellor of Economic & Workforce Development for the Los Angeles Community College District; and the Climate Change Champions: Adam Raudonis of Westlake High School and Leah Roh of Marlborough High School
WHAT: The BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions Salon Series is a new and engaging discussion of clean air, the environment and healthy living
WHEN: Thursday, September 18, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: The Los Angeles Community College District Boardroom @ 770 Wilshire Blvd., 1st Fl., Los Angeles, 90017. Paid parking available in the area. One block from the Metro Station.
WHY: The ramifications of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authored by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez and Assembly Member Fran Pavley and signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will far-reaching for all Californians in early 2009.
FYI: It is open to the public and there is no cost to attend the BREATHE LA salons. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. For more information and to R.S.V.P., contact Edward Headington at Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com or (818) 720-7181. You may also visit us at http://www.breathela.org/ or www.myspace.com/BCLAC—and/or join our group pages on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the future of clean air and healthy lungs in Los Angeles County. BREATHE LA was established in 1903 and has over a century of accomplishments. First established to fight then-epidemic Tuberculosis, BREATHE LA has long been a leader in efforts to improve air quality and lung health in Los Angeles. Now part of BREATHE California, a statewide organization, BREATHE LA is dedicated to service in our local communities. For more information, visit http://www.breathela.org/.
WHO: BREATHE LA, residents, consumers, businesses, public policy professionals and others
Welcome – Honorable Jose Huizar, Los Angeles City Councilman
Moderator – Jon Regardie, Executive Editor of the Downtown Daily News & Los Angeles Press Club Board Member
Panel of Experts – Dario Frommer, Former Assemblymember and AB 32 Co-Author; Vasilios Manousiouthakis, UCLA Professor of Chemical Engineering; and Richard Varenchik, Office of Climate Change with the California Air Resources Board
Responders – Marvin Martinez, Vice Chancellor of Economic & Workforce Development for the Los Angeles Community College District; and the Climate Change Champions: Adam Raudonis of Westlake High School and Leah Roh of Marlborough High School
WHAT: The BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions Salon Series is a new and engaging discussion of clean air, the environment and healthy living
WHEN: Thursday, September 18, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: The Los Angeles Community College District Boardroom @ 770 Wilshire Blvd., 1st Fl., Los Angeles, 90017. Paid parking available in the area. One block from the Metro Station.
WHY: The ramifications of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 authored by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez and Assembly Member Fran Pavley and signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will far-reaching for all Californians in early 2009.
FYI: It is open to the public and there is no cost to attend the BREATHE LA salons. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. For more information and to R.S.V.P., contact Edward Headington at Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com or (818) 720-7181. You may also visit us at http://www.breathela.org/ or www.myspace.com/BCLAC—and/or join our group pages on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the future of clean air and healthy lungs in Los Angeles County. BREATHE LA was established in 1903 and has over a century of accomplishments. First established to fight then-epidemic Tuberculosis, BREATHE LA has long been a leader in efforts to improve air quality and lung health in Los Angeles. Now part of BREATHE California, a statewide organization, BREATHE LA is dedicated to service in our local communities. For more information, visit http://www.breathela.org/.
