September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. On September 23rd, 2020 the Childhood Cancer Prevention Initiative launched the Childhood Cancer: Cross-Sector Strategies for Prevention report wherein our cross-sector team of scientists, health and business leaders described increasing rates of cancer among children and adolescents that could not be due to genetics alone. The anniversary of the report release provides an opportunity to lift up the science, experiences and actions of the past year. Thank you to everyone who joined and participated in this year’s week of panels! If you missed them, the recordings are available below.
Session Descriptions + Recordings
Session attendees are encouraged to attend the overview panel which will highlight key data featured in the report (data from 1975-2017) as well as give an overview of what the latest data trends are (updated to include the latest data available from 2018), and talk about relevant activities, policies and bills.
Organizer:
David Levine, Co-Founder & President, American Sustainable Business Council
Speakers:
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Executive Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network
Molly Jacobs, Senior Research Associate and Project Manager, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell / Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
Martin Wolf, Director of Product Sustainability and Authenticity, Seventh Generation
Bobbi Wilding, Executive Director, Clean & Healthy NY
Get a detailed look at Childhood Cancer prevention and initiatives that are in place a year after the release of the report. Engage in a panel discussion with childhood cancer survivors and advocates to discuss the present and future of the cause.
Organizer:
Jonathan Agin, Executive Director, PREP4Gold
Bridget Gustafson, Board Secretary, Swifty Foundation
Get an in-depth look at the impact of pesticides on Childhood Cancer from different researchers. Hear about their work and their push towards pesticide-free food and farming as well as potential alternatives to pesticides in our daily lives.
Organizer:
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Executive Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network
Speakers:
Emily Marquez, Ph.D, Staff Scientist, Pesticide Action Network North America
Bertha Lewis, Founder & President, The Black Institute
Ángel García, Organizing Director, Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Reform, Californians for Pesticide Reform
Jay Feldman, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides
Learn how Dr. Nasha Winters, pediatric cancer survivor and integrative oncologist is incorporating toxics reduction and elimination as part of her cancer care and prevention strategy as well as from the other panel members who have learned how toxics reduction and elimination reduces the risk of pediatric cancer.
Organizer:
Anne Reynolds Robertson, Founder, Toxic Free Future for Our Children
Speakers:
Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health
Michelle Barnes, Executive Director, Helen R. Walton Center for Childhood Enrichment
Joan Werner, Head of Client Services, NYL Investors
Join us to hear from business leaders present solutions to reduce and eliminate toxic chemicals in products and why and how they are using their brands to advocate for a toxic free future.
Organizer:
David Levine, Co-Founder & President, American Sustainable Business Council
Speakers:
Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, President and CEO, ECOS
Kari Warberg Block, CEO and Founder, Earth Kind
Martin Wolf, Director of Product Sustainability and Authenticity, Seventh Generation
Barry Cik, Founder and Technical Director, Naturepedic
Communities across the country have mobilized to protect children from toxic chemicals in the environment. On this panel, we’ll hear about specific health threats in different communities and ways that community members are addressing those threats. We’ll discuss how people working in different sectors can support their efforts, and similar advocacy to make sure all kids are safe in the places they live, learn and play.
Organizer:
Debra Erenberg, Strategic Director, Cancer Free Economy Network
Speakers:
Sonal Jessel, Director of Policy, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Walter Lewis, President & CEO, Homewood Children’s Village
Alexis Luckey, Executive Director, Toxic Free NC
Rebecca Overmyer-Velázquez, Coordinator, Clean Air Coalition of North Whittier & Avocado Heights
Bobbi Wilding, Executive Director, Clean and Healthy NY (Moderator)
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