Title: APHA Annual Meeting: Sampling of Sessions, Meetings & Activities
Author:
Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety
Issue Date:
-Janie Gittleman, JGittleman@cpwr.com
-Rachel Rubin, rrubin@uic.edu
-Karen Worthington, Karen.Worthington@doh.state.nj.us
-Megan Roberts, toosunny2c@yahoo.com
Watch your e-mail and visit the OHS Web site at <http://depts.washington.edu/oshalert> for a comprehensive listing of OHS-related sessions, meetings and activities taking place at the upcoming APHA Annual Meeting. Below is a sampling of some of those events and sessions.
OHS Section Social Hour, Sunday, December 11, 2005: 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Rm. 109B. Meet and greet with light hors d’œuvres.
OHS Section Awards Luncheon
UNITE HERE
22 South 22nd Street (between Market and Chestnut Streets)
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
This year's Awards Luncheon will be held at the UNITE HERE union hall. The venue is about 10 blocks from the Philadelphia Convention Center Complex, so if you plan to walk, please allow 30-45 minutes to do so. Box lunches will be available, and they are covered in the ticket price, which will be about $15. Tickets will be sold at all OHS Section Business Meetings. This year’s award recipients are:
- Alice Hamilton Award:
Franklin Mirer, PhD, Director of Health and Safety for the United Automobile Workers
- Lorin Kerr Award:
Marcy Goldstein Gelb, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
- International Award:
Fiona Murie, Program Director, Global Health and Safety Program, International Federation of Building and Wood Workers
Join us in celebrating the achievements of the award recipients. We look forward to seeing you there!
OHS Dance Party
Mummers Museum, 1100 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia (2nd & Washington Streets)
Tuesday, December 13, 2005, 8:00 p.m. – Midnight
This year’s dance party will pay tribute to the music of Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, compliments of “Choo Choo Charlie and the Spitfires.” The band played for us last time in Philadelphia, and the music and dancing were some of the best ever for our Section. Be sure to get your tickets early as we’ll be advertising the dance party through some of the other APHA sections as well this year. Tickets will be available at all OHS Section Business Meetings as well as at the OHS Section booth in the APHA Exhibit Hall.
Choo Choo Charlie is a public health worker, humanitarian and musician at heart who has played with some of the blues and rock and roll greats. With his band the "Spitfires," he performs a broad range of musical styles including classic rock and roll, rhythm & blues, swing, jazz, zydeco, Chicago, jump and country blues, and a variety of popular and seasonal tunes plus his own originals to bring good times to music lovers of all ages. Charlie would like to recognize some of the great music and culture of an area so hard hit by the recent hurricanes and provide all of us with an outlet for our energy over this issue.
Philadelphia’s own “taste of mardi-gras,” the Mummers Museum, will again be our dance party location. The Mummers Museum is located about 20 blocks southeast of the Convention Center, therefore a cab is recommended. Driving directions can be found at: <http://riverfrontmummers.com/museum/directions.html>. The phone number for the museum is (215) 336-3050.
Katrina Late Breaker Session
Sunday, December 11, 2005, Katrina Late Breaker, (276.0) 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Rm. 105B. Presenters include: Chip Hughes (NIEHS), Rod Turpin (EPA-National Response Plan), Jaribu Hill (Mississippi Worker Center for Human Rights), Dave Newman (NYCOSH), Chris Trehan (Center to Protect Workers' Rights), and Daryl Malek-Wiley (Sierra Club).