The Turning the Tides conference will be this Friday and Saturday. You can still register . . .
Annie Young
Environmental Coordinator
C/O Women's Cancer Resource Center
4604 Chicago Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
tel. 612-822-4846
Turning the Tides III- A Cancer-Free World Begins with You
Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 Second Avenue South, Downtown Minneapolis
October 3 and 4, 2003
Too many of us are getting cancer. It touches all of our lives, and it s on the increase. Cancer is now the leading cause of death among women ages 25 to 64. Children s brain cancer and leukemia have risen almost 20% since 1975. Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, thyroid and brain tumors are increasing in certain areas, as is testicular cancer among young men. Breast cancer is rising at .6% per year. What can we do?
Scientists continue to find links between diseases and toxins in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.
� Learn about the links between cancer and environmental toxins with Dr. Annie Sasco, Chief of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention Research, World Health Organization, Lyon, France.
� Discover simple steps you can take to reduce cancer risk across generations and across cultures with workshops by local and national scientists and medical experts.
� Act, with ideas from San Francisco cancer activist, Barbara Brenner, known for her tough questioning on how money spent for cancer research shortchanges prevention.
Program:
Friday, October 3, 2003
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Registration, Educational Exhibits
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony and Welcome - Elizabeth Kautz, Burnsville Mayor
It s About Tomorrow Barbra Wiener, founder, Women s Cancer Resource Center and youth from the Southside Family School
12:00 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. Luncheon and Keynote Speaker Cancer Prevention Worldview: Can We Turn the Tides? Dr. Annie Sasco, World Health Organization.
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Preventing Cancer/Reducing Risk A panel with medical experts and cancer activists focusing on cancer in women, children and men, and disparities in minority and low-income populations.
3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. and 4:25 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. Breakout Sessions are repeated once.
Session A1: Why Are We Here? Learning About Cancer Cancer basics and updates.
Session A2: Childhood Cancer Risks/ Environmental Health A panel featuring
Dr. David Wallinga looks at children s health risks.
Session A3: Pesticides: Recent Research The latest findings down on the farm, on our lawns, in our bodies, from Dr. Vincent Garry, University of Minnesota.
Session A4: In Our Backyard Do lower income or minority communities face more risk? A panel discussion with voices from the neighborhoods.
Session A5: Effects on Youth A youth panel on personal care products, pesticides and toxic chemicals impact on adolescents.
Session A6: Better Safe than Sorry How one city enacted the Precautionary Principle despite severe opposition from the chemical industry. Hear activists who work to reduce the flow of toxic chemicals.
5:20 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A Celebration Gathering Honoring 10 years of success for the Women s Cancer Resource Center
Saturday, October 4, 2003
8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Registration, Educational Exhibits
9:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Welcome - Carol Johnson, Turning the Tides 3 conference chair; first environmental coordinator for Women s Cancer Resource Center; Inspirational Opening - Nee Komis Singers and Sharon Day
9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. The Impact of Chemicals on Cancer and the Challenge of Cancer Prevention Panel with Dr. Annie Sasco, World Health Organization and Dr. Nimi Singh, Asst. Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, U of M.
10:55 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. Simple Steps: Personal Daily Choices for Reducing Cancer Risk (Breakout sessions are repeated once.)
Session B1: The Food We Eat Healthy choices in our produce and milk.
Session B2a: The Water We Drink What s in our drinking water? Will filtering help? (Not repeated.)
Session B2b: Our Earth and Its Gift of Food Organic and sustainable farming, GMOs, and community gardening. (Not repeated.)
Session B3: Initiatives to Clean Up our Neighborhoods A panel discussion on dry cleaners, coal-fired energy plants and superfund sites.
Session B4: Healthy Body Beautiful Body Personal care products that aren t so beautiful; detoxifying our bodies.
Session B5: Keeping your Home Clean and Toxic Free Low-cost, less toxic cleaning products, smoke-free homes and eliminating in-door air toxins.
Session B6: Youth In Action This special session designed and presented by youth runs for 1 1/2 hours. It includes discussions on second-hand smoke, school foods, rBGH milk and launching a successful environmental activist project.
12:35 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Luncheon and Keynote Speaker
Follow the Money and Corporate Accountability Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Action and the Alliance for Accountability in Breast Cancer
2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Simple Steps for Cancer Activism: We Can Do it If We Do it Together (Choose one of six sessions)
Session C1 Cleaning Up Our Air
Session C2 Cleaning Up Our Water
Session C3 Protecting our Children
Session C4 Taking Personal Action at Home
Session C5 It s Just about Justice: Ways to Make a Difference
Session C6: Youth Perspectives: Activism that Works
3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Gathering, Reporting Back and Inspirational Closing
To Register
Download the registration form. Complete the form and mail it with your registration fee to
The Women's Cancer Resource Center
4604 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Questions? Call the Women s Cancer Resource Center at 612-822-4846 or 1-877-892-6742 toll free. Or email our conference coordinator.
Complete information is available on our web site: www.wcrctides3.org
Jane Krentz
Turning the Tides III
Conference Coordinator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
651-430-2983
