LIFE WITHOUT LEAD
ENVISIONING A LEAD SAFE COMMUNITY FOR ALL
View our virtual summit
October 26, 2022
Together, we are working to create a lead-safe Allegheny and beyond. For all.
Our 2022 virtual summit featured community leaders, policymakers, advocates, scientists and families from across our region, state and nation to recognize National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and the progress and action required in our community.
Interested in a specific topic? Click here for the full list of individual videos.
October 26, 2022
7:00 pm – Screening of the documentary, Hiding in the Walls, about lead exposure and poisoning in Baltimore, Maryland. Free online event in advance of filmmaker Angel Wilson’s keynote address in the morning.
October 27, 2022
DAY SESSION
8:45 am – Welcome
9:00 am – Keynote Speaker: Angel Wilson, Hiding in the Walls documentarian.
10:00 am – Interview: Little Miss Flint
- Mari Copeny, youth activist from Flint, MI
10:30 am – Presentation: Urban Soils in a Historically Industrial City.
Speakers
- Jonathan Burgess, Programs and Policy Director, Allegheny County Conservation District
- Daniel Bain, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Environmental Science at University of Pittsburgh
11:00 am – Panel: Funding for a Lead-Free Future.
Panelists
- Matthew Ammon, Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
- Ruth Ann Norton, President and CEO, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
- Rep. Sara Innamorato, Pennsylvania State House, District 21
- Wyonette Cheairs, Program Officer, Enterprise Community Partners, Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition
12:00 – Presentation: An Update to Blood Lead Reference Values.
- Dr. Paul Allwood, Chief, CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch
12:30 pm – BREAK
1:00 pm – Panel: From Local to Federal, the Current State of Lead Policies.
Panelists
- Amanda Reddy, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing
- Julian Gonzalez, Senior Legislative Counsel, EarthJustice
- Colleen McCauley, RN, BSN, MPH, Health Policy Director, Children First
- Erika Strassburger, Pittsburgh City Councilperson, District 8
2:00 pm – Panel: Landlords and Lead.
Panelists
- Luke Lewis, Landlord Liaison, Allegheny County Housing Authority
- Mike Falce, Landlord Liaison, Allegheny County Housing Authority
- Amanda Hower, Senior Operations Project Manager, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
- Sunshine Pryor, Director of Compliance, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
- Will Stewart, HCV Inspections Manager, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
3:00 pm – Award Ceremony and Recognition.
Evening Session
7:00 pm – Lead 101: What every family needs to know about lead in the home.
Speakers
- Hanna Beightley, Healthy Homes Program Manager, Women for a Healthy Environment
- Dr. Jerome Gloster, CEO, Primary Care Health Services
- Karin Shafer, Clinical Director, Alliance for Infants and Toddlers
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