8:45 am – Welcome

9:00 am – Introduction: Dr. Iulia Vann, MD, MPH, Director, Allegheny County Health Department

9:15 am – Speaker: Matthew Heckles, Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator, HUD

9:30 am – Keynote Speaker: Leann Howell, parent advocate and author

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10:15 am – Panel: Lead poisoning, health equity, and the impact on children

Moderator: Sarah Boden, Award-winning health care journalist

• Karin Shafer, Clinical Director, The Alliance for Infants and Toddlers
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• Amy Nevin, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
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• Yazmin Bennett-Kelly, Healthy Start, BIRTH Initiative Director
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• Takiyah Durham, Director, First Steps and Beyond
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11:00 am – BREAK

11:15 am – Performance: Diarra Imani, Emmy-nominated spoken word artist, author, and wellness coach

11:30 am – Panel: Policy Solutions to Prevent Lead Exposure

Moderator: Gabby Gray, Organizer, Pittsburgh United

• Fawn Walker Montgomery, Take Action Advocacy Group
• Erika Strassburger, Pittsburgh City Council Member, District 8
• Rosemarie Halt, Interim Health Policy Director, Children First PA
• Valerie Baron, National Policy Director & Senior Attorney, Safe Water Initiative, Environmental Health (Natural Resources Defense Council)

12:15 pm – LUNCH

12:45 pm – Award Ceremony & Demonstration by Western PA Regional Data Center

1:00 pm – Presentation: Addressing the risk of lead in drinking water

Speaker: Will Pickering, Chief Executive Officer, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

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1:30 pm – Speaker: Ruth Ann Norton, President and CEO, Green and Healthy Homes Initiative – Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program

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2:00 pm – Closing remarks