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. Register for the free screening.

DAY SESSION

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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

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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