"Moving Forward"
A conference on healthy solutions for communities impacted by trade, ports, and goods movement

Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1, 2007

Carson Community Center
Carson, CA

Organized by the Trade, Health, and Environment Project

Visit our website at www.THEImpactProject.org

E-mail: info@theimpactproject.org

The side-by-side Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach comprise the largest port complex in the United States and the third-largest port in the world. They are the major “gateway” for imported goods from Asia into the United States. The booming trade may be good for the economy, but it has also made the Ports the region's number-one single source of air pollution, and it is straining the capacity of dock operations, regional freeways, trucking, rail yards, and the goods movement infrastructure. Meanwhile, the volume of imported cargo containers keeps growing. Both workers and residents are increasingly concerned—about air pollution, health, traffic, economic impacts, the potential for hazardous materials incidents, port security, and their overall “quality of life.”

The conference built on previous activities, including the 2005 Town Meeting, and continued the process of sharing information and local and regional solutions.

Simultaneous Spanish interpretation was available.

Updates and follow-up to the 2007 Conference can be found at THE Impact Project's website, www.THEImpactProject.org.  Thank you.