Information

Follow-Up:

Updates and Follow-up

Photos from the Conference

General:

General Information

Agenda

Program (PDF)

Objectives

Conference Resource 2007

Goods Movement 101

Conference Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and Community Partners

Venue:

Directions, Travel, Hotel Information

Flyers:

Conference Flyer (PDF)

Marque su calendario (PDF)

Flyer with Sponsors and Community Partners Listed (PDF)

Background:

History of Past Town Hall Meetings

Thank you to all of the speakers, facilitators, moderators, resource persons and participants of the "Moving Forward" Conference.  Below are some of your thoughts and comments on the Conference.

Conference Follow-Up:

Intermodal Update.  Eric Kirkendall. Johnson County Intermodal Coalition. December 14, 2007. http://jocointermodal.info/

Birth Of A Movement? Paul Rosenberg. Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 08:00:00 AM EST.  http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2579

Pre-Conference Announcements:

Los Angeles Port Pollution, Int'l Trade & Goods Movement Conference This Weekend. The Examiner, San Francisco, CA. http://www.examiner.com/p-80293~Los_Angeles_Port_Pollution__Int_l_Trade___Goods_Movement_Conference_This_Weekend.html

Switzer Fellows attending “Moving Forward” Conference.  http://www.switzernetwork.org/showEvent.taf?id=96

Breath Matters Monthly e-Newsletter. American Lung Association of California. http://www.californialung.org/ALAC/enews.html

Conference Updates and Follow-up

Thank you to all of our participants who attended the “Moving Forward” Conference and contributed to its great success!  The conference was enriched by your stories, knowledge, and energy for change.

More than 550 participants attended each day from 16 states and 4 countries, and with many backgrounds: community and environmental organizations, academic institutions, labor unions, policy groups, nursing, teaching, and government. States represented: Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Kansas, Indiana, and Iowa. Countries represented: United States, Canada, Mexico and Spain.

Your collaboration and input were fundamental to making this conference a successful achievement. 

Conference materials and follow-up:

The Conference Program and Resource Materials are posted on the website, www.TheImpactProject.org, in the “Conference 2007” section.  The Goods Movement 101 Trainings are available as PDFs in the “Resources” section under “What is Goods Movement?”  We will be working diligently during the next few months to create follow-up actions, networking and communication opportunities, and information-sharing.  We will also be working to share the Presentations made by our speakers, panelists and resource persons.  Select photos from the Conference are now available online.  Please continue to check the website for updates.

Let us know what you think!

If you did not fill out and turn in an anonymous evaluation at the conference, please take a minute to fill out an Evaluation.English (PDF), Evaluation.Spanish (PDF) of the conference.  Fax to 323-442-3272 or e-mail to Info@TheImpactProject.org. 

We also welcome additional comments and suggestions for creating a network on goods movement and health, please send ideas toInfo@TheImpactProject.org.  Ideas suggested at the conference included creating a listserv and maintaining the website, establishing a national communications network, providing technical assistance, generating a research and education clearinghouse, generating regional workshops, and forming a “drafting committee” to further refine the Statement of Problems and Principles and develop a Vision Statement.

We will be staying in touch with you.  We continue to post current news stories about ports and goods movement issues on our website, www.TheImpactProject.org, on an ongoing basis.  Archived news links can also be found.  Please send links to any local stories you would like posted to Info@TheImpactProject.org.

From all of THE Impact Project partners, thank you!