| October 8, 2003
WCRC NEWS
THANK YOU…
To everyone who participated in our 8th annual Swim a Mile
for Women with Cancer! About five hundred swimmers joined
us this weekend, raising over $160,000 to date. Congratulations!
The next volunteer training will be Saturday, October 18th,
from 10 am to 5:30 pm, and Monday and Tuesday October 20th
and 21st, from 6 to 9:15 pm. For more information please
contact: Emily Galpern, Volunteer Coordinator, (510) 601-4040
x109 mailto:emily@wcrc.org
HEALTH
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Justice Recommendations Report Approved
On September 30, 2003 the California Environmental Protection
Agency (Cal/EPA) Advisory Committee on Environmental Justice
issued a recommendations report concerning public participation
in agency decisions, cumulative environmental impacts, prevention
of pollution, and protection of public health. Dr. Joseph
Lyou stated that the report would make it possible for California
to achieve environmental justice, defined as the treatment
of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect
to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement
of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Cal/EPA
Secretary Winston Hickox has promised that Cal/EPA will
consider the formal adoption and implementation of the recommendations
report. See www.calepa.ca.gov/EnvJustice/Committee/
for a list of committee members.
TREATMENT OPTIONS AND RESEARCH
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POLITICS AND LAW
IN THE NEWS
EVENTS
Teach-In and Activist Convergence
The War at Home and Abroad: the environmental and social
justice consequences of war from Baghdad to the Bay Area.
Saturday, October 11th, 9:30 am – 8 pm
St. Boniface Church in San Francisco, 133 Golden Gate Ave
at Leavenworth
Donation: Sliding scale $10-$25 (students and youth $5)
– includes lunch
No one turned away for lack of funds
Representative Barbara Lee will be the keynote speaker for
the day.
Sponsored by Environmentalists Against War – visit
www.envirosagainstwar.org for more information
Breast Cancer Awareness Fair/ Feria para Concocer Sobre
el Cancer del Seno
October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Celebrate
with a FREE BREAST EXAM and MAMMOGRAM – Octubre es
el mes del cancer del seno y lo vamos a celebrar haciendo
exámenes GRATUITOS DEL SENO y MAMOGRAMAS
This event is Coordinated by Contra Costa Regional Medical
Center - Martinez in collaboration with
Women's Cancer Resource Center, American Cancer Society,
The Wellness Community, Charlotte Maxwell and Patient Navigator
- RICHMOND HEALTH CENTER
100 38th. Street Richmond, CA
Thursday, October 16, 2003
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
For information: (510) 231-1223 or (510) 601-4040 ext.
110, pager # (510) 544-1069
- MARTINEZ HEALTH CENTER- BUILDING 1
2500 Alhambra Ave. Martinez, CA
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
5-7 P.M.
For information: (925) 370-5822 or (510) 601-4040 ext.
110, pager # (510) 544-1069
7th Education Workshop for Latinos / Septima Clase Educacional
Para Richmond Clinic
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
12 to 2 p.m.
This workshop is Coordinated by Women's Cancer Resource
Center in collaboration with Contra Costa Regional Medical
Center - Martinez
Come with us and learn about CLINICAL TRAILS / Ven con
nosotras para aprender sobre los ESTUDIOS CLINICOS
A FREE program for Latinos with cancer and their loved ones.
Program presented in Spanish/Es un programa GRATIS para
Latinos con cáncer y sus seres queridos. Presentado
en Eapañol.
For more information please contact with / Para Mayor información
por favor comuniquese con:
Maximiliana Prieto- Ruiz (Millie), Latino Program Coordinator,
(510) 601-4040 ext. 110
Stop Breast Cancer Where it Starts - Stop Toxic Pollution
Thursday, October 16, 2003, 7 pm - 9 pm
Participate in a lively discussion about the scam of Breast
Cancer Awareness Month. Find out how pharmaceutical and
chemical company giant Astra Zeneca conceived of Breast
Cancer Awareness Month to
increase their sales of tamoxifen (a drug given to women
after they are diagnosed with breast cancer, and that is
also on the Prop 65 list of cancer causing chemicals). Industry-backed
events Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Race for the Cure
fail to talk about real prevention of breast cancer - stopping
the toxic pollution that is
causing elevated rates of cancer. Speakers are breast cancer
survivors Barbara Brenner, the Executive Director of Breast
Cancer Action, Judy Brady with the Toxic Links Coalition,
and Marleen Quint, who is a health advocate.
Location: Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave., near Dwight
Way, Berkeley.
Cost: Free.
Info: 510/548-2220 x233.
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT
www.BreastCancer.org Open Chat Room
We've heard from many of you that you would like a place
where you can connect with one another in real time to share
information and to give and receive support. As many of
you know, the breastcancer.org discussion boards are already
a wonderful place to meet other caring people who are going
through similar experiences. We're hoping that the Open
Chat Room will add another vital element to our ongoing
community-building efforts. The Open Chat Room will be available
for one hour every Monday during the month of October. We've
scheduled the Chat Room sessions at different times each
week to try to accommodate as many different time zones
as possible. There will be a moderator in the Chat Room
to make sure it is a safe and comfortable place for everyone,
and that it is used only for discussion within the breastcancer.org
community.
Open Chat Rooms are scheduled for:
Monday, October 13th, 5:30pm EDT
Monday, October 20th, 1:30pm EDT
Monday, October 27th, 9:30am, EST
To join the Open Chat these dates, go to www.breastcancer.org
anytime between 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. EDT* and click on the
"Enter Open Chat" button. No special software
is required.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
Laughing Stock's FREE Improvisation Comedy Classes for
women with chronic, life-threatening illness
Thursdays, October 9th, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30 3pm-5pm
SF Women's Building, Audre Lorde Room
Are you a woman living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, hepatitis
C, kidney disease or other chronic, life-threatening illness?
Need some good laughs? Stuck in a rut or need an excuse
to get out? Shy, or just want to feel better about yourself?
Come join this program sponsored by BATS Improv's School
of Improvisation and The Women's Building, with partial
funding provided by The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Childcare is provided.
Register by October 3 at 415-431-1180 x11, or email resourceroom@womensbuilding.org
3543 18th St, San Francisco
http://www.womensbuilding.org
Lesbian Health Salon Series Announced by the Lesbian
Health Research Center
New Salon Series Brings Lesbian Health Information into
the Community
Each Salon in the series will include a meet and mingle
hour followed by an informal, interactive discussion on
a selected topic led by LHRC medical and research leaders.
There is no charge to attend. At each event the question
of how lesbian health differs from women's health in general
will be briefly addressed. Timeframe for each Salon is 7:00
PM - 8:30 PM. For details on salons and their locations,
contact Betty Sullivan: LHRCenter@aol.com or 415-861-1637.
Schedule of Salons
- Thursday, October 30: Breast Cancer Risks Among Lesbians
- Thursday, November 20: Lesbian Health in Australia.
Tour of the Center's facilities will also be available.
- December - NO SALON - LHRC Holiday Benefit (Dinner/Concert/Dance)
- Saturday, December 13th, featuring lesbian jazz great
Suede with DJ Page Hodel. For more information and to
order tickets, visit: http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org.
- Thursday, January 22 - Comparison of Same-Sex Couples
in Civil Unions and Their Lesbian/Gay Friends without
Civil Unions and Their Married Heterosexual
- Thursday, February 26 - Heart Disease Risk Among Lesbians
- Thursday, March 25 – Mental Health Issues Among
Lesbians
The Lesbian Health Research Center (LHRC) is specifically
and uniquely concerned with the health and wellbeing of lesbians,
bisexual women, transgendered individuals and their families;
and with the health care
available to them. We believe that every lesbian has the right
to be fully informed about her health, health care should
be sensitive and relevant to lesbians and lesbian health research
is critical. LHRC has begun to bring lesbian health information
out of the closet and into the hands of community members
and health care providers through its on-going activities
and services. For information, visit http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org;
or e-mail: info@lesbianhealthinfo.org.
Women's Environmental Health and Justice Bay Area Summit
Presented by the Women's Foundation of California featuring
the release of its report: "Confronting Toxic Contamination
in Our Communities: Women's Health and California's Future"
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
You are invited to participate in a community summit to
expand the debate on environmental health and justice. Come
hear about the unique experiences and concerns of women
and girls, their families and communities around environmental
health and learn about the work being done in California
to prevent public exposure to harmful chemicals.
Featuring:
Keynote Speaker: Sandra Steingraber, PhD
ecologist, cancer survivor, author of Living Downstream
and Having Faith
Invited Guest Speaker: Assemblywoman Wilma Chan
Panel Session with community leaders and elected officials
1:30 pm - Registration
2:00 - 4:30 pm - Summit
4:30 - 5:30 pm - Reception
This event is free and open to the public. Registration
is required for
attendance. Please RSVP by October 10, 2003. You can register
online!
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