You are invited to attend the 7th Enlightenment Luncheon – Our Changing Climate is Changing Our Weather: How We Can Protect Our Families hosted by Stephanie Blank, Lisa Rayner, Andrea Young, and Laura Seydel. Join us during Children’s Health Month to learn how we can protect our children from one of the most challenging public health issues of our time.
For a list of Table Hosts and Media Sponsor, click here.
What: Enlightenment Luncheon – Our Changing Climate is Changing Our Weather: How We Can Protect Our Families.
When: October 3, 2014, 11:00 – 2:00 pm. Lunch begins at 12:00 am
Where: The St. Regis Atlanta, 88 West Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
Cost: $75 Per Person/$750 Table Host (Table Host seats 10 ) /$1,000 Premium Table Host (Premium Host Table seats 10 and ensures best placement). The luncheon includes a delicious, locally-grown sourced meal & a silent auction.
RSVP: To purchase a ticket or host a table online, please click here. If you’d like to mail in your payment, please make payable to American Lung Association of the Southeast and mail to Mothers & Others for Clean Air, American Lung Association of the Southeast, 2452 Spring Road, Smyrna, GA 30080.
Please reserve your table by September 26, 2014, as seating is limited. To RSVP or for more information, please call 770.544.0508.
Why: Our changing climate is predicted to increase temperatures which is likely to increase ozone pollution. Ozone is a well-known trigger for asthma attacks and is linked to a greater risk of premature death in adults and diminished lung capacity. And, we are likely to see more pollen and mold affecting children with allergies. We know, as mothers, parents and caregivers, that all of our children are especially vulnerable to air pollution and allergens.
Luncheon Emcee:
Sam Champion, Anchor and Managing Editor, The Weather Channel
Luncheon Speakers include:
Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Director of the University of Georgia’s Atmospheric Sciences Program, was the 2013 President of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Dr. Shepherd is a leading international expert in the area of weather, climate, and atmospheric related sciences.
Dr. George Luber,epidemiologist and the Associate Director for Global Climate Change for the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ms. Heather McTeer Toney is the Regional Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Southeast Region. Prior to coming to the Region, she served as the first African-American, and first female, to serve as Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi from 2004-2012.
LeRoy M. Graham, Jr., physician and partner with the Georgia Pediatric Pulmonology Associates, PC.
Ms. Mikayla Wiseman, Toastmaster and 15-year-old teen with asthma. Ms. Wiseman will share how air pollution impacts her asthma.
