PUTTING THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY’S WORDS TO WORK FOR YOU
Tobacco Control Advocacy and Corporate Accountability Event: Register Now!
The University of California, San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, an interdisciplinary research community, announces its one-day workshop on using tobacco industry documents for advocacy.
The workshop will cover:
introduction to tobacco industry documents databases; hands-on practice searching and extracting key industry documents under the supervision of expert documents researchers; examples of ways in which the documents can be used to promote tobacco-free communities; and opportunities to network and brainstorm with top documents researchers and other advocates.
Featuring:
• Carol McGruder, the 2007 recipient of the American Legacy Foundation Community Activist Award
• Social/Networking hour hosted by Stanton Glantz, Professor of Medicine and Director of the CTCRE
• Jono Polansky, owner of Onbeyond LLC, a company directing empowering “Campaigns that Change Things.”
• Friday Night Live free special pre-workshop, “How to Make Changes in Public Policy,” with attorney/policy expert Richard Barnes.
Cost: $25 registration fee to reserve your place, refundable upon completion of the workshop. Deadline is April 16th. Registration is on first come, first served basis and space is limited to 40 participants. A California cuisine lunch and resource materials will be provided. The locations are ADA accessible.
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Time: 10:15 am to 5:30 pm
Place: University of California, San Francisco, Kalmanovitz Library
530 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California
For more information and to register for the workshop, please contact: Jenni Alexander, Jenni.Alexander@ucsf.edu or 415 502 6341.
