[ECPN] ECPN: 5th Annual Tobacco Documents Workshop

Tue Apr 1 21:52:46 EDT 2008

From: "Yerger, Valerie" <Valerie.Yerger at ucsf.edu> 

Please distribute widely the attached flyers and forward this email to all interested parties. 

ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THE AMERICAN LEGACY FOUNDATION IS SPONSORING TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY AT THIS WORKSHOP. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH. 

SEE ATTACHED FLYERS. 

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: 

5th ANNUAL TOBACCO DOCUMENTS WORKSHOP: 

PUTTING THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY’S WORDS TO WORK FOR YOU 

Tobacco Control Advocacy and Corporate Accountability Event: Register Now! 

The University of California, San FranciscoCenter 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. More details upon registration. 

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 at ucsf.edu or 415 502 6341. 

Valerie B. Yerger, N.D. 

Assistant Research Scientist 

NIH Health Disparities Scholar 

Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences 

School 

of Nursing 

University 

of California, San Francisco 

Box 

0612 

San Francisco 

, CA94143-0612 

Phone:  (415) 476-2784 

Fax:  (415) 476-6552 

Email:  valerie.yerger at ucsf.edu 

(Courier address only:  

Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences 

University 

of California, San Francisco 

3333 California Street, Suite 455 

San Francisco 

, CA94118 

) 

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