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  • CDC working with community to develop an action agenda to protect the public from harmful chemical exposures.

    The National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures is moving rapidly toward developing an action agenda with clear, achievable recommendations that can help government agencies and other organizations strengthen their efforts to protect the public from harmful chemical exposures.

    Community Conversations were a success!
    Across America, more than 1000 people participated in 52 community conversations during May and June. Reports from these conversations are now available, and we plan to share a summary highlighting key themes, issues, and ideas from community conversations with the Leadership Council, work groups, and you early this fall. The results of these local meetings provide valuable grassroots input on people’s concerns, values, past successes and failures, and ideas for steps government and other groups can take related to public health and chemical exposures. You can view a map with information on each conversation and links to the reports that conveners submitted.

    Responses to the Community Conversation Toolkit were so positive that we are exploring ways it might be adapted for others to use in the future. As one convener shared on Facebook: “Had our community meeting last night. It was awesome. No one wanted to go home right away even though we ran over…Thanks ATSDR/CDC for putting the toolkit together!” If you have ideas for creative uses of the toolkit, add them to this Facebook discussion, or send them to nationalconversation@cdc.gov.

    Leadership Council
    We are excited to announce that Dr. Henry “Andy” Anderson will co-chair the Leadership Council. Dr. Anderson, a senior official with the Wisconsin Department of Health, has served on the National Conversation Leadership Council from the beginning, and is on the Monitoring work group. The Leadership Council is gearing up to begin drafting the action agenda and plans to hold three meetings between October 2010 and January 2011. Stay tuned for details.

    Work Groups
    The six National Conversation work groups have been extremely active in the last few months. We will send you an announcement after their draft reports are posted in September. Please plan to take a look and comment if you have ideas to share. Work group members are volunteering an incredible amount of time and effort to this process, and their efforts are much appreciated.

    Staying involved as we move ahead
    You can continue contributing to the National Conversation this fall and winter. In September draft work group reports will be released for a two week public comment period. A multi-day Web Dialogue to discuss the Leadership Council’s draft action agenda is planned for December, as well as another two week public comment opportunity. The Leadership Council will finalize the action agenda in January 2011. So, stay tuned!

    Don’t forget to join the National Conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Questions? E-mail nationalconversation@cdc.gov for answers.