| Tavis Smiley Presents and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are co-hosting a town hall meeting on Eliminating Childhood Obesity: Best Practices for Communities and Schools in Los Angeles on Friday, March 30th and Oakland on May 11th at 10 AM. The event will feature a panel of local and national experts from the fields of medicine, education, public health and safety, and religion.
We’re calling on Atlanta’s community, school and civic leadership to come together and explore how we can combine our knowledge, resources and efforts to eliminate the childhood obesity epidemic and improve the health of America.
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Los Angeles Panelists: |
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Tavis Smiley, Host & Symposium Moderator |
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Dr. Toni Yancy, Associate Prof., Dept. of Health Services at UCLA |
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Dr. Dwayne Proctor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Childhood Obesity team leader |
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Dr. Robert Ross, Queen’s Research Chair, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies |
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Dr. George Flores, Health Officer and Public Health Director, Sonoma County Department of Health Services |
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David Hayes- Bautista, Director, Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA |
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Donna Richardson Joyner, Nationally Renowned Fitness Expert |
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Billy Blanks, Creator of Tae Bo |
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Pamela Edwards, Editor, Essence Magazine |
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Thomas Parham, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Counseling and Health Services at UC Irvine |
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Daron Watts, Head of the West Coast Food and Drug Practice Group |
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James Rojas, Co-founder, Latino Urban Forum |
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Marva Smalls, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Chief of Staff for Nickelodeon |
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Claude Tellis, Co-founder, Healthy Body Products |
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Martin Gonzalez, California School Boards Association, Assistant Executive Director of Governance and Policy Services |
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Francesca de la Rosa, Campaign Director, Healthy School Food Coalition |
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10 AM-12 PM |
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