2020 Virtual Gala Celebration

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Watch the Event

For those who missed the gala, you can watch a recording, including musical performances and a lively roundtable conversation on building a stronger public health system to protect the next generation from the environmental causes of breast cancer.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2020
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location: The comfort of your own home!

Hosted By

Jim Braude and Margery Eagan co-host Boston Public Radio, weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 89.7 FM GBH. The dynamic duo is known for their smart local conversations with leaders and thinkers shaping the City of Boston.

Roundtable Discussion With

Julia Brody, PhD, is executive director and senior scientist at Silent Spring Institute. She is a nationally recognized expert on environmental chemicals and breast cancer, and a leader in community-engaged research. Dr. Brody’s current research focuses on reporting back to participants in environmental health studies to tell them about their chemical exposures. Her work is founded on the belief that participants have a right to know their results so they can take action to protect their health and their communities.

Rachel Morello-Frosch, PhD, is an environmental health scientist at the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. Her research examines the social determinants of environmental health among diverse communities with a focus on inequality, psychosocial stress, and how these factors interact with environmental chemical exposures to produce health inequalities. She studies environmental justice in the context of ambient air pollution, drinking water quality, climate change as well as prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals and effects on development.

Michelle A. Williams, ScD, is Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Angelopoulos Professor in Public Health and International Development, a joint faculty appointment at the Harvard Chan School and Harvard Kennedy School. Her scientific work places special emphasis in the areas of reproductive, perinatal, pediatric, and molecular epidemiology. Dean Williams has a master’s in civil engineering from Tufts University and master’s and doctoral degrees in epidemiology from the Harvard Chan School.

Honoring

Dr. Rachel Morello-Frosch
Recipient of 2020’s Rachel Carson
Advocacy Award

Special Guest

Lisa Loeb is a Grammy Award-winning singer songwriter and philanthropist whose career rocketed with the 1994 hit song “Stay (I Missed You),” the first song to hit No. 1 by an unsigned artist. She’s released 15 albums, including five children's albums, and composes the original songs for the Emmy-nominated “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” series. Lisa founded The Camp Lisa Foundation, which sends underserved kids to summer camp.

Performances By

Deb Talan

Deb Talan has been writing songs since she was 14. Over the course of her career, she performed in Boston coffee houses, formed The Weepies band, toured the world, produced five records, and raised three boys. She lives in Iowa City.

Catie Curtis, called a “folk rock goddess” by the New Yorker, toured for over 25 years. She has played Lilith Fair, Carnegie Hall, concert halls, folk clubs, festivals, and the (Obama) White House!

Thank you to our generous sponsors

Our Virtual Gala Celebration would not have been possible without the generosity of businesses and community leaders who are committed to our mission. A special thank you to the following sponsors:

*Silent Spring Institute Board of Directors
^†Silent Spring Institute Leadership Council