The Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council (GCLAC) will be holding a Press Conference in recognition of Ohio Lead Awareness Week, which will take place the week of July 20th – 26th, 2008. Scheduled speakers will address the significant progress made in reducing the number of children affected by lead paint hazards, as well as the importance of continued vigilance and prevention in light of new evidence linking childhood lead exposure to crime, low school-performance, as well as numerous lifelong health problems. Scheduled speakers, representing a City, County, and State unified effort to eliminate the dangers of childhood lead poisoning are:
- Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners
- Mayor Frank Jackson, City of Cleveland
- Mayor Eric Brewer, City of East Cleveland
- State Representative Mike Foley, District 14
- Stuart Greenburg, Executive Director, Environmental Health Watch
- Nakiaa Robinson, Program Manager, Office of Early Childhood, Invest in Children
