A special presentation: Why Repower Oregon?

Why Repower Oregon?

Join us for a special presentation on the benefits of taking responsible, immediate action in the fight against global warming vs. the high cost of doing nothing.

WHEN: 6- 8 PM, Thursday, April 16, 2009
WHERE:  United First Methodist Chuch, in the Carrier Room, 600 State Street (down the street from the Capitol in Salem)

Speakers:

Bill Bradbury, Former Secretary of State
Bill served in the Oregon legislature for 14 years representing portions of Oregon's south coast as a State Representative and as a State Senator.  He also held the positions of Senate Majority Leader and Senate President.

Bill sits as a member of Oregon’s Global Warming Advisory Commission, a group tasked with making recommendations to the legislature on how Oregon will meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals and tackle the adaptation challenges created by the impacts of climate change. He was one of the first 50 participants in Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Change training sessions and has given over 110 presentations.

Representative Jules Bailey, Senior Policy Analyst at ECONorthwest
Jules works at the intersection of economics, public policy, the environment, and urban development. As a Senior Policy Analyst at ECONorthwest, one of Oregon's oldest and most respected economics consulting firms, Jules has worked on several economic analysis and development projects, including managing the economic analysis for the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement project, conducting an economic impact projection for the Portland High Performance Green Building Policy, analyzing a state system of carbon taxes for Oregon, and writing a literature review of smart growth policies.

Bob Stacey, Exective Director at 1000 Friends of Oregon
Bob has a long history with 1000 Friends and with land use and growth management.  He was one of 1000 Friends’ first staff attorneys (1975 - 1986), and served on the board of directors (1996 – 2000).  His professional career includes work as Director of the City of Portland Planning Bureau; Senior Policy Advisor on Urban Growth Management to Governor Barbara Roberts; attorney in private practice; Executive Director of Policy and Planning at TriMet; and Chief of Staff to Congressman Earl Blumenauer.  He is a graduate of Reed College and the University of Oregon, and was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for the 2000-2001 academic year.  In 2008, he became a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners.  He is a native Oregonian.

Catherine Thommason, MD, President of Physicians for Social Responsibility
Dr. Catherine Thomasson is a Staff Physician and Resident Educator at Portland State University. She was elected President of National Physicians for Social Responsibility's Board of Directors for 2007 and was PSR Oregon Board President for 5 years.  She has been a national spokesperson educating on issues of health effects of Global Warming and its solutions as well as working to build coalitions to encourage better legislation within Oregon to address greenhouse gas emissions.  In Oregon, she also worked on advisory panels including Portland-Multnomah Climate Plan, Multnomah County West Nile Prevention Task Force and Portland, Oregon Water Treatment Policy decisions. Dr. Thomasson received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and her Medical Degree from Wayne State University. She did her residency in Internal Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University.

Please register to attend.