Health & Fitness
SUPERSTORM SANDY: ONE YEAR LATER at Monmouth University on October 29
Free conference will feature two former governors talking about ways New Jersey can rebuild smarter
What: Sandy One Year Later: Looking to the Future Conference
Date: Oct. 29, 2013, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
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Speakers: Governor James Florio, Governor Christine Todd Whitman, Admiral Thad Allen, and many other distinguished speakers.
Venue: Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Topics: What have we accomplished? What have we learned? What do we still need to do?
Presented by: Monmouth University, New Jersey Future, Union of Concerned Scientists, New Jersey Recovery Fund
Cost: Free and open to public. Registration is required by visiting www.njfuture.org. A continental breakfast and boxed lunch will be provided.
Sandy One Year Later: Looking to the Future, a day-long conference taking place at Monmouth University on the one-year anniversary of the worst natural disaster ever to hit New Jersey, will be held on October 29, 2013. The conference will address three critical questions about the Sandy recovery process: What have we accomplished? What have we learned? What do we still need to do?
Distinguished speakers, including former governors James Florio and Christine Todd Whitman, will highlight the economic and planning impacts of Sandy and of potential future storms, and will discuss things New Jersey and its municipalities need to be doing in order to be better prepared for the next severe weather event.
Keynote speaker is Monmouth University's 2013 National Champion of the Ocean recipient Admiral Thad Allen (USCG, retired). Admiral Allen directed the federal response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and was national incident commander for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
For more information, visit www.njfuture.org.
Immediately following the conference, from 3-7 pm, Monmouth University’s 9th annual Social Work Teach-In on Justice Surrounding Natural Disasters will take place in Monmouth University’s Student Center. Keynote speaker is Dean of the Tulane School of Social Work Ron Marks. For more information, call 732- 571-3543.
