If you care about bed bugs in the District, this is the only ticket in town on Friday.
The agenda (PDF) has been announced.
From the press release:
The summit will establish various stakeholder groups that are affected by bedbugs, and empower them to take action to combat the problem. This event will also include discussion of legislative and enforcement approaches, as well as citizen involvement through tenant groups, senior and public housing, and educational outreach through government and local businesses on the front lines of the community.
You’ll notice among the speakers New York City’s own Ray Lopez of Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service.
Richard Kramer, Dini Miller, and W. Wayne White round out the morning session speakers. The Office of the Tenant Advocate and EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs will also participate.
Consider that agenda for a moment. Anything you can think of, they have it covered: legislation, enforcement, education, data collection, exploring a bed bug task force.
Yes, please. A bed bug task force for DC.
The Norwood Tenants Association and the DC Department of Health are showing extraordinary leadership. We’ve mentioned previously how hopeful this makes us.
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Really exciting stuff! I can’t wait to hear about it, and wish I could be there.
I know. It’s so encouraging. Every city should do this, I think the interest is definitely there, and then keep those channels open because it will always be a work in progress until there is an effective control method. But it begins always with committed people, like the Norwood tenants.
I hope we can do something like this in NYC.
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