Human Cloning and Genetic Technology

Human Cloning and Genetic Technology

Event

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Center for Genetics and Society, and the Worldwatch Institute cordially invite you to a briefing and discussion on

Human Cloning and Genetic Technology: The Global Challenge to Social Justice, Human Rights and the Environment

Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm (light refreshments afterward!)
Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Root Room (Second Floor)
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Metro: Dupont Circle (Red Line)

Speakers:

Richard Hayes, Executive Director, Center for Genetics and Society
Jurema Werneck, Executive Director, CRIOLA - Afro-Brazilian Women's Movement
John Passacantando, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
Gina Maranto, University of Miami, Author of The Quest for Perfection
Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute

Moderator: Marc Berthold, Program Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation

The new human genetic technologies hold both great promise and great peril. Come hear why liberals, progressives, environmentalists, feminists, human rights advocates, disability rights leaders and others are concerned, and what they believe is the responsible course of action now.

RSVP with name, title, organization, department, phone, fax, and email to Ronny Kittler, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Phone: (202) 462-7512, Fax (202) 462-5230, Email: ronny@boell.org.