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Dr. Michael Greger coming to Colorado

Update March 24: Michael Greger will be speaking in Denver on Wednesday evening, April 7.  He'll be speaking to VSC members in Denver:
Date:
Wednesday, April 7.  
Time:
7:30 p. m.
Place:
Washington Park United Methodist Church, 1955 E. Arizona, in Denver, Colorado
Topic:
Globalization and Animals
(There is an optional potluck and social time beforehand at 6:30 p. m.)

See our press release here.

Directions: the Washington Park United Methodist Church is near Washington Park, just north of I-25, at the intersection of E. Arizona and S. High St.

He will be speaking in Boulder at the Conference on World Affairs on the following panels (typically with three or four other participants in the UMC building on the CU Boulder Campus): 

Monday April 5:
1-2:30 - Aging:  When Your Steel Trap Mind Rusts Shut - Patricia Elliott, Michael Greger, Achim Kodderman, Anthony Mohr

Tuesday, April 6:
9:30 - 11 - Insurance Companies Vs Patients: Michael Greger, John Kitzhaber, Matt Richtel,David Watts

Wednesday, April 7:
2:30-4 - Measuring Up to the MTV Standard:  Media and Body Image:  Sally Fay, Michael Greger, Joaquin Munoz, Shamako Noble

Thursday, April 8:
12:30-2 - The Politics of Food - Michael Greger, Andrew Revkin, Jim Turner, Rose Young
3:30-5 - Culture of Self-Abuse:  Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, Food, Sex... - Michael Greger, Brian Hollywood, Shamako Noble, Nora York

Friday, April 9:
11-12:30 - Who's Getting Fat:  Farmers and Free Trade - Patrick Boel, Michael Greger, Nicholas Sabwa

View full schedule of the Conference on World Affairs with other details by clicking here.

Dr. Michael Greger is one of the most articulate speakers in the country on a variety of complex technical, political, and scientific topics. He a physician, a prize-winning cook, and an internationally recognized speaker on a number of important public health and social justice issues. He debated the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Director before the FDA and was invited as an expert witness to defend Oprah Winfrey in the infamous "meat defamation trial." He came to Colorado last March and gave a number of talks to the VSC on Mad Cow disease and other important topics. 

-- Keith Akers