The Safe School Information Technology Alliance (SSITA) came into being as a result of a meeting that took place in the Headquarters of the Teachers’ Union Voice in
The CAVI Society had
by then been operating for some three years and was beginning to realise that
it should have begun to address the concerns on Wifi in schools much sooner
than it had.
They noted that one
Teachers’ Union , Voice,
had already been expressing its own concerns for some time previously, through
the responsibly and professionally expressed views of its National Secretary,
Philip Parkin. (Please see the extract from his speech to Voice
National Conference, 2007, in references at the end of
this Introduction).*
CAVI Society realised
that we already owed more to Voice than we had realised, in bringing the
concerns into public awareness, and their Chair, Diana Hanson, went, on behalf
of the Society, to thank Philip Parkin for his lead on this issue. Two meetings
ensued between Philip Parkin and Diana Hanson, at which she expressed the idea
of bringing together representatives from the main organisations concerned
about WiFi. We all in SSITA value
the contributions of these organisations, as well as the contributions of
individual scientists.
SSITA is
therefore only intended to be a “value added” alliance- a community of people
who liaise with, and help each other, sharing information and asking for advice
from our “gurus”. As a result we all feel less isolated and feel better
equipped to move forward with our urgent work.
Please read this
extract reproduced here by kind permission of EMFields.org - also available on
the Cavisoc website (left navigation column under “Exposing children to
wireless in schools is criminal.”
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