2005 NARPA ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE
RECLAIMING FREEDOM: A CALL TO ACTION
2 PM – 5 PM NARPA Board Meeting
3 PM – 6 PM Conference Registration Check In
3 PM – 6 PM Exhibitors Check in and Set Up
6 PM – 7:30PM Opening Session
Welcome – Bill Stewart, NARPA President
Judi Chamberlin - Psychiatric survivor and activist since 1971; Author, On Our Own: Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System, Co-Founder of the National Empowerment Center: Some Reflections on Freedom and Advocacy - Looking Back and Looking Forward
7:30 PM – 10 PM Conference Reception/Buffet & Cash Bar
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration Check In
Peter Cubra, J.D., Children's Rights Attorney;
Founder, Advocacy, Inc. - Albuquerque, NM: New freedom or old freedom? Just whose freedom are we working for?
10 AM – 5 PM Exhibits Open
10 AM – 10:30 AM Refreshment Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon Workshops – Session I
David Ferleger - Evolution and Advocacy: Notes on the Development of Institutions and the Movement
Pat Risser – Men and Trauma
Bill Brooks, J.D., and Bob Factor, M.D. – Impeaching and Otherwise Challenging Psychiatric Testimony
David Popiel, J.D. – Introduction to Fair Housing Law
Noon – 1:30 PM Luncheon
Mark Davis, Advocate,
Bisexual/Gay/Intersex/Lesbian/Transgender/Questioning Rights; 20-year Veteran of the Consumer/Survivor movement: Freedom from the 4-F Club: Feeling Fabulously Fruity and Feisty
1:30 PM – 3 PM Workshops – Session II
Judy Preston, J.D., Deputy Chief, Department of Justice, Special Litigation Section - Federal Investigations under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) - Mental Health Issues
Heidi Schissler-Lanham, J.D., Jane Hudson, J.D., William L. Grapentine, M.D., and Maureen Crossmaker, M.S.W. - Reducing Chemical Restraint
Melissa Marshall, J.D.,and Advocacy Unlimited Advocates - From Patients to Advocates: Impacting the Institution from Within
Emmett Dwyer, J.D. - Juvenile Justice & Special Education Disciplinary Procedures
Susan Rogers – Making News Through Community Action
3 PM – 3:15 PM Refreshment Break Time
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM Workshops – Session III
Ira Burnim, J.D. & Peter Cubra, J.D. – Managed Care in State Mental Health Systems
Abigail Adams, Dianne Dragon, Will Hall, and Oryx Cohen, M.P.A. - Mental Health Alternatives: The Freedom Center of Northampton, MA
Paul Wright & Antonio Ponvert, J.D. – Prison and Psychiatric Disability: Issues and Strategies
Mark Davis – Trans/Queer Eye: Challenging and Supporting the Needs of Bisexual, Gay, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender and Questioning (BGILTQ) Constituents
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM NARPA Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony
5 PM – 6:30 PM Dinner (On Your Own)
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM – 5 PM Conference Registration Check In
David Cohen, Ph.D., Florida International University; Author, Researcher, and Expert on Psychiatric Medications: Doing Away with Prescription-Only Drugs
10 AM – 10:30 AM Refreshment Break Time
10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon Workshops – Session IV
Peter Stastny, M.D., with an INTAR panel of Ron Bassman, Ph.D., Gisela Sartori, Jim Gottstein, Esq., & Sabine Dick - What Are Real Alternatives and Why Are They Not Available To 99.9% Of The People Who Need Them?
Tim Clune, J.D. – Olmstead and Adult Homes In The Community
Bill Brooks, J.D., and Nancy Svirida, J.D. - The Anatomy of a Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Wrongful Commitment and Forced Drugging
Annette Deonarine, Teresa Rosario, and Advocacy Unlimited Advocates - Advocacy Education - The Latino Initiative
Jacki McKinney, M.S.W., and Celia Brown – What Do Social Activists Need to Know About Trauma?
12 Noon – 1:30 PM Luncheon
Aaryce Hayes, M.S.W.,
Advocate, Advocacy, Inc., Texas:
Herding Cats, Passing Restraint Legislation in Texas
1:30 PM – 3 PM Workshops – Session V
Peter Lehmann, Berlin, Germany - Risks and Possibilities of Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Bill Compton, M.A., and Dan Brzovic, J.D., - California's Mental Health Services Act: Can We Transform the Mental Health System?
Dennis Feld, J.D., & Kim Darrow, J.D. – Adult Guardian Statutes -The New Front in the Struggle for Self-Autonomy
James B. Gottstein, Esq. – Multi-faceted Grassroots Efforts to Bring About Meaningful Change to Alaska’s Mental Health Program
3 PM – 3:15 PM Refreshment Break Time
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM Workshops – Session VI
Susan Stefan, J.D. – Significant Developments in Mental Health Law 2004-05
Judi Chamberlin – Recovery Through Individual and Collective Self-Determination and Empowerment
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Caucus
5 PM – 6:30 PM Dinner (On Your Own)
6: 30 PM – 7 PM NARPA Annual Raffle
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Conference Registration Check In
9 AM – 10:30 AM Workshops – Session VII
Rosemarie Hall, R.N., and Peter Stastny, M.D. – Crossing the Blue Line: An Empowering Dialogue Between A Former Patient and her Psychiatrist
Delphine Brody, Leticia Muniz-Guevara, Larry Vaughan, Ph.D. and Nancy Thomas - Stigma and Discrimination: First-Hand Experiences and Perspectives
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Refreshment Break Time
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Workshops – Session VIII
Jennifer Mathis, J.D. – Voting Rights Issues for People with Mental Disabilities
Bob Fleischner, J.D. – Seclusion, Restraint, Isolation, & Mental Health Services in Children's Detention Facilities
Jonathan Dosick, Howard Trachtman, B.S., and Dennis Feld, J.D. – Fresh Air and Grassroots
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