NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY

2006 ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE

November 15-18, 2006
Tremont Plaza Hotel on St. Paul
Baltimore, MD

SOCIAL JUSTICE - THE TIME IS NOW!

Come join us in Baltimore for NARPA's Annual Rights Conference. Whether you’re a NARPA veteran or newcomer, come learn, have fun and re-energize for the personal and collective battles we must continue to fight - especially today with so many challenges to individual rights and liberty!

2006 Conference Keynoters:

Michael Perlin
Professor & Internationally Recognized Disability Law Expert
"To Memorizing Politics of Ancient History": International Human Rights, Comparative Mental Disability Law,
and the Role of Institutional Psychiatry in the Suppression of Political Dissent

David Oaks
Survivor & Director, Mind Freedom Support Coalition International

Vera Sharav
President, Alliance for Human Research Protection

Leah Harris
Author and Activist

Eric Rosenthal
Director, Mental Disability Rights International

Alfreda Robinson-Dawkins
Founder & CEO, National Women’s Prison Project

Well-known advocates and activists will present workshops, including:

Mort Cohen, J.D., Adequacy of Representation in Civil Commitment Proceedings

Jacki McKinney & Celia Brown, A Call to Action: Trauma Informed Rights

Susan Stefan, J.D., Significant Developments in Mental Health Law -- 2005 -2006

Steve Schwartz, J.D., Cathy Costanzo, J.D., Alison Barkoff, Successful Litigation for Children’s Services Using the Medicaid Act

Michael Allen, Confronting Forced Treatment: The Media is the Message

Mary Jo O’Brien, R.N., Adele Lynch, J.D., & Carol Neidenberg, Clients/Advocates as Innovators of Systemic Change

David Popiel, J.D., Fair Housing Law for Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities

Susan Froetschel & Douglas Olsen, R.N., C.S., Ph.D., Empowerment & Advocacy through Writing & Teaching

Dennis Feld, J.D., & Kim Darrow, J.D., Defending Against Forced Maintenance ElectroShock

Kent Earnhardt, J.D., Ph.D., PAIMI: Goals, Performance, and Discussion

Michael Allen, Separate and Unequal: Housing for People with Psychiatric Disabilities

David Fathi, J.D. (ACLU National Prison Project) & Laura Cain, J.D., Tickets to Limbo: Psychiatric Disability in the Criminal Justice System

Emmett Dwyer, J.D., Juvenile Justice Issues

Jim Gottstein, J.D., Strategic Litigation to Achieve Meaningful Change: The Myers Case, Alaska, and a National Initiative

As well as Jennifer Mathis, J.D., of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and many more… please check this web site - www.narpa.org - regularly for updates!

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY

Information is available at www.narpa.org or by calling (205) 464-0101

Join us in Baltimore, November 15-18, 2006.

The conference begins 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 15, with a Reception and Keynote by David Oaks, of MindFreedom International. Thursday and Friday events include workshops and keynote addresses from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as special evening events. The conference closes Saturday, November 18, at 1 p.m., after a Keynote by Michael Perlin, internationally recognized disability law expert.

Register Now! - Link to NARPA 2006 Registration form

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