NARPA 2023 Conference Schedule: Embassy Suites, New Orleans, September 6-9, 2023 Move mouse pointer over workshop titles and presenter names and click to follow links to additional information -- including course materials. Continuing Legal Education (CLE) certificates of attendance will be available. ◊ Handouts available |
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Wednesday 9/6 1 - 5 pm | Pre-Conference Institute for PAIMI Council Members PAIMI Councils as Leaders for Systemic Reform ◊ |
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5:30 - 7:00 pm | Registration 4 - 6 pm - Reception Area Reception & Opening Remarks | |
Thursday 9/7 8 am - 4 pm 6:30 - 10 am | Registration Table Open Free cooked-to-order breakfast in the Atrium | |
7:30 – 8 am | Mindfulness - Accessible Yoga Practice Virginia Knowlton Marcus | |
8:30 - 9:45 am | Morning Keynote Significant Developments in Mental Health Law – 2023 ◊ Robert Dinerstein, J.D., American University's Washington College of Law
Professor of Law, Author, Director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic (Retired) A review and analysis of leading mental health law and ADA cases of the past year, with discussion of potentially successful areas of litigation in the coming year, important legal issues that remain to be resolved, and the kinds of arguments that are likely to be persuasive with courts. | |
9:45 – 10 am | Break | |
10 – 11:15 am | NARPA Chat - Bill Stewart, Aaryce Hayes & Tom Behrendt ◊ | Involuntary Commitments: From Cure to Control, the Lapse of First Principles and Decline of Justification for Civil Incarceration - Arthur Baer | Legislative Advocacy for Individuals with Lived Experience – Thomas Brown and Sarah Yousuf | Mental Health in Higher Education: A Discussion of Students’ Rights, Colleges’ Responsibilities, and Landmark Litigation – Monica Porter, J.D., Anashua Dutta, and Maia Goodell, J.D. ◊ |
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11:15 am–1 pm | Grab Lunch and participate in a Roundtable Discussion Responding to State Threats to Mental Health Rights Aaryce Hayes, LCSW & Virginia Knowlton Marcus, Esq. Roundtable begins at 12. Seating is limited. Sign up at the registration desk for this activity. | |
1 - 2:15 pm | Afternoon Keynote Looking Back, Looking Forward Ira Burnim, J.D. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
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2:15 – 2:30 pm | Break | |
2:30 – 3:45 pm | Beyond the Story Project: Letting Go of Internalized Oppression - Compassionate Activism Building Awareness for Personal and Social Change - Mitzy Sky | Litigating Federal Civil Rights Claims for Both Equitable Relief and Damages, Part I – William M. Brooks, J.D. ◊ | Effective Activism: A Lifetime of Learning - Vesper Moore and Ann Rider | An Alternative to Involuntary Outpatient Commitment: The Push to create the First LGBTQIA+ Peer Respite in the World in Massachusetts Through the Legislative Process - Ephraim Aliva, Sarah Yousuf & Thomas R. Brown | |
3:45 - 4 pm | Break |
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4 - 5:15 pm | The Fight for Resistance: The Struggle Against Involuntary Psychiatric Intervention - Vesper Moore, Vanessa Ramos and Keris Myrick | Litigating Federal Civil Rights Claims for Both Equitable Relief and Damages, Part II – William M. Brooks, J.D. ◊ | Peer Support Specialist as P&A Advocates: A Powerful Combination - Jane Moore, Carly Mahaffey and Mark Joyce, J.D. | Mental Health in Cyberspace and Digital Rights - Ann Kasper |
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5:30 - 7 pm | Complimentary Manager’s Reception with free drinks and snacks in downstairs bar area. | |
| Dinner on Your Own | |
Friday 9/8 7:30 - 8 am | Mindfulness – Meditation Practice Virginia Knowlton Marcus | |
8 am – 4 pm 6:30 - 10 am
| Registration Table Open Free cooked-to-order breakfast in the Atrium | |
8:30 - 9:45 am | Morning Keynote Anil Mujumdar, Brenita Softley, and Kwamena Blankson | |
9:45 - 10 am | Break | |
10 - 11:15 am | Litigating Race in Civil Commitment Cases - Susan Stefan and Kwamena Blankson ◊ | Tools for Increased Autonomy: Supported Decision-Making and Psychiatric Advance Directives - Dana Lloyd, Stephanie Diaz and Devon Orland | (Re)Defining Person-Centered Planning - Bevin Croft, Ebony Flint and Sera Davidow | Implementing the World Health Organization’s Quality Rights Guidance at a Hospital in Connecticut, USA: How it Started, How it’s Going - Leigh Nathan, M.D., and Kimberly Horowitz, J.D., R.S.S. | |
11:15 am –1 pm | Grab Lunch and participate in a Roundtable Discussion on Treatment Over Objection with Arthur Baer Roundtable begins at 12. Seating is limited. Sign up at the registration desk for this activity. | |
1 - 2:15 pm | Afternoon Keynote Past, Present, and Future of Coercive Mental Health David Cohen, Ph.D. |
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2:15 - 2:30 | Break |
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2:30 - 3:45 pm | Protecting our Rights During and After Disasters - Shari Myers, Melissa Marshall, J.D., and Imari Kariotis | Effectively Advocating for Change: The Use of Consulting Experts to Advocate for Positive Change for Individuals Receiving Psychiatric Care - Melissa Cyril, Molly Paris, J.D., and Karen Kirby, RN, MSN | 988: Three Forms of Policy and Peer Role Utilization - Sarah Fatemeh Porter, Nev Jones, Ph.D., and Jess Stohlmann-Rainey | Disability Rights Advocacy to Prevent Unnecessary Institutionalization – Lewis Bossing, J.D., Leslie Napper, and Oscar Daniel Lopez, J.D. |
3:45 - 4 pm | Break |
4 - 5:15 pm | Suicide through a Harm Reduction Lens – Sera Davidow | The Illusory Right to Counsel: Challenging Systemic Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Civil Commitments - Bill Brooks, J.D., Gina Teixeira, J.D., and Tom Behrendt, J.D. ◊ | Moving Toward a Human Rights Approach to Mental Health on Campus and Beyond - Jim Probert, Ph.D. |
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5:30 - 7 pm | Complimentary Manager’s Reception with free drinks and snacks in downstairs bar area. | |
| Dinner on Your Own | |
Saturday 9/9 8 am – Noon | Registration Table Open | |
6:30 - 10 am | Free cooked to order breakfast in the Atrium | |
9 - 10:15 am | Stripping Doctors of Police Powers – Peter Stastny, M.D., Kathy Flaherty, J.D., and Ruth Lowenkron, Esq. | Disability Rights Priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice - Jennifer Mathis, J.D. ◊ | Mental Health and Civil Rights: Anti-Oppression, Cultural Humility, and Peer Support - Vesper Moore, Lindsey Vezina, Ashley Sproul, and Brenda Vezina | | |
10:15 – 10:30 am | Break | |
10:30 -- 11:45 am | Closing Keynote Innovative Non-Police Responses in Crisis Situations Vania Mendoza, Dom Kelly, Barksdale Hortenstine, J.D., Hon. Marcus O. DeLarge, Lewis Bossing, Esq. Mitzy Sky, Moderator (Additional details to follow) | |
11:45 am --noon | Closing Remarks | |
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