NARPA 2012 Annual Rights Conference: Celebrating Our Past, Creating Our Future

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NARPA's 30th annual conference is shaping up to be a great one, with superb presenters, keynotes, and workshops.

Here is the link to the full schedule (subject to minor changes): There are embedded links to nearly all presenter bios and workshop / keynote descriptions. Please take a look and forward to your contacts and groups.

Full Conference Schedule: http://narpa.org/2012/2012%20workshop%20schedule.htm

Conference Flyer: http://narpa.org/2012/NARPA-2012.htm

Registration: http://narpa.org/2012.registration.doc

www.narpa.org

NARPA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY

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 2012 ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCECelebrating Our Past, Creating Our Future

September 5 – 8, 2012

The Millennium Hotel Cincinnati

150 West Fifth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 

2012 Conference Featured Presentations:

Robert Whitaker

Author of Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets,

Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

The Scientific Case Against Forced Treatment with Antipsychotics

Dr. Clarence J. Sundram

Nationally recognized expert and Court Monitor for landmark class action cases

involving reform in institutions & community programs 

Protection from Abuse and Neglect in the Community

Ruby Moore

Executive Director, Georgia Advocacy Office

Evolutions in Advocacy: What Have We Learned and What Are We Fighting For

Erick Fabris

Survivor and Author of Tranquil Prisons:

Chemical Incarceration Under Community Treatment Orders

Unhinging Services from the Coercion Racket

Susan Stefan, J.D.

Significant Developments in Mental Health Law – 2012

Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D.

Author of Commonsense Rebellion, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic, 
and most recently, Get Up, Stand Up

Psychiatry: Reform or Abolitionism

Workshops and panels presented by long-time advocates and attorneys 

emphasizing NARPA’s mission for advocacy and civil rights, including: here