2ND WORLDWIDE ROAD TO RECOVERY CONFERENCE
AUGUST IS THE ROAD TO RECOVERY MONTH August 8-11, 2002 Ramada Plaza Hotel, Hollywood Florida
(PRWEB) February 12, 2002
WORLDWIDE ROAD TO RECOVERY CONFERENCE2002 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
August 8 - 11, 2002 will mark the 2nd anniversary of the Worldwide Road to Recovery Conference: during the Road to Recovery Month of August. Sharlenes Angels On Earth Inc. is staging the event to feature guest speakers and survivors from around the world to come together and share triumphs and education with others of violence and abuse, and the public at large. It is time to celebrate and to focus on the brave men, women and children who have taken the step from victim to survivor and we hope to take them from survivor to total independence and self-reliance during these 3 days of sharing and caring. This conference is for people from all disciplines and philosophies to gather together to exchange information and discuss differences and similarities in what we do and how we do it. Our collaborating organizations, exhibitors, and presenters, bring with them many different ideas and theories. Our vision is to bring the world together to make a significant positive impact on the families and individuals everywhere. The conference will present state of the art information. We hope that you will join us on August 8 -11, 2002.
Why Attend this Conference?
Understand multi-ethnic & multicultural issues and perspectives
Promote healthy, non-abusive families & relationships
Share multidisciplinary and worldwide perspectives
To find solutions to all aspects of family violence
Reach professionals, advocates, researchers, policy makers, & survivors
Promote networking among those working to help survivors and end the violence and abuse
Provide-cutting edge research, interventions, prevention, and advocacy information
Stimulate the formation of multidisciplinary solutions violence and abuse for victims and survivors
Create an environment for learning and collaborating with colleagues
Learn new methods, techniques, & programs
The Worldwide Road to Recovery Conference is scheduled to commence the morning of Thursday August 8th, and to close after the Gala on August 11. Submissions for workshops and presentations that fit the Road to Recovery Purpose and Tentative Streams, as detailed below are now being requested.. Submissions will be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team for quality and fit with the Purpose and Streams. We encourage workshops and presentations that are engaging, interactive, skills-based, and make use of visual components. Proposals for poster presentations may also be submitted.
RELEVANT DATES:
***March 1, 2001: Workshop/Presentation Proposals Due by 5:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time USA)
***April 15, 2002: Notification of Acceptance
***May 15, 2002: Submission of Final Session Outline and Presenter Bio(s)
CONFERENCE PURPOSE
The purposes of this Conference are to:
**hear the voices of the women, men and children themselves, the survivors of violence, whose courage and strength have inspired all anti-violence work;
**analyze critically current justice, health and community service initiatives in World in relation to the safety and empowerment of women, men and children who have experienced violence in their lives; and
**set future directions that both affirm the successes of the past and offer new approaches and solutions to the challenges that have continued to confront us over the decades and the new challenges that have been borne out of our changing social context.
**To inform and educate teenagers, about the realities of violence and abuse in a relationship
**To share techniques, facts, research, that has been incorporated in other countries, states, and communities to help end violence and abuse
**To look at the needs of survivors.
Through keynote presentations, panel discussions, workshops, roundtables and poster sessions, participants and presenters from across World will examine such issues as:
***the relationship among gender, race, class, age, ability, and sexual orientation as intersecting factors that impact on violence and the systemic response to that violence;
***the strengths and limitations of taking a proactive response to violence against women and to children who witness that violence;
***Understand multi-ethnic & multicultural issues and perspectives
***the broad range of approaches that can be taken to achieve a coordinated, inter-disciplinary response to empowering women and keeping them safe;
***the contributions of risk assessment initiatives and counselling programs for abusive men to womens safety; and
***other issues both persistent and emerging - that need to be addressed in future policy and practice to respond to violence against women.
The intent of this conference is to offer a forum for critical discourse that will provide participants with new knowledge, innovative ideas, and inspiration to embrace the work that lies ahead.
The conference will be relevant to participants from community agencies, government, justice systems, hospitals and educational institutions. Participants will include front-line workers, advocates, supervisors, policy makers, and trainers from the fields of justice, health and social services. The voices of survivors who have experienced violence will be heard throughout the conference, both as participants and as presenters.
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
The planning committee regrets that they will not be able to reimburse presenters for travel expenses or offer fees for presentations made at the conference. Workshop Presenters will, however, be charged a reduced registration fee.
TENTATIVE CONFERENCE STREAMS:
Building Community Capacity
Children Exposed to Violence
Survival Skills and Safety Planning
Criminal Justice Policy and Practice
Civil Justice Policy and Practice
Changes and Challenges in Sexual Violence
Applying Research to Practice
Old Issues/New Paradigms
Men Overcoming Violence
National and International Initiatives
Crying Wolf Syndrome...when someone unjustly cries violence and abuse..to gain control of another. Determining the truth.
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
1. For each workshop or presentation, give the following information:
MAXIMUM (no exceptions): 500 words
**Title
**Presenter(s)
**Duration: 45 or 90 minutes, requests for 2 times slots (180 minutes) will be considered*
**Target audience
**Summary of the content to be covered
**Summary of the session process (eg. role play and audience analysis)
**Audio/visual equipment required - basic equipment such as flip chart stands and paper and overhead projectors will be provided. All additional equipment such as VCR's, TV monitors and LCD projectors are the responsible of the presenters.
*Within these sessions it is expected that presenters will allow time for dialogue with participants.
2.For each presenter/facilitator, give the following information:
***MAXIMUM (no exceptions): 250 words
**Name
**Current employment if applicable
**Qualifications (i. e., relevant life experience, work experience and/or training)
**Contact information: mailing address, postal code, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail
Format for Submissions:
Word document by email attachment or disc is preferred, faxed and mailed submissions also accepted.
Address for Submissions:
Roadtorecoveryconference@consultant. com
Sharlenes Angels On Earth Inc.
4600 SW 26th ST
Hollywood, Florida, 33023
More Information about Conference:
Sharlene Humm: 954-981-5616 s_humm@hotmail. com
