NATIONAL VIGIL FOR HOPE 2010

The National Vigil For Hope will be held on:
Date: May 2010

Community partners that have come on board already include:
- Mathis & Associates in Los Angeles,
- Perrydyse Marketing,
- Helping Heroes Productions,
- Soroptimist International of Southwest Washington,
- emPowered Kids, Inc.,
- Child Protection Education of America, Inc

The organization founded by Tiffany Session’s mother Hilary
Sessions after Tiffany went missing in 1989; she has yet to be found.

Thousands of families, friends, businesses, organizations, and the public will come together for an hour of prayer, hope, and awareness for thousands of missing people who may be "gone…but are not forgotten."

National Chairperson Michelle A. Bart, A.A. Business/Communications
Helping Heroes Productions / SISW Human Trafficking
Awareness Day Jan. 11, 2009 Public Awareness Chair

East Coast Co-Chair Shelley Shaffer, Masters in Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Support Services

West Coast Co-Chair Kathie Mathis, Psy.D
Founder of Mathis & Associates / FMR.
National Trainer for the National Task Force for Protecting Children in the Courts

Locations and more information will be available in the next couple of weeks and will be posted on www.nationalvigilforhope.org.

Click here to download more information.

To join the National Coalition Volunteer Committee to Bring More Awareness to Missing Children and Adults please call (626) 644-3472.

Join Us for the 2009 National Symposium on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is pleased to announce that our National Symposium will be held from:
June 1-2, 2009 in Washington, DC at the Georgetown University Law Center.

This event is being co-sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center's Juvenile Justice Clinic.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child:
Why It is Time to Ratify

The focus of the 2009 Symposium, The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Why It is Time to Ratify, is to look at the Convention through the lens of its impact on U.S. children. To facilitate a better understanding of the CRC's applicability, we have organized six interactive panel discussions that will explore the Convention in the context of the following topics:

• Education
• Health
• Needs, Rights, and the Human Family
• Participation
• Special Protection Measures
• Supportive Environments for Children

The Symposium will bring together a multi-disciplinary group of experts representing the fields of child and human development, education, health/medicine, law, psychology, public policy, and s ocial work.

Registration and Accomodations
To register for the Symposium, click here.

All Symposium participants are responsible for obtaining their own accommodations. However, the Campaign has reserved a small block of rooms on Georgetown University's Main Campus. Transportation between the Main Campus and the Law Center will be provided.

Housing reservations will be processed on a first come, first serve basis.
Click here to download the Housing Registration Form.

Please note, online payment for housing is not available. Your registration form and check or money order must be sent to the address below and be postmarked by May 5, 2009:

The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
P.O. Box 2581 Kensington, MD 20891-2581

The Family Violence Prevention Fund's Fifth National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence provides valuable professional education on the latest research and innovative health prevention and clinical responses to domestic violence.

Who should apply: physicians, physician assistants, dentists, nurses, nurse midwives, mental and behavioral health providers, social workers, health professional students, health policy leaders, advocates for victims of domestic violence and others.

Location:
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Date: October 8-10, 2009

For more information, contact:
Vedalyn DeGuzman at vedalyn@endabuse.org, phone (415) 252-8900
or visit our website at http://www.fvpfhealthconference.org/.

"The Sixth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference",
January 9th, 10th, & 11th, 2009
(Friday evening, 6 p.m. - Sunday afternoon)
Featured Speakers include ANGELA SHELTON Reclaiming the Sword ~transitioning from pain and suffering into joy and happiness

WENDY MURPHY, ESQ."And Justice for Some"

HOLLY AND JENNIFER COLLINS An American Family Goes Underground in the Netherlands and Returns to tell Their Story and many others.

CONFERENCE HOTEL ~New location~
Holiday Inn Turf 205 Wolf Road, Albany, NY
(five minutes away from Albany International Airport)
Call: 1-800-HOLIDAY or 518-458-7250
Ask for Battered Mothers Custody Conference block Reserve early!