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January 11, 10:00am-noon, Washington, DC
Families Against Mandatory Minimums chapter meeting, featuring guest speaker
Melanie Sloan, Counsel to the Minority Staff of the House Judiciary Committee,
at Christ Church, 620 G Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003. For information,
call FAMM headquarters at (202) 822-6700.
January 11, 1:00pm, College Park, MD
Cocaine, Contras & the CIA, at the Days Inn off Route 1. Sponsored
by Freaks Against Fascism. General FAF meeting from 11:00-4:00pm. For more
info, contact FAF, P.O. Box 573, Hanover, MD 21076, (410) 385-9501, [email protected].
January 12, 19, and 26, 11:15am-12:30pm, Rochester, NY
The Color of Fear. Adult education classes sponsored by What Divides Us?,
at Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church.
January 13, 7:00-9:00pm, Tempe, AZ
Monthly meeting of AZ4NORML, at the Tempe Public Library (downstairs),
3500 S. Rural Rd.
January 13, 7:30pm, Irving, TX
Drug Policy Forum of Texas North Texas chapter meeting, Oak Haven UMC,
1600 N. Irving Heights Drive. Meeting will feature Mark J. Bielamowicz,
former mayor of Cedar Hill, TX, speaking on "You Have More Power Than
You Think: What `Ordinary Citizens' can do to influence legislation and
government". For further information, call (214) 827-1514. Meetings
will be held on the second Monday of each month unless there is a compelling
reason to move the time.
January 15, 10:00am-4:30pm, Rochester, NY
A Series of Events with Sister Helen Prejean, sponsored by Common Ground.
Includes The Death Penalty: What's in it for Me?, a special event for students;
Breaking the Cycle, a luncheon panel discussion with victims' families;
and Preaching to the Choir, a regional meeting for anti-death penalty activists.
For information, call (716) 293-3299.
January 18, afternoon, Hartford, CT
Efficacy meeting. Membership meeting for Connecticut-based reform group.
For information, contact Efficacy, P.O. Box 1234, Hartford, CT 06143, (860)
285-8831, (860) 688-4677 (fax), [email protected].
January 20, Houston, TX
Drug Policy Forum of Texas public forum, featuring pain control expert
Dr. Stratton Hill. For information, call (713) 266-4329 or e-mail [email protected].
January 22, 7:15pm, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Families Against Mandatory Minimums chapter meeting, at theUnion Fire Station.
For information, Call Irv and Cooky Duboff, (610) 667-9313.
February 5, 8:00pm, Hayward, CA
Monthly meeting of California NORML, at the Hayward Hempery, 22630 Foothill
Blvd. #250. Meetings will continue on the first Friday of the month till
further notice.
February 8, 10:00am-noon, Washington, DC
Families Against Mandatory Minimums chapter meeting. For information, call
FAMM headquarters at (202) 822-6700.
February 10, 7:00-9:00pm, Tempe, AZ
Monthly meeting of AZ4NORML, at the Tempe Public Library (downstairs),
3500 S. Rural Rd.
February 18-21, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Pathways to Penal Abolition, International Conference on Penal Abolition
(ICOPA VIII). Hosted by the Movement for Alternative to Prison and the
National Movement for Habilitation Centres and Restorative Justice in New
Zealand. Closing date for registration: Oct. 31, 1996. Registration: NZ
$200 (approx. US $100). For further information, contact Chris Cooper,
Box 32 316 Devonport, Auckland 9, NEW ZEALAND, (64) (9) 445-1011.
February 27-March 2, Honolulu, HI
Crime, Justice and Cultural Diversity: From the Wild West to the Pacific
Rim, annual conference of the Western Society of Criminology, at the Hawaii
Prince Hotel. Registration is $110 members, $120 non-members, $55 member
students, deadline January 15. Send checks to Western Society of Criminology,
Linda Humble, Secretary/Treasurer, 1282 Stabler Lane, Suite 630-242, Yuba
City, CA 95993. For information call Candace Cross-Drew at (916) 262-2736.
March 1-2, Rosslyn, VA
FAMM Training Workshop. For information or directions, call FAMM at (202)
822-6700.
March 7-8, Boston, MA
Treating the Addictions: What Works, offered by the Department of Psychiatry
at the Cambridge Hospital, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. Physicians'
fee $250, other professionals $190. For information contact Cambridge Hospital
Professional Services, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA
02139, (617) 864-6165, (617) 876-9760 (fax).
March 7, Boston, MA
Protest Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey at the Harvard Addiction conference (above).
For more information, contact DRCNet at (202) 362-0030 and we will put
you in contact with local organizers.
March 11-14, Burlingame, CA
The Seventh Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy, at the San
Francisco Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel. For general information, visit http://www.cfp.org
on the web, or e-mail [email protected].
For questions about registration, call (415) 548-2424 or send email to
[email protected].
March 16-18, Sydney, Australia
First Australian Conference on Hepatitis C. Program Tracts: Basic Sciences,
Clinical Sciences, Epidemiology and Social Research, Public Health - Prevention
and Community Support. For information, contact Conference Secretariat,
P.O. Box 818, North Melbourne, Victoria 3051, Australia, [email protected].
March 23-27, Paris, France
Eighth International Conference on the Reduction of Drug- Related Harm,
at the Maison de la Mutualite, Paris. For information, contact: HIT Conferencesw,
Cavern Walks, 8 Mathew Street, Liverpool L2 6RE, UK, 44-151-227-4423 (voice),
44-151- 227-4023 (fax).
April 5, 10:00am-noon, Washington, DC
Families Against Mandatory Minimums chapter meeting. For information, call
FAMM headquarters at (202) 822-6700.
April 13-16, Chicago, IL
AMTA Methadone Conference, "Brave Leadership in Challenging Times",
to be held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers. For information, contact:
American Methadone Treatment Association (AMTA), 875 Kings Highway, Suite
200, Woodbury, NJ 08096-3172, (609) 845-1270. Methadone advocates, especially
patients, should inquire about "working scholarships".
April 24-26, San Diego, CA
North American Syringe Exchange Convention VII, sponsored by the North
American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN), 535 Dock St., Suite 112, Tacoma,
WA 98402, (voice), (206) 272-8415 (fax), [email protected].
At the Holiday Inn on the Bay, (800) 877-8920. Registration $150 until
April 17, $240 after.
April 5, 10:00am-noon, Washington, DC
Families Against Mandatory Minimums chapter meeting. For information, call
FAMM headquarters at (202) 822-6700.
May 10-14, Canton, MS
Weaving a New Vision of Hope, Thread by Thread, Color by Color, Design
by Design. National Convocation of Jail and Prison Ministry annual conference.
For info, call NCJPM at (202) 547-1715.
June 5-7, Albany, NY
Justice Without Violence: Views from Peacemaking Criminology and Restorative
Justice, conference on crime, punishment and justice, sponsored by The
Institute for Economic and Restorative Justice and the Dept. of Criminal
Justice of Hudson Valley Community College. For info, contact Dennis Sullivan,
The Institute for Economic and Restorative Justice, P.O. Box 262, Voorheesville,
NY 12186, (518) 765-2468.
June 7-10, Washington, DC
Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants National Convention,
at Trinity College. $100 registration until January 31st, includes room
and board. For information, contact National CURE, P.O. Box 2310, Washington,
DC 20013- 2310, (202) 789-2126.
August 4-7, La Jolla, CA
UCSD Summer Clinical Institute on Addictions, hosted by the Addiction Technology
Transfer Center of the School of Medicine's Dept. of Psychiatry. For further
information contact Tom Colthurst, (619) 551-2944, (619) 551- 2948 (fax),
or e-mail tc[email protected].
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