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The 2004 LifeRing Congress In Review

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  Looking Back at the
2004 LifeRing Congress

Friday evening March 26
All day Saturday March 27
Sunday morning March 28
Berkeley, California

 
  This Page:
Documents, including audio and video files, related to the 2004 LifeRing Congress
 

 

 
 
  Video and Audio files:
 
 

LifeRing Convenor Jason Kelly is Interviewed on Guelph TV.  This 13-min VHS recording off the air was to have been played at the Saturday morning convenor workshop on how to start LifeRing meetings.  The broadcast was recorded in January 2004.  Jason, convenor of LifeRing meetings in Guelph ON (near Toronto), sent a press release to local media announcing two new meetings and received an invitation to be interviewed on this local news program.  Requires Windows Media Player (1.6 MB .wmv file 160x120px, 13 mins).
 


Guest Speakers:
 

Alison Aubrejuan Esq., staff attorney for Disability Rights Advocates, Oakland, speaks on the meaning of Raytheon v. Hernandez, the recent U.S. Supreme Court case that affects the employment rights of people in recovery from chemical dependency.  Audio only, 61 mins, Windows Media Player (.wma) file, 7.5 MB.  There is a short gap at 55 mins due to a tape change.

The Disability Rights Advocates website
Full text of the
Raytheon v. Hernandez Supreme Court decision


Marcia Leonard LCSW, staff counselor at the Kaiser Permanente Chemical Dependency Recovery Program in Vallejo, CA, speaks on Relapse Prevention.  Ms. Leonard leads the Relapse Prevention class at Vallejo and has written extensively on the topic.  Audio only, 59 mins, Windows Media Player (.wma) file, 7.0 MB.  There is a short gap at 55 mins due to a tape change.

The Kaiser Permanente Vallejo web site


William L. White, author of Slaying the Dragon, Toward a New Recovery Movement, and other works, gave a four-hour illustrated slide presentation covering the history of the American recovery movement, concluding with a look ahead at the emerging recovery movement of tomorrow. Because of the length of the presentation, web transmission is impractical. If your LifeRing group would like to borrow a VHS tape of the presentation, contact the LifeRing Service Center 510-763-0779 or service@lifering.org

 

 
 
  Other:
Comments by Albert Dytch MFT delivered at the Convenor's Workshop on facilitating LifeRing meetings ( 2 pp. PDF)
Evaluation Form (1p. PDF)
 

 

 
 
  Documents from the Delegates' Assembly  
 
 
 
  Pre-Congress documents:  

 

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