National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy

[ 2015 ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE]

August[ 20-23, 2015]

[NARPA WASHINGTON DC 2015]

Embassy Suites Washington DC - Convention Center 900 10^th^ St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 **

Link to Full Schedule] ◊ [ Register Here:

Conference Keynotes

Leah Harris
Storyteller, Human Rights Activist, and Survivor
Coordinator of the Recovery Now! Campaign
Communications Director at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Robert Fleischner, JD
Center for Public Representation
National Expert on Advance Directives, Guardianship, & P&A Access
Litigator - Community Integration, Prison Mental Health, Juvenile Justice

Chacku Mathai, CPRP
Director, STAR Center -
SAMHSA TA Center for Consumer-Peer Run Programs
Supporting Communities to Embrace Lived Experience Leadership

Bruce E. Levine, PhD
Psychologist and Author,
Surviving America's Depression Epidemic and Commonsense Rebellion [ Why Psychiatry Survives Despite Lost Scientific Credibility]

Robert Dinerstein, JD
American University Washington School of Law
Author, Law Professor & Director of Disability Rights Clinic

Arlene S. Kanter, JD, LLM
Syracuse University College of Law Author, Law Professor & Director, Disability Law and Policy Program [ Recent Developments in Mental Health Law - 2015]

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits will be available.

[Film Screenings by Directors & Filmmakers]

[And many more workshops by well-known advocates, activists and attorneys from the ] [disability rights community. ][C][heck NARPA's website at ][[www.narpa.org]]{.Hyperlink1}[for conference updates!]

Conference begins with Thursday evening reception and ends Sunday noon.

[Please reserve your hotel room by August 3, 2015.
]Embassy Suites Washington DC - Convention Center 900 10^th^ St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Reservations may be made on-line at the following web address: https://aws.passkey.com/g/48069120
Request the special NARPA rate of $139 single/double. Rate includes complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast and cocktail at nightly manager's reception.

Note the August 3 deadline for this room rate. Prices will rise substantially, so book now!

Advocate/attorney workshop presenters emphasizing NARPA's mission of advocacy and civil rights:

Jennifer Mathis,Bill Stewart, Anupa Iyer Geevarghese, Darby Penney, Leah Harris, Bethany Lilly, JD, Ruby Moore, David Perry, PhD,Aaryce Hayes, LCSW, Chris Hansen, Dennis Feld, JD, Arthur Baer, JD, Eric Rosenthal, JD, Arlene Kanter,JD, & Sofía Galván Puente, JD, Ira Burnim, JD, Lydia Richard, Catherine Bustin, Emily Read, JD, Lewis Bossing, JD,Karen Rosenthal, Jessica Nagel, Mark Jennings, Darby Penney, Howard Trachtman, Aaryce Hayes LCSW, Patrick Risser,) Sera Davidow, Caroline White , Wallace Kirby, Taylar Nuevelle, Emily Tatro, JD, Jennifer Mathis, JD,, Lauren Tenney, PhD, Eva Dech, Jennifer Mathis, JD, Bethany Lilly, JD, Noel Hunter, Melissa Schroeder, Casadi Marino, Tammy Seltzer, JD, Michael Allen, JD, John Jones Patrick Risser), Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D., Steven Stone, Ann Rider, MSW, Robert D. Fleischner JD the keynote speakers, and others.

Workshops include:

Crisis Intervention & Beyond: Strategies to Prevent Tragic Encounters between Law Enforcement & People with Disabilities](/conferences/2015/Crisis_Intervention_and_Beyond.htm) - Leah Harris, Bethany Lilly, JD, & David Perry, PhD

Why Psychiatry Survives Despite Lost Scientific Credibility -- and Battling Against Oppression