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Calendar: Drug Policy Reform & Social Justice
December 1 - 2, 2008, The Hague, Netherlands. Cannabis
Tribunal in The Hague, at Nieuwspoort, The Hague, Netherlands.
Organized by the Stichting Drugsbeleid, the Cannabis College
and ENCOD.
December 2, 2008, Washington, DC. Press Conference:
Release of "We Can Do It Again" Report on Benefits
of Repealing Drug Prohibition, 10:00 am at National Press
Club -- Zenger Room, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Fl., Washington,
DC. Hosted by Law
Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). For more info &
full report, see www.WeCanDoItAgain.com
December 2, 2009, New York City. Drop the Rock Education
and Outreach Committee Meeting, 6:00 PM at the Correctional
Association, located at 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. Suite
200. For more info, contact Caitlin Dunklee at 212-254-5700
x 339 or cdunklee@correctionalassociation.org,
or see www.droptherock.org
December 2, 2008, New York City. What's Wrong with
the War on Drugs? featuring Ethan Nadelmann of Drug Policy Alliance. 5:00 PM at Lerner Hall,
Room 569, Columbia University Morningside Campus, 112th and Broadway,
New York, NY. For more info & to RSVP, contact David Eddie,
president of SSDP
at Columbia University, at de2171@columbia.edu
December 5, 2008, Santa Fe, NM. The Plight of Women
in the Penal System, featuring Silja J.A. Talvi, author of
Women Behind Bars: the Crisis of Women in the
U.S. Prison System, 7:00 pm at College of Santa Fe --
The Forum, 1600 St. Michael's Drive, Santa Fe, NM. Sponsored
by the College of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Reporter. For more
info call (505) 473-6282 or visit www.csf.edu
December 6, 2008, Poughkeepsie, NY. CURE-NY Annual
Meeting (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants),
9:00 AM at the Family Partnership Center, 29 North Hamilton Street,
Poughkeepsie, NY. Registration is requested by November 22, fee
is $10.00. Formerly incarcerated and the families of the currently
incarcerated are invited free of charge. To register & for
more info, contact goluis52@yahoo.com
or 845-298-7592
December 9, 2008, Lawrence Township, NJ. Coalition
for Medical Marijuana: New Jersey Meeting, 7:00 pm - 9:00
pm at the Lawrence Township Library. For more info, see www.cmmnj.org
December 14, 2008, New York City. Annual Isidro
Aviles Memorial Chapter of the November Coalition Christmas Party.
2:00 - 6:00 PM at the National Council of Negro Women Day
Care Center, 4035 White Plains Road, Bronx, NY For more info,
contact Teresa Aviles at isidro@november.org.
For more on Isidro Aviles, see www.november.org/thewall/cases/aviles-i/aviles-i.html
February 26-27, 2009, El Paso, TX. The Prisoner's
Family Conference, at The Radisson Hotel, 1770 Airway Blvd.,
El Paso, TX. For more info contact 915-861-7733 or info@solutionsforelpaso.org,
or see http://solutionsforelpaso.org.
Downloads: Call for Conference Presentations -- Conference Brochure (pdf)
March 5 - 8, 2009, Nashua, NH. 2009 New Hampshire
Liberty Forum, featuring Ethan Nadlemann of Drug Policy Alliance. For more info, contact
libertyforum@freestateproject.org
or see http://tinyurl.com/5lbrwl
March 10, 2009, Albany, NY. Drop the Rock Advocacy
Day. Speak Out for the Repeal of the Rockefeller Drug
Laws! For more info, contact Caitlin Dunklee at 212-254-5700
x 339 or cdunklee@correctionalassociation.org,
or see www.droptherock.org
April 19 - 23, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand. Harm Reduction
2009: IHRA's 20th International Conference, at the Queen
Sirikit National Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. For more
info, contact Conference Consortium / 34 Bloomsbury Street /
London WC1B 3QJ UK / Tel: +44 (0) 207 462 6997, or see www.ihra.net/Thailand
June 26 - 28, 2009, Glasgow, United Kingdom. The
5th International Conference on the History of Drugs and Alcohol:
The Pathways to Prohibition, at the University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow, United Kingdom. For more info, see www.gcal.ac.uk/historyofhealth
November 11 - 14, 2008, Albuquerque, NM. Reform
2009: The International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted
by Drug
Policy Alliance. At the Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque,
NM. For more info, contact sjones@drugpolicy.org
or see www.drugpolicyevent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34
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