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Entire Conference (January 13-15, 2012)will be held at the
Doubletree Hotel - Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon 

Friday, January 13, 2012
10am                    Registration / Check-in for Training / Lunch on your own

12pm                    Opening Session: Emcee Kacey Montoya, Koin Local 6
                                                Keynote Speaker John Kroger, Oregon State Attorney General

 1-3p.m.                        Call for Community Action Training 
                                       “How to create a coordinating community response to 
                                        Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children”  
                                        >  Joslyn Baker, Multnomah County Community Justice
                                        >  Caroline Holmes, Victim Specialist with the FBI
                                        >  Miriam Green, Department of Human Services
                                        >  Diane McKeel, Multnomah County Commissioner - District 4
                                        >  Dr. Cory Grose, Lifeworks Northwest
                                       >  Dennis L. Morrow, Executive Director with Janus Youth Programs
                                       >  Esther Nelson, Sexual Assault Resource Center

Refreshment Break

3:30-5p.m             “Finding Emily: a Mother’s Voice for Justice” 
                            Ret. Sgt. Doug Justus and Sarah Collins                           

Dinner on your own

8-10p.m.                  Movie Screening “The Day My God Died” by Andrew Levine & Winona Ryder
                                   Followed by Q & A Brigitte & Joe Collins, Friends of Maiti Nepal                       

Saturday, January 14, 2012
6:30am                Exhibitor set-up
7:30                      Registration/Check-in for conference opens
8:00                      Coffee Networking Social & Exhibit Resource Expo 
8:30                      Opening Session/Keynote Speaker Attorney Beth Klein, Policy Advocate

9:45-10:45am     Workshops
11am-12pm        Workshops

12:30-3:00pm     Luncheon / Keynote Speakers / JVM Award
                               Emcee: Jane Velez-Mitchell, host of "Issues" on HLN
                               Keynote Speaker: Anuadha Koirala, Friends of Maiti Nepal
                               JVM Journalism Award Honoree: The CNN Freedom Project

3:15-4pm             Workshops
4:15-5pm             Workshops

Dinner on your own 

7-10pm                World Premiere “Your American Teen” & Reception
                               Sponsored by Doubletree Hotel, CTG Films, and NWCAT

Sunday, January 15, 2012
9am-noon                 “Road Through Wonderland” with Dawn Schiller and Friends

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workshops, exhibitors etc. - click here!

Film Festival Quick Link, click here!

 Refund Policy: If you are unable to attend the conference or any of the events for which you have registered you must request a refund no later than Friday, December 31, 2011. No refund requests will be accepted after that date. Refunds for cancellation requests received by December 31, 2011 will be provided within thirty days following the conference January 15, 2012 from Soroptimist International Northwestern Region. If you requested a refund and for some reason are able to join us at the conference, the refund request will become null and void. In the event of a refund the registrant will be responsible for any registration fees and cancellation fees assessed by the credit card /banking vendor.