Women Against Registry 

First Annual Conference

July 2017

Theme: Our Families ~ Our Future ~ Our Time 

Conference 2017 videos

• 17 states were represented at the conference.
• Admission to this conference was FREE.  There was no conference admission or registration fee. 
  
• The dates of the conference were (July 29-30)     
  
• Conference was centrally located in St. Louis, MO (Maryland Heights area)
  

• The conference was held at a very nice St. Louis hotel.  At the completion of the registration process,  a confirmation email was sent with a link to the hotel website so you could stay at the venue at a reduced room rate if you wished.

• The hotel provided a shuttle from the airport
  

• We provided a shuttle from the train station
  

• We had some amazing dynamic speakers including, among others: 
  
• • Matt Duhamel of Metamora Films to discuss his advocacy work, his new documentary film and other Projects
  • Miriam Aukerman, Michigan ACLU Attorney to update us on the decision from the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and possible SCOTUS review
    
  • Keynote Speaker
    
  • Missouri State Representative John McCaherty
    
  • Professor Kitty Dubin
    
  • Attorney Janice Bellucci - "I Have a Dream" speech
    
  • Award winning 'Untouchable' Documentary film
    
  • Pastor Roger Ray - The Emerging Church - Springfield MO
    
  • Toastmaster - Mike Woodall
• There were informative breakout sessions
• • Cause and Effect - Registrant Storytelling Time
    
  • Life in Civil Commitment
    
  • How Do I Get Through This - Grieving Families of Registrants
    
  • L-RIDD - Legal Reform of the Intellectually & Developmentally Delayed
    
  • Participate in A "Working Workshop" 
• Art sale: 
• There was an auction of art pieces and books produced by prisoners, registrants, or family members who donated their works as their contribution to this worthy cause; a cause that is designed to help us all.