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12th Annual
International Conference of
Gay &
Lesbian Criminal Justice Professionals
May 10th – May 15th
2008 * Washington DC
GW University’s Conference Center
Not only will you get the chance to
enjoy our annual International Conference, you will also be able to
experience National Police Week, a very special time here is
Washington DC. National Police Week
is one week during the year when law enforcement honors their
fallen officers and makes the citizens of America aware that every
57 hours another law enforcement officer gives up his or her life
for perfect strangers.
Saturday May 10th
Registration
Opening Ceremony
Mayor Fenty’s
Welcome
Chief Stafford-GW
University PD
Chief Lanier-MPD
Key Note Speaker
Welcome Reception
Sunday
May 11th
Stressors in law
Enforcement
Presented by
Washington DC’s Chapter of
Concerns of
Police Survivors
If Helping Others
is so Easy,
Why Can’t We Take
Care of Ourselves
Dwight A. Polk,
MSW, NREMT-P
“Tweakers”
(A film looking
at the Growing Meth Problem in the Gay Community)
Presented
by Producer Jimmy
Palmieri
Monday May 12th
Gay
Liaison Officers from around the world:
A panel
discussion focusing on the
challenges
the officers have faced and the benefits to the
communities they have seen
Hosted by
MPD’s GLLU
or
Corrections Officers from around the Country
A
discussion focused on the challenges that
GLBT
Corrections Officers Face everyday
(Hosted by
Carroll Hunter)
Confronting GLBT Homicide
Equivocal Homicide - Sexual Asphyxia
(Presented
by the Center for Homicide Research)
Lunch Speaker
National FOP President
Chuck Canterbury
Gay Semiotic Links to Homicide
Deviant GLBT Homicide
(Presented by the Center for Homicide
Research)
or
Recent Studies Measuring GLBT Related
Hate Crimes
The rights of Same Sex Couples from
Countries around the World
(Presented by Brondi Broer, Williams
Institute UCLA School of Law)
Corrections Topics
Presented by Warden Green or Captain
Penny Phelps
The Unspoken: Child Abuse and Neglect
Presented by
Dwight Polk, MSW, NREMT-P
Tuesday May 13th
“Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons
from the Holocaust”
(Presented at the Holocaust Museum)
Authors from around the Country
Meet the Authors of
various books involving Gay Police
(fiction and non-fiction)
Book Signing and Book Sale following
Discussion
National Candlelight Vigil
National Law Enforcement Memorial
Wednesday May 14th
Coming out at Work
(Back by Popular Demand)
An open forum discussion with officers
from around the Country
Domestic Violence within the “Police”
Family
Presented by
Diane Wetendorf (tentative)
Crime Prevention in the Gay Community
(Presented by James Young from the
Orlando Police Department)
Getting Your Legal Affairs in Order
(Presented by George Farrugia, Queen’s
Prosecutor)
Lunch Speaker
Charlene Gunter: Author “Badge 3483”
Ageism in Gay Culture
(Presented by Carroll Hunter)
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
A look at the failure of the current War
on Drugs
Washington DC Chapter of the
Concerns of Police Survivor’s annual
Invisible Survivor’s Seminar.
Closing Ceremony
Key Note Speaker
Thursday, May 15th
On Your Own
National Peace Officer’s Memorial
Service
At the US Capital
Additional
information will be at
www.midatlanticgoal.org
when it becomes available.
7758 TWIN OAKS RD, SEVERN, MD
21144, 443-995-2533
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