2007
SNAP National Conference
July 20 - 22, 2007 - Washington, DC
Join
together with other survivors for a weekend of seminars, speakers, fun and healing
in our nation's capitol. The 2007 national conference in Washington DC promises
to be the most exciting and memorable SNAP conference yet!
Conference Schedule is now available. Click here.
Speakers' biographies are now available. Click here.
The conference will be held at the beautiful Marriott Metro Center, centrally located in Washington DC just ½ mile from the White House and less than a mile away from the Washington Monument and the National Mall. Call 202-737-2200 to reserve your discounted room. Room rate for SNAP conference attendees is $139.
Conference speakers include a number of prominent individuals who've not spoken before to clergy sex abuse survivors about their experiences: Family members from MA, WI, OH, and NY whose loved ones were murdered by priests. They will tell about the horrors their families have endured and the arduous process of trying learning the truth of seeking justice.
Walter Robinson, editor of the Pulitzer Prize winning Boston Globe Spotlight Team whose January 2002 series prompted hundreds of articles about clergy sex crimes and cover ups. His work led to an extensive, nationwide examination of the issue and encouraged hundreds of survivors to come forward, speak up, and get help.
Barbara Westrick, a veteran Catholic school principal and teacher who was fired this month for exposing duplicity by Cardinal Francis George. She called the police about her boss, Fr Dan McCormack, for sexually abusing one of her students in 2006 which led to a massive scandal in the Chicago archdiocese.
Thomas Roberts, a former CNN anchor and a survivor who courageously and eloquently testified before the Maryland legislature on statute of limitations reform. He told his story to the nation on the Anderson Cooper Show and elsewhere.
Tom Doyle, a whistle-blower priest and canon lawyer who once worked in the Vatican embassy and warned America's bishops in 1985 about the enormity of the problem of sexually abusive clergy. He has been repeatedly ostracized by the church hierarchy for his steadfast, decades-long support of survivors
Jeff Dion, a survivor who directs the National Crime Victim Bar Association, which links survivors to services. He also works to eliminate and extend statutes of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse.
Mike Lew,
M.Ed., a psychotherapist and group therapy leader in the Boston, MA area,
is co-director of The Next Step Counselling and Training Centre. Mike Lew has
worked with thousands of men and women in their healing from the effects of childhood
sexual abuse, rape, physical violence, emotional abuse and neglect. The development
of strategies for recovery from incest and other abuse, particularly for men,
has been a major focus of his work as a counselor and group leader.
Click here for conference details.
Click here for entire list of speakers' biographies.
Please join us in this great opportunity to network with survivors and supporters, learn, heal, and visit our nation's capitol!
Conference Fee: $130 per person, all weekend.
One-Day Pass: $75 per person.
Note that meals and hotel accommodations are not
included
as part of the conference price.
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