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NCADP 2010 Annual Conference -- Building Bridges to Wider Audiences
January 14 - January 17, 2010
Louisville, KY
Online registration available until January 31, 2010
Join us in Louisville for "Training for the Long Run: Building Bridges to Wider Audiences." See the 2010 Annual Conference Program Book for complete information about our keynote speaker, all session offerings throughout the conference, and networking and social opportunities.
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This year’s theme, Training for the Long Run -- Building Bridges to Wider Audiences, focuses on broadening our base of support for ending capital punishment. The conference will explore these ideas with internationally renowned keynote speakers including:
Conference Keynote by Sister Helen Prejean, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, celebrated author and spiritual advisor;
Building Bridges with Conservatives and Religious Communities plenary with Barry W. Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and other esteemed guests;
Race and the Death Penalty plenary with Dr. Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (invited) and the staff of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School;
Restorative Justice plenary with Professor Howard Zehr, Center for Justice & Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University; and
Praise and Healing Ceremony / Interfaith Prayer Service with the Interfaith Paths to Peace Center, and other leaders.
Membership Sessions
In order to abolish the death penalty, we are engaging and involving others in the struggle. Strategically building a diverse and responsive membership requires us to continuously build our skills, to reach out to diverse communities, and to organize and retain the members already in our movement. This work will generate the durable power needed to influence key decision-makers, facilitate community conversations, and help us attain campaign goals. At the NCADP 2010 Annual Conference, sessions on Membership and Development will be offered on the following topics:
Anatomy of a Clemency Campaign
Board Training
Current Trends in Southern States
Death Penalty in Spanish Speaking Communities
Death Penalty Overview and Update
Effective Tabling and Outreach
Innovative Crime Prevention and Community Response to Violence Programs
Law Enforcement
Lay of the Land: Murder Victims and their Family Members
Membership Building Through Event Planning
Organizing with Murder Victim Family Members
Policy Theory: Working with Law Enforcement
Programming to Effectively Mobilize Volunteers: Volunteer Training
Recruiting and Mobilizing Grasstops
Resolutions
Self Care
Under Served Community Commission
Utilizing Databases
Working at the Local Level to Support Your State Strategy
Working with Death Row Family Members
Communication Sessions
In today's crowded media environment, organizations working to build a fair, just and equitable society can sometimes scarcely be heard. Affiliates hoping to shape debates and shift public policy must embrace strategic communications to achieve their goals. NCADP and Affiliates are working from a communications plan by integrating the organization’s programs, public education and advocacy efforts. Our goals include: developing messages for specific targets, testing these messages through traditional and new media tools, developing relationships, and carrying our messages professionally. At the NCADP 2010 Annual Conference, sessions on Strategic Communication will be offered on the following topics:
Bible and the Law
Cost Theory
How to Videotape and YouTube Postings
Letters to the Editor: Working with the Campaign
Membership and Communication Strategies to Reach Women
Messaging
Telling Our Stories: Refining our Messages
On-Camera Training
Outreach to Conservatives
A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words
Religious Community and the Death Penalty
Fundraising Sessions
Fundraising is the life blood of our program. NCADP and Affiliates must build a diversified fundraising plan that supports and is linked to our campaign plans. To do this work, we need to build relationships; ask, ask, and ask again; utilize fundraising to spread our messages; and of course, thank those who support us. At the NCADP 2010 Annual Conference, sessions on Fundraising and Development will be offered on the following topics:
