Announcement

LEARN ABOUT THE CRISIS, HOPEFUL POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGE and WHAT YOU and YOUR CONGREGATION CAN DO!! Opening Speaker: Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister of The Riverside Church Additional Key Presenters (list not complete):

Beyond Zero Tolerance Conference Offers Fresh Approach to Teens and Drugs One Day Conference in San Francisco on October 25 Aimed at Teachers, Administrators With alcohol, drug and tobacco use among teenagers still pervasive, a one-day conference for educators in San Francisco on October 25 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., offers a new, reality-based approach to drug education and school discipline in secondary schools.

On Thursday, October 26, CNN will air an interview featuring Ed Forchion on the Glenn Beck Show on Headline News. The interviews airs at 7:00 p.m. ET and replays at 9:00 p.m. and midnight.

Progressive Drug Educator Sheldon Norberg will deliver a specially commissioned presentation focusing on Harm Reduction in the Greek community at UCLA. See http://www.SheldonNorberg.com for more in

Press Release, September 10, 2006 Contact: Dennis Sobin 202-393-1511 [email protected] FIRST ANNUAL TASTE OF JUSTICE FAIR FEATURES EX-PRISONER AUTHOR, PAINTER AND ACTIVIST ANTHONY PAPA, MUSIC AND PRISON ART

May 5-8, 2007 • Orlando, Florida

Call for Proposals Deadline: September 25 With 1,000 correctional health professionals from the United States and abroad attending Updates 2006, this vibrant and growing meeting is recognized as a forum in which to receive cutting-edge information and instruction from leaders in the correctional health care specialty.

Who: Judge Jim Gray What: LEAP Presentation to the San Diego Association for Rational Inquiry http://www.sdari.org When: Sunday September 24, 2006 6:00pm PST Where: Joyce Beers Uptown Community Center, Vermont St., two blocks north of University Ave. in the Hillcrest section of San Diego, CA

The Open Society Institute - Washington Office hosts a Luncheon Reception and Discussion featuring Anthony Papa, the author of 15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom Friday, September 29, 2006

On 6 and 7 November, in the European Parliament in Brussels, a Conference will be organised on European Alternatives on Drug Policy - the road to Vienna 2008. This Conference is organised by the European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies (ENCOD), in collaboration with two political fractions in the European Parliament (GUE and Greens).

The Washington Office on Latin America is pleased to invite you to a reception to celebrate the publication of Washington Office on Latin America: Thirty Years of Advocacy for Human Rights, Democracy and Social Justice