THURSDAY: EARLY ARRIVAL

• Registration & meet and greet
  
• Karaoke at Clarion Inn: 9pm - 1am
  

FRIDAY: CONGRESSIONAL LOBBYING

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• Morning: Lobby training
  
• Daytime: Congressional Lobbying: SSDP members who registered for Friday will be scheduled meetings with their senators and representatives to lobby on the issue of mandatory minimum sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine. Visit the Drug Policy Alliance's website to read more about this issue.
• Evening: SSDP Congress (more info)

SATURDAY: DRUG WAR EDUCATION

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Panels include:

• Debate: SSDP vs. Prohibition (Kris Krane vs. Kevin Sabet)
• Impact of the 2008 Election on Drug Policy Reform
• International Drug Policy
  
• Saving Lives With Good Samaritan Policies
• The War on Drugs is a War on Youth
  
• Drug Policy and Religion
  
• The Drug War and the Inner Cities
• and more...

Partial list of confirmed speakers:

• Rep. Danny Davis, U.S. Congress
• Keith Boykin, BET / CNBC
• Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance
  
• Rob Kampia, Marijuana Policy Project
• Allen St. Pierre, NORML
  
• Aaron Houston, Marijuana Policy Project
• Peter Moskos, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
• Niell Franklin, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
• Eric Sterling, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
  
• Caren Woodson, Americans for Safe Access
• Radley Balko, Reason
• Adam Wolf, ACLU
• Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, Drug Policy Alliance
• Cliff Thornton, Efficacy
  
• Kevin Sabet, Students Taking Action Not Drugs
• and many more...
  

SPECIAL EVENING EVENT: Tenth Anniversary Benefit Party at Rob Kampia's House - Sorry, SOLD OUT.

SUNDAY: ADVOCACY SKILLS TRAINING

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Training workshops include:

• Campaign Planning
  
• Media Relations
• Coalition Building
• Providing Harm Reduction Services
• Elevator Arguments for Reform
• and more...
  

Our networking luncheon will allow alumni and student to connect around a variety of professional interests or communities:

• Law
• Public health
• Education
• Nonprofit / Advocacy
• Business
• Politics
• Technology / Web

Check back soon for more detailed information on conference programming...