Date	February 26-29, 2012
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Sponsor	Child Welfare League of America’s
Conference	2012 national conference, Making Children a Priority: Leading Change
Location	Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA
Hyperlink	https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=CWLA&WebCode=2012NC
Notes	Conference will examine successes and challenges experienced within the changing landscape for organizations, systems, communities, children, youth, and families. The conference will offer leaders, workers, and supporters of organizations an experience of shared learning, collaboration, and partnership, as participants address how to implement and ultimately lead change to successfully meet the evolving needs of America’s most vulnerable citizens. Workshop proposals must be submitted electronically by September 7, 2011. All submissions completed by the deadline will be reviewed and notified of their acceptance by October 30, 2011.

 

Date	March 11, 2012
Time	8:15 AM - 5:00 PM
Sponsor	Ametz Adoption Program of the Jewish Child Care Association
Conference	Adoption and the Family Conference
Location	The Conference Center 130 East 59th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues), Manhattan, New York, NY
Hyperlink	www.jccany.org/amerzconference
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Date	March 22-25-, 2012
Time
Sponsor	The Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture
Conference	The 4th International Conference on Adoption and Culture
Location	The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California
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Notes	Call for Proposals Proposals may address adoption or related practices or their representation in any way, but we especially encourage work addressing race, class, gender, nationality, and/or sexuality and sexual orientation, and/or investigations of topics such as state and institutional power, (in)fertility, markets and market practices, and incarceration. Please send 200-word proposals for papers or samples of creative work (of less than 10 pages) to asac2012@scrippscollege.edu. Proposal deadline: July 1, 2011.

 

Date	April 16-20, 2012
Time
Sponsor	The Children’s Bureau’s Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
Conference	18th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect: Celebrating the Past - Imagining the Future
Location	Washington DC
Hyperlink	http://www.pal-tech.com/web/OCAN/
Notes	The conference will be held in conjunction with the Children’s Bureau’s Centennial Celebration Year. The conference theme, Celebrating the Past- Imagining the Future, highlights the desire to embrace past successes, to learn from challenges, and to realize the dream of eliminating child abuse and neglect. This year’s theme also recognizes the history, journey, and accomplishments in child abuse and neglect prevention, intervention, research, and treatment. Finally, the theme reflects a strong resolve to continue delivering comprehensive services to protect children and strengthen families.

 

Date	April 26-29, 2012
Time
Sponsor	American Adoption Congress
Conference	American Adoption Congress International Conference Mile High Expectations: Adoption in 2012
Location	Denver, Colorado
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Notes	Go to AAC website for further details and download Call for proposals. Send your submission to Eileen McQuade, AAC Conference Chair at aacco2012@gmail.com www.AmericanAdoptionCongress.org To see the flyer please click here.

 

Date	May 6 - 8, 2012
Time
Sponsor	NASW
Conference	2012 NASW-NJ Annual Conference & Exhibition: The Meeting of the Profession
Location	Trump Taj Mahal Atlantic City, NJ
Hyperlink	https://m360.naswnj.org/frontend/event.aspx?EventId=38892
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