(NAME-MCE) Updated information on 2008 Pacific Rim Conference

[Steve Brown]

FYI. Below.  Please forgive duplications.  Please check out the
following topic areas (ones I'm involved in are below in alphabetical
order--but all will be good!) at:
http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/submissions/

1. Disability Studies: Envisioning our Future
2. Empowering People with Disabilities: Independent Living
3. International Disability Rights (pre-conference)
4.Supporting Students with Disabilities for Success in Postsecondary
Education (post-conference) check this out at:
http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/pacriminfo/pacrim2008/events/cbi/

Steve

Call for Papers Deadline: November 26th
Registration now open!
Mark your calendar now and plan on joining us for the 24th Annual Pac
Rim Conference taking place on April 14-15, 2008 at the Sheraton
Waikiki Hotel and Resort. Registration is now open. Visit the Pac Rim
website for more information on Registration and the Call for Papers.
CDS is celebrating 20 years of academic and community excellence.
Building on the overwhelming positive outcome of previous Annual
Pacific Rim Conferences and harnessing the excitement of this
anniversary, this will be a conference you won't want to miss. There
is something for everyone including over ten topical areas,
interactive workshops, a film festival, exciting speakers and even a
writing workshop, entitled "Writing our Stories" facilitated by
acclaimed author Patricia Wood. Pre-conference activities include the
International Forum 2008: Securing the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities where people from all over the world will be discussing
the rights of persons with disabilities. Updates on a weekly basis
will be provided on our website.
Pac Rim continues to promote cutting-edge opportunities to learn from
one another, and to share resources and ideas that support the quality
of life, community inclusion and self-determination for all persons
with disabilities and their families to help shape our world
community. Please consider submitting a proposal in one of our topical
areas. We want your participation.
Opportunities for exhibiting, advertising and sponsorship are
available as well and we invite you to call us to discuss options. We
are always on the lookout for Scholarship Sponsors which allow us to
underwrite the costs for self-advocates, parents, family members and
others who would not otherwise be able to afford to attend this event.
We welcome your support.
If you have attended previous Pac Rim Conferences, we look forward to
seeing you again. If you have considered attending before but haven't,
this is the year for you to visit our lovely islands and experience
one of the country's largest conference on disabilities.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Aloha,
Valerie Shearer and Charmaine Crockett

END

-- 
Steven E. Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Center on Disability Studies, www.cds.hawaii.edu
Editor, Review of Disability Studies, www.rds.hawaii.edu
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University of Hawai'i
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Institute on Disability Culture
http://web.mac.com/disculture
Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars:
    Essays on the Journey from Disability Shame to
    Disability Pride
information at:
http://web.mac.com/disculture/iWeb/Site/Movie_Stars_and_Sensuous_Scars.html

Call for Papers Now Open!
24th Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities
April 14-15, 2008
www.pacrim.hawaii.edu
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & Resort, Honolulu