“ROOTED IN LOVE"
2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
WHEN: August 12-13th
8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Banquet, August 12th, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Davis Conference Center
1651 North 700 West, Layton, Utah
COST: $40.00 per individual (EACH ATTENDEE MUST REGISTER INDIVIDUALLY) Cost will increase to $45 after July 15th
QUESTIONS: Peggy Shepherd, 801-240-6052
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Julie B. Beck, Relief Society General President Friday, August 12, 9 a.m.
Julie Bangerter Beck served on the Young Women general board and as first counselor in the Young Women general presidency. She currently serves as the Relief Society general president. As part of her responsibilities, she is a member of the Church Board of Education and the Boards of Trustees for Church schools and universities, and she is on the executive and general councils for Church welfare and the Perpetual Education Fund. She is the mother of three children and is the grandmother of 14.
Dr. Karyn Purvis
Saturday, August 13, 9 a.m.
Dr. Karyn Purvis has spent the past ten years developing research-based interventions for at-risk children. She is the coauthor of the 2007 book The Connected Child: Bringing Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family, and her projects have been featured on Dateline NBC and in Newsweek, Parents Magazine, and other popular magazines. Dr. Purvis is a former foster mother and speaks frequently to national and international groups. Special Guest
Charles "Chuck" Johnson
August 12, 5:30 (Banquet)
Chuck Johnson is president and CEO of the National Council For Adoption (NCFA) and director of the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Initiative. He is the primary editor of NCFA’s Consider the Possibilities curriculum and of the Adoption Advocate, a monthly publication of NCFA. He is also the project manager and editor/writer of the Intercountry Adoption Journey: Hague-Compliant Training from NCFA. He is a father by adoption. |
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