United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The conference: STRENGTHENING safety for ALL families

"I didn’t know it was possible to be as excited about multiple two-connection plane flights in four days as I am right now. In less than two weeks, I will be traveling the thousand-mile plus trek from central New York to Albequerque, New Mexico, for my first RSOL conference. My last column raised some questions and hurt among fellow advocates in the way that I explained my decision to form a new group apart from RSOL. I hope that my attendance at the conference and anticipation at meeting fellow hard-working activists demonstrates my continued commitment to work with all reform groups from around the country.

It may be a bit of a cliché, but it’s true - united we stand, divided we fall - which is why I would like to make it very clear – again – that I value each and every advocate we have in this fight. We need everyone’s talents, abilities and dedication if we want to have a shot at restoring dignity and basic fairness to our and our loved ones’ lives. Those of us in this quest may have strategic differences, but we have a unity of purpose – to fight for reasoned evidence-based laws."

http://iloveasexoffender.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-conference-strengthening-safety-for.html

Dream of Reform

"RSOL National Convention

The 2012 RSOL 4th Annual Conference, "Catch the Dream of Reform," hosted in Albuquerque by RSOL New Mexico, on September 6-9, 2012, seeks to empower citizen-driven law reform groups to better understand the complexity of current thinking on sex offender registration issues and find workable options for change."

http://www.reformsexoffenderlaws.org

National Conference

http://reformsexoffenderlaws.org/national_conference

4th Annual RSOL Conference - Catching the Dream of Reform 

http://www.facebook.com/events/474299112588982

Sex offender convention

http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/Sex-offender-convention/-/9153728/16404830/-/m19lds/-/index.html

Addendum (4/9/2012)

Posted: Sep 04, 2012 3:34 PM GDT Updated: Sep 04, 2012 3:34 PM GDT

Sex offender' conference has some in NM on edge

"Albuquerque is hosting a national conference on sex offender laws and is expected to draw attorneys, politicians and even registered sex offenders.

Albuquerque police spokeswoman Tasia Martinez says police will lay out a plan to the public Tuesday on how it will handle the conference at a town hall meeting at Eldorado High School Performing Arts Center."

http://www.newswest9.com/story/19450243/sex-offender-conference-has-some-in-nm-on-edge

Updated: Friday, 07 Sep 2012, 3:20 PM MDT
Published : Friday, 07 Sep 2012, 12:22 PM MDT 

Sex-registry reformers open conference

"Police stage show of force outside hotel

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - They're a group with a controversial message, reforming laws that deal with sex offenders. The Reform Sex Offender Laws organization is holding their annual national conference in Albuquerque starting Friday.

The message that the group is discussing is controversial enough that members from Albuquerque and New Mexico State Police are sticking around the hotel to ease public concern. The opening ceremony got underway just before 9 a.m. and cops were in the parking lot as early as 7:30 a.m.

This the fourth year for the conference and organizers say it's bringing together people who are lobbying for revisions to the law on registering sex offenders. They also say they are for making the laws smarter, not softer when it comes to someone who has paid for their past sexual offense.

In a packet released to the media, it states they'd like to see access to the sex offender registry just be for law enforcement agencies and they also encourage programs which would reduce sexual abuse before and after conviction."

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/central/sex-offender-conference-begins-dr

Locals remain concerned over reform sex offender conference

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2753195.shtml?cat=500

Thank you AZU and Valigator!

http://absolutezerounites.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/thank-you-azu-and-valigator.html