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1st National Conference
April 16-17, 2004, Sheraton Hotel, Atlanta, GA
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| NAARI Conference
Objective |
NAARI, a non-profit
corporation, was founded in 2002 by Dr. Patricia Dixon, Associate
Professor in African American Studies at Georgia State University
and Khalil Osiris Adjunct Professor at Wright State University,
to promote healthy relationships, marriages and families. The
aim of the NAARI National Conference is to bring together, scholars,
authors, marriage & family therapists & practitioners,
educational institutions, community, civic, professional, youth
& faith based organizations, government agencies, and corporations,
in a forum to discuss issues facing African American relationships,
marriages and families, explore solutions to build and strengthen
their marriages and families and to provide relationship education
and skills for African American singles, couples and families. |
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Call for Papers, Panels,Workshops,
Exhibits &
Poets & Entertainers
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Some Topics for Which we need Papers,
Panelists & Workshops
Include but are not Limited to the Following:
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Plenaries
- State of African American Relationships, Marriages &
Families
- Sister to Sister & Brother to Brother
- Brother to Sister
- How Couples are Making Marriage Work
- A Meeting with the Elders
- A Meeting with Youth
Research Panels
- African American Marriage or Family
- African American Men, Women, Boys or Girls
- Fatherhood, Fathers & Sons or
- Fathers & Daughters
- Mothers or Motherhood
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- Impact of Hip Hop
- Impact of the Military Industrial Prison Complex
- Impact of the "Bling-Bling" Culture
- Sexuality/HIV/AIDS
- Streotypes and Hair & Color
- Gay & Lesbian Relationships
- Spirituality, Marriage & Family
- Role of the Black Church
- Manhood and Womanhood
- Younger Women with Older Men
- Employment Factors
- African American Marriage and Family Therapy
Workshops
- Dating and Selecting a Partner
- TLC: Talking and Listening With Care*
- Love & Life Cycle Changes*
- A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Relationship*
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- Healthy Love: HIV/AIDS Prevention*
- How to Enhance Your Sex Life
- How to Incorporate a Rites of Passage Program
- Parenting or Working with Difficult Teenagers
- Foster Care and/or Adoption
- Financial Management
- Estate Management
- Improving Credit & Purchasing a Home
- Dealing with Domestic Violence
- Dealing with Substance Abuse
- Building a Spiritually Strong Relationship/Marriage
- Psychotherapy-- working with African American couples and
families
- *Already have presenters
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| If you would like to participate on a
plenary, present a paper on a panel, have an idea for a panel, or
would like to present a workshop,submit a Presenter
Application by
January 31, 2004 or mail to Dr. Patricia Dixon, 30 Pryor Street,
Suite 350, Atlanta, GA 30303. All presenters are expected to register
for the conference. You may do so by clicking 1st National Conference,
Register.
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| Hotel Accommodations
Sheraton Hotel
188 14th Street, NE
Atlanta, GA
1-800-325-3535
Reserve by March 1, 2004 to get the Conference Rate
of $99 after that the rates will increase to a
miniumum of $169 a night or more
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Exhibits
The NAARI Conference provides African American authors &
service providers and others who serve the African American
community the opportunity to display their books, products,
and services. Please Click on 1st National Conference,
Exhibits |
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| Become a NAARI ConferencePartner
by promoting the conference to your memebers and client
base and we will list list your organization as a partner
on our website and acknowledge your organization in our
Conference Program. Click on 1st National Conference, Become
a Conference Partner
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Sponsor NAARI Conference
You will be acknowledged in our Conference Program. |
| If you do Love/ Relationship
Spoken Word, Poetry or Rap and
would like to show-case your work by entertaining during
the conference please submit your name, address, contact
info, resume or expeience and a copy of your work to: presenter@aarelationshipsinstitute.com
Note: This is volunteer and entertainers
are expected to register for the conference
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