Speaking Engagements

SPEAKER
MADD Fourth Annual Candlelight Vigil
City Hall – Downtown Los Angeles, CA – December 10, 1984

OVERVIEW OF MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
California Medical Association – Automobile and Traffic Safety Committee
Los Angeles, CA – January 24, 1985

RECOGNIZING AND ABOLISHING SELF DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES
Broadway Dept. Stores
Los Angeles, CA – February 8, 1985

HOW LAWS CAN BE CHANGED
Committee for the Rights of Children and Families
Culver City, CA – February 11, 1985

MADD:  HOW IT STARTED; HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS; WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT IT
Rotary Club of Studio City, CA
Studio City, CA – March 19, 1985

FILM PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION FOR MADD
Office of Criminal Justice Planning – State of California
Second Annual Governor’s Conference on Crime Victims, Prevention and Survivors
Los Angeles, CA – April 9, 1985

PROGRESS IN DECREASING DRUNK DRIVING INJURIES AND FATALITIES AND A DISCUSSION OF MADD’S NATIONAL NETWORK
Westside Home Economists
Santa Monica, CA – April 11, 1985

WORKSHOP FOR MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
California Primary Prevention Network – Environments for Better Health Conference
Los Angeles, CA – April 12, 1985

VICTIM ASSISTANCE
Mothers against Drunk Driving Seminar
Sacramento, CA – June 1, 1985

COPING WHEN A RELATIONSHIP ENDS
Broadway Dept. Stores
Los Angeles, CA – June 26, 1985

MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING ISSUES AND INFORMATION
Rotary Club of West Los Angeles/Brentwood, CA – Luncheon Meeting
Brentwood, CA – September 10, 1985

HELPFUL LISTENING
Santa Monica/Westside Hot Line
West Los Angeles, CA – September 18, 1985

SPEAKER
MADD Fifth Annual Candlelight Vigil
City Hall – Downtown Los Angeles, CA – December 9, 1985

MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING ISSUES AND INFORMATION
Burbank Rotary Club
Burbank, CA – May 20, 1986

COPING
Mothers against Drunk Driving Survivor’s Meeting
Los Angeles, CA – June 9, 1986

BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING AND GRIEF WORKSHOPS
Department of Human Resources
Southern Nevada Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Las Vegas, NV – February 13, 1987

GRIEF THERAPY
Los Angeles County Psychological Association
Seminar on “Victims: Dynamics and Treatment”
Los Angeles, CA – April 25, 1987

COPING WITH HOLIDAY BLUES
Pacific Bell Employee Counseling Program
Lifetime Luncheon Lecture Series
Los Angeles, CA – December 15, 1987

GRIEF AND LOSS
Los Angeles Chapter of Hadassah – Bat Shalom Group
Santa Monica, CA – November 15, 1988

CHAIR: EMPOWERING VOTERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
Los Angeles County Psychological Association – First Annual Convention
Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 1989

LEADER OF FAMILY SHARING MEETING
Clark County Chapter – Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Foundation
Las Vegas, NV – April 17, 1990

RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL VICTIMS
Victim Advocate Training Institute
Los Angeles, CA – February 24, 1990

GRIEF AND HEALING
American Lung Association of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV – April 17, 1990

SURVIVING DRUNK DRIVING VIOLENCE
Office of Criminal Justice Planning, State Board of Control and Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Governor’s Conference on Victim Services and Public Safety
Anaheim, CA – May 29, 1990

LOSS
Health and Tennis Corporation of America; Team Malibu
Following the loss of a team member killed while training for the triathlon.
Malibu, CA – August 30, 1990

UNIQUENESS OF INJURY VICTIMS; GRIEF; SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATION; VICTIMS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; WHEN TO REFER; SUICIDE; HOMICIDE; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Victim Assistance Training Institute
Los Angeles, CA – August 3, 1991

RADIO AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES

VIETNAM VETERANS AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
K-Earth Radio – Radio show with host Fernando Del Rio
Los Angeles, CA – August 24, 1984

VICTIM AND THERAPIST – DISCUSSION WITH HOST
KCBS-TV – “2 WITH YOU” – Aired December 18, 1984
Hollywood, CA – December 13, 1984

INTERVIEW ABOUT MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
CNN
Segment on Network News taped and aired in Los Angeles, CA – December 24, 1984

HOLIDAY BLUES
KSRF Radio
Los Angeles, CA – July 3, 1985

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
K-news Radio
Las Vegas, NV – December 4, 1990

COMMUNICATION WITH TEENAGERS AND SINGLE PARENT ISSUES
KTNV 13 – Television
One week series
Las Vegas, NV – November 5, 1990

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

“DOCTORS SAY SOME ARE BENT ON SELF DESTRUCTION”
Interviewed for article
Downtown News – Los Angeles, CA – February 18, 1985

“BURGLARY OFTEN LEAVES ITS VICTIMS DEVASTATED”
Interviewed for article
Las Vegas Review Journal; Las Vegas, NV – May 3, 1990