The 2009 MTCCP Spring Institute was held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kalispell, MT on May 4th through the 8th, 2009. We would like to thank all those who attending the conference. Below are the presentations that were presented at the conference.

• Agenda

• Monday -- Intentional Organizing
  • James Baker -- Systemic Environmental Prevention
  • Deborah Parker -- How We Got Here
  • Natalé Adorni -- Wibaux County Case Study
  • Deborah Parker -- Before & After your First Meeting with Policy Makers

• Tuesday -- Media Advocacy
  • Larry Wallack -- America's Second Language as a Basis for Social Change
  • David Madison -- Writing Like a Journalist, Understanding the News Spectrum, Editorial Strategies & Media Events
• Wednesday -- Policy Development
  • Dan Hicks -- Social Host Laws: Model Policy Implementation and Enforcement
  • Dan Hicks -- Moving from "Home Party Problem" to Local Policy Development
  • Dan Hicks -- Social Host Laws: Model Policy Implementation and Enforcement Part 2
  • Dan Hicks -- Local Powers: The Ventura Responsible Retailer Program

• Thursday -- Applied Data
  • Alli Gidley -- Montana's Offender Survey Results
  • Brenda Simmons -- Offender Survey Application Protocol
• Thursday -- Enforcement
• Daphne Herling & Steve Seninger -- Evaluating the Montana Community Change Project
• Steve Pre'tat -- Working with Law Enforcement: Compliance Checks