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Winter 2007
Message from the Executive Director
AMWA steps forward as aid-in-dying leader
NYU Law School event promotes cause
Nursing home complaint to the NY state department of health sustained
Letters to the editor
New legislation-old legislation
Outreach
Senior talks
Debunking the "slippery slope"
Schwartz educating health care professionals
Leven was plenary speaker at major conference on pain
Talking to high school students in Schenectady and law students in Albany
Dr. Cassell gives talk on suffering & death
Aid-in-dying suit filed in Montana
New York Time Magazine article inaccurate



Summer 2007
Message from the Executive Director
The Language of Death Matters
Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking – A Peaceful Way to Die
Legislation Passed on Health Care Proxies
Palliative Care Education & Training Act Enacted
Oregon’s Ninth Year Numbers Document Improved End-of-
Life Care
CA Assembly Fails to Pass Compassionate Choices Act
Compassion in the Classroom
Leven Has Letters to the Editor Published on Kevorkian Release


Winter 2006
Message from the Executive Director
C&C NY Web Site Wins Award
C&C Hosts Special Screening of Exit: The Right to Die
Leven on Panel: 5th International Pallative Care in the 21st Century Conference
Pain Legislation Unanimously Passed by New York State Legislature – Vetoed by Governor Pataki
Patient Support Work News and Appreciation
Marilyn Webb Speaks at The New School
Judith Schwartz Gives Major Nursing Lecture
Our Letters to The New York Times Get Published
New C&C of NY Brochure
New York Law Journal Article

Summer 2006
Message from the Executive Director
New Website Launched
Pain Legislation Moving Forward
NYC Attorneys Hear About Physician Aid In Dying
Advocates Warn Against Post-Schiavo Legislation
Educating the Legal Profession
Preaching to Faith, Ethical and Inquiring Communities


Fall, 2005
Message From the Executive Director
Gonzales Case Presents Many Media Opportunities
Help Our Movement Grow
Educating Professionals
Counseling Patients
Meeting with Seniors
Aid in dying Facts from Oregon
Pain Bills— Two Bills Pass the Assembly-- Meets Sen. Hannon
World Right to Die Conference in Toronto





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    March 10, 2008

    Health Care Issues for Seniors: What You Need to Know
    10 AM
    Alston House
    52-09 99th Street
    Corona, NY
    Talk by David Leven, Executive Director C&C of NY

    April 4, 2008
    Interdisciplinary and Interfaith
    End-of-Live Conference

    8 AM-3 PM
    Nevins Auditorium
    Medical Education Center
    New York Medical College
    David Leven will be on a panel at 12:30 on Legislative Remedies

    Conference Registration is free
    For Conference Brochure, contact David Leven, davidcleven@aol.com, (914)907-6156

    April 15, 2008
    How to Effectively Communicate with Doctors on
    Health Care Issues

    10:30 AM
    Riverdale YM-YWHA
    5625 Arlington Avenue
    Bronx, NY
    Talk by David Leven, Executive Director C&C of NY


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