2025 LifeRing Annual Conference
2025 LifeRing Annual Conference | 2-Day Online Event
2025 LifeRing Annual Conference | 2-Day Online EventOnline Saturday, June 7th & Sunday, June 8th 9:00am - 2:00pm Pacific Time
LifeRing Secular Recovery is a network of meetings. The connection with other meetings is as vital to LifeRing as the connection with other sober people is vital to an individual in recovery. The greatest sense of connectedness, the biggest radiation of warmth, and the greatest charge of energy comes from the LifeRing Annual Meeting and Annual Congress.
The Annual Conference is open to all LifeRing stakeholders!
Registration is good for both days. You choose when you attend!
PROVISIONAL AGENDA —
2025 LifeRing Annual Meeting | Online: Saturday, June 7, 2025, 9:00am – 2:00pm+ Pacific Time
Zoom registration for the LifeRing Annual Meeting | Online
This meeting is open to the registered public
The LifeRing Annual Meeting is our Meeting of Meetings! At the Annual Meeting, convenors and the LifeRing Community gather to hear speakers, participate in workshops and socialize. Click here for more information on the 2025 LifeRing Annual Conference.
Annual Meeting Highlights | Saturday, June 7th
This Year's Focus | Self Empowerment
Welcome Message | 9:00am Pacific
Keynote Address | 9:15am Pacific
Keynote Speaker | Jill Amos, MHR: Jill has been working in mental health and addiction services for nearly 2 decades as a treatment provider and advocate for people in recovery. She oversaw the certification process for Peer Recovery Support Specialists for Oklahoma for 8 years after working as a Consumer Advocate in treatment services. She also managed the State of Oklahoma Employee Assistance Program where she supported state workers navigating tremendous change and losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay tuned for more about this amazing speaker and person!
Open Forum | 10:00am Pacific
Self Empowerment | Building Compassion for Yourself
Presenter | All Y'all
Open Discussion: How can we promote self care and find harmony within ourselves?
Awards Celebration | 11:00am Pacific
Emily Marcus Awards — To honor the memory of LifeRing Community Advocate and BOD member Emily Marcus, LifeRing will recognize an outstanding contributor to the LifeRing mission and vision.
Volunteer Appreciation — A great big Thank You to all our convenors, moderators, and collaborators who make LifeRing such a unique space for recovery!
Break | 11:30am Pacific | Lunch and Open Forum | Setting Healthy Boundaries
Workshop 1 | 12:00pm Pacific
Cultivating Self-Empowerment
Presenter | Alexis de Leon: Alexis is a LifeRing Recovery By Choice Workbook meeting convenor and all around awesome person.
Workshop 2 | 1:00pm Pacific
Mental Health and Sobriety – Six Houses of Self-Care
Presenter | Rafal Klopotowski, NAMI, FSS, PRSS: Rafal is a NAMI peer and family support specialist and recover coach.
Break | 1:45am Pacific
Workshop 3 | 2:00pm Pacific
Mindful Meditation: Learn to manage stress more skillfully through a relaxing meditation session
Presenter | Ewa Conroy, BS, MSN, APRN, PMHNP, LADC1: Ewa is a Wellness Health Coach with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and is a Certified MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) Level 1 Instructor, Brown University
Social Hour | Gerry Spins Up a LifeRing Dance Party! | 3:00pm Pacific to close
We've worked hard all year, Now's the chance to meet and socialize with all those folks who also make LifeRing such an awesome space for personal recovery. Thank you!
LifeRing Annual Congress | Online: Sunday, June 8th, 9:00am – 12:00pm+ Pacific Time
Zoom registration for the LifeRing Annual Congress | Online
This meeting is open to the registered public
The LifeRing Annual Congress is our annual business meeting. Delegates will present meeting reports, review candidates for the LifeRing Board of Directors and decide on proposed changes to the LifeRing Bylaws. Congress will use those decisions to prepare an absentee ballot for voting by the LifeRing delegates.
Click here for more information about the 2025 LifeRing Annual Congress and Delegates Assembly.
Annual Congress Agenda | Sunday, June 8th
Annual Report | 9:00am Pacific
Report from the Board of Directors, including Financial Report
- Report from the Board of Directors, including Financial Report
- The complete Annual Report and Financial Report can be found on the LifeRing website. A summary will be presented at the Delegate’s Assembly.
- Questions and comments are invited.
Review Board of Director Nominees | 9:30am Pacific
- BOD nominees introduce themselves and outline their goals if elected
- Q&A open session
Review of Motions to Change LifeRing Bylaws | 10:00am Pacific
- Introduction and discussion of motions to change current LifeRing Bylaws
Meeting Delegates' Reports | 10:30am Pacific
- Delegates present meeting reports
Vote to Approve Absentee Election Ballot | 11:30am Pacific
- Delegates’ vote to approve the candidates and any proposed bylaws changes to be included on the absentee ballot
June 2025 Board of Directors Meeting | 12:00pm Pacific
- Delegates and members of the LifeRing Community are encouraged to attend