Immerse yourself in fellowship and recovery at this special weekend-long event and fundraiser
Date: July 10-12, 2020
Date: July 10-12, 2020
Convention Resources
🎥 Attending with Zoom
The convention takes place over Zoom (download Zoom). On Saturday and Sunday, there's a Main Track and a Workshop Track, each with its own Zoom meeting link. You may move between tracks whenever you wish. Schedule below.
🔐 Zoom Password
Each track has a Zoom password, which was emailed to everyone who registered.
📄 Printable Schedule
Feel free to print out this PDF of the convention schedule.
🎙️ Audio Recording
The entire convention will be recorded (audio only), including all participant questions.
🎁 Scavenger Hunt and Prizes
Download the scavenger hunt entry form and see the amazing prizes you could win. (Scavenger hunt page)
📘 Convention Swag
Beautiful custom-made journals and tote bags for purchase until the end of the convention.
❤️ Contributions to Region 2
This annual convention is one of the largest OA events in the region and is Region 2’s main fundraiser. To make an additional contribution to Region 2, please click here.
🤓 Tech Support
If you run into any problems before or during the convention, please get in touch at convention@oar2.org for support.
The convention takes place over Zoom (download Zoom). On Saturday and Sunday, there's a Main Track and a Workshop Track, each with its own Zoom meeting link. You may move between tracks whenever you wish. Schedule below.
🔐 Zoom Password
Each track has a Zoom password, which was emailed to everyone who registered.
📄 Printable Schedule
Feel free to print out this PDF of the convention schedule.
🎙️ Audio Recording
The entire convention will be recorded (audio only), including all participant questions.
🎁 Scavenger Hunt and Prizes
Download the scavenger hunt entry form and see the amazing prizes you could win. (Scavenger hunt page)
📘 Convention Swag
Beautiful custom-made journals and tote bags for purchase until the end of the convention.
❤️ Contributions to Region 2
This annual convention is one of the largest OA events in the region and is Region 2’s main fundraiser. To make an additional contribution to Region 2, please click here.
🤓 Tech Support
If you run into any problems before or during the convention, please get in touch at convention@oar2.org for support.
Convention Schedule
All times are in Pacific Daylight Time. Download a printable schedule.
FRIDAY, JULY 10
Zoom Meeting ID: 919 0087 0205. Password was emailed to all registrants.
6:45pm – Doors Open to Registered Attendees
7:00pm – Grand Opening
Welcome, Serenity Prayer, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
Speaker - Region 2 Chair
Announcements
Scavenger hunt begins
8:00pm – Comedy Show
“Laugh and be well! Bless the comedians and humorists in our midst.” (For Today, p.343)
9:15pm – Closing
7:00pm – Grand Opening
Welcome, Serenity Prayer, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
Speaker - Region 2 Chair
Announcements
Scavenger hunt begins
8:00pm – Comedy Show
“Laugh and be well! Bless the comedians and humorists in our midst.” (For Today, p.343)
9:15pm – Closing
SATURDAY, JULY 11
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Main Track
A diverse lineup of speakers with decades of recover Zoom Meeting ID: 919 0087 0205. Password was emailed to all registrants.
10am – Speaker
This member has extensive experience of leading workshops on the Spiritual Principles, Steps, Traditions and Concepts of OA 11am – Speaker This long term member is from Europe and has been active in SF and online, doing service internationally. Working her program directly from the Big Book, OA, and her HP keep her abstinent while embracing and accepting her sexuality, experiencing the death of her partner, and other “life on life’s terms” challenges. 12pm – Chair Yoga for 12-Steppers Incorporating the 12 Steps into simple yoga postures: practicing body movement to open the door to a deeper exploration of the Twelve Steps. All can participate. Bring your own chair! 1pm – Speaker A long term member sharing the spiritual aspects of the program and how to integrate them into daily practice and service 2pm – Speaker A passionate Recovered Compulsive Overeater and Bulimic who will share her experience with the Steps and the technical specifics of her recovery. 3pm – Entertainment: Speed Fellowship Meet-up Event Connect with fellow members for fun and sharing 5pm – Closing That's all for today. See you tomorrow! |
Workshop Track
Engaging and thought-provoking approaches to recovery Zoom Meeting ID: 960 3306 5570. Password was emailed to all registrants.
10am – Miracles of Recovery
A panel of members share their life changing results of working the 12 Steps and their miracles of recovery: All hope abounds in OA. 11am – The Basics…Steps 1, 2 & 3 Join 3 young people as they share their experience, strength and hope and how they use these basics of the program for their recovery and to build their everyday lives. 12pm – Body Image Meditation Experiencing body image in ways that support recovery: holding the space for our bodies and spiritual selves. 1pm – Art Making as Meditation Using the Steps and principles of OA as prompts for creating visual images. Gather materials you can use for the workshop: markers, paint, scissors, glue, magazines, pencils, paper, calendar. 2pm – OA Members Come in All Sizes Celebrate diversity with the common solution that binds us. A panel of members with food behavior issues, including anorexic/bulimic, experience the recovery and hope found in OA. |
SUNDAY, JULY 12
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Main Track
Features a diverse lineup of speakers with decades of recovery Zoom Meeting ID: 919 0087 0205. Password was emailed to all registrants.
9am – Speaker
A European member will share about Spiritual Disciplines and her part in growing and staying recovered for good and all, despite what is going on in the world around us. 10am – Speaker Long term member whose connection with her Higher Power “cemented her firm and clean abstinence” through meditation. 11am – Closing Ceremony Speaker: This long term member’s first sponsor was one of the co-founders of OA – often one of the last members standing at the end of the convention abstinence countdowns! Announcements and Prize Drawing. Close of Convention 12pm – Break 12:15pm – Gratitude Meeting (1 hour) |
Workshop Track
Engaging and thought-provoking approaches to recovery Zoom Meeting ID: 960 3306 5570. Password was emailed to all registrants.
9am – Ego vs. Surrender
Why we keep coming back! Understanding how ego relates to the spiritual malady, and the application of the Steps to maintain surrender and recovery. Bring your OA Brown Book. 10am – Emotional Sobriety incorporating Spiritual Principles Worked the Steps “around food”? What Next? A deep dive into what “Sobriety/Abstinence” looks like in all our affairs. |
Notice Regarding Audio Recording of Sessions
Our Convention is being recorded (audio only). In utilizing the links and passwords to access the 2020 Overeaters Anonymous Region 2 Convention, I understand that all main speaker and workshop sessions are being recorded in their entirety - and that any questions or general shares cannot be edited out of said recordings. In choosing to participate in a session as a Lead Speaker, Workshop Presenter, or Member participating only in Q&A or open sharing, I grant Region 2 of O.A., Inc. the perpetual right to use recordings made of my voice in any legitimate manner at the discretion of Region 2. Further, I relinquish all rights to such recordings and reproductions of same.
Our Convention is being recorded (audio only). In utilizing the links and passwords to access the 2020 Overeaters Anonymous Region 2 Convention, I understand that all main speaker and workshop sessions are being recorded in their entirety - and that any questions or general shares cannot be edited out of said recordings. In choosing to participate in a session as a Lead Speaker, Workshop Presenter, or Member participating only in Q&A or open sharing, I grant Region 2 of O.A., Inc. the perpetual right to use recordings made of my voice in any legitimate manner at the discretion of Region 2. Further, I relinquish all rights to such recordings and reproductions of same.