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OCD SoCal Hosts 4 Successful One Millions Steps for OCD Walks Across Southern California

Thank you for making our OCD SoCal’s One Million Steps for OCD Walks a huge success! Together, we raised over $10,000 for OCD awareness and were thrilled to have >250 attendees at our four walks last month! Across each of our locations, attendees enjoyed building community by learning from each others’ treatment journeys, networking with professionals and community resources, and walking in our beautiful SoCal spots.

We are especially grateful to our many sponsors, speakers, community partners, and clinicians who generously shared their time, talent, and treasure to further important OCD advocacy through our walks. We were also thrilled to have so many families, kids (and dogs!) show up!

June 3 – San Diego – La Jolla Shores Hotel
June 4 – Los Angeles – Pan Pacific Park
June 17 – Costa Mesa – Wakeham Park
June 24 – Chino – Olympic Park
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Register Today For The IOCDF’s 28th Annual OCD Conference, Happening July 7 – 9 in San Francisco, California!

www.iocdf.org/ocdcon

In just over a week, from July 7-9 (with evening activities starting on Thursday, July 6), the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF – http://www.iocdf.org) is hosting the largest OCD conference on the planet! It is in San Francisco, California this year and we encourage you to come! Pre-registration for the conference closes on Thursday, June 29 at 12 noon PST. If you don’t pre-register online ahead of time, you can still register at the event! Onsite Registration begins on Thursday, July 6 at 2pm PST at the IOCDF registration desks at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. The conference website http://www.iocdf.org/ocdcon is where you are able to register!

It is ideal for individuals with OCD, their family members and loved ones, mental health professionals, researchers, and anyone wanting to learn more about OCD. There will be OCD presentations, talks & support groups, as well community building activities and a chance to bond with others going through a similar situation as you. 

Choose from twenty different support groups to speak to others on a journey similar to yours – make connections and leave the conference with new resources and friends.

The conference also includes a Youth Program – three days of activities for kids in elementary, middle, and high school.  This is a great opportunity for your children to meet others who truly understand them.

As always, the conference will feature a keynote speaker and a Saturday night party- great food, awards, and dancing!  This year’s keynote speaker is actress and comedian Maria Bamford, who has OCD, who you may recognize for her Netflix show, “Lady Dynamite.”  Check out her website: https://www.mariabamford.com

Best of all – experience the OCD community!  At an IOCDF conference everyone mingles- speak directly to therapists, advocates, the IOCDF staff and those with lived experience. It is impossible to leave this conference without more knowledge, new resources and friends and a great feeling of hope.  Don’t miss it!

OCD Southern California board members will be there and on Saturday during lunch, we are hosting a meeting to get to know us and to learn how to get involved with our affiliate! If you are at the conference, look at the program guide for more details on our open, OCD SoCal lunch event that you are welcome to attend!

Go to: www.iocdf.org/ocdcon for more info and to register! See you there. 👋🏼 

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Tune In To “Ask The Experts” On Wednesday, June 28, at 9am PST For A Preview of the IOCDF’s Upcoming San Francisco OCD Conference!

www.iocdf.org/live

The International OCD Foundation (www.iocdf.org)’s annual conference is just a little over one week away! In San Francisco, on July 7th through the 9th, the OCD community will come together for the largest OCD conference on the planet! Past conferences had nearly 2,000 people in attendance. This event is aimed at individuals with OCD, their family members and loved ones, researchers, therapists, and anyone interested in learning more about OCD. Go to: http://www.iocdf.org/ocdcon to register and for more information.

If you still have questions about the IOCDF’s OCD conference, are on the fence about going, or you are attending and want an exciting conference preview, make sure to tune into “Ask The Experts” on Wednesday, June 28th at 9am PST / 12 noon ET. http://www.iocdf.org/live

Join OCD SoCal’s Vice President, Chris Trondsen, and his co-host, Dr. Liz McIngvale for an “Ask the Experts” featuring IOCDF staff member and program director Stephanie Cogen and President of the IOCDF Board of Directors, Susan Boaz! They will be discussing all things IOCDF conference and you can ask your questions live! It is being live-streamed this Wednesday, June 28, at 9am PST / 12 noon ET at www.iocdf.org/live!

See you there! 👋🏼 

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Join Us For OCD SoCal’s Inland Empire “One Million Steps For OCD Walk” in Chino, CA!

Join OCD Southern California’s final “One Million Steps for OCD Walk” happening in the Inland Empire on Saturday, June 24, 2023! We have held our previous walks throughout Southern California, starting in San Diego, then we headed to Los Angeles, and our most recent walk was in Orange County. If you were not able to join us for any of our previous walks, join us for our final walk this year happening in the Inland Empire (Chino, CA).

If you have not already registered, no worries! You can just show up to the walk and register on site! For more information on the walk and to donate to a good cause, head to: www.iocdf.org/walkIE. If you donate at least $25, you will receive an official walk t-shirt for free!

Below are more details on the Inland Empire walk!

Inland Empire Walk
Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 10:00am PST
Olympic Park, West Pavilion | 6010 Southwestern St. Chino, CA 91710

Agenda:

10am – Check In and T-Shirt Pick Up
10:30am – Opening Remarks and Group Picture (opt in)
10:45am – Walk Begins!
11:15am – Community Building Activities and Snacks
12pm – Event Concludes

The walk route: an easy loop walk around the park- approx 1/2 mile around. We will be walking the loop 2 times.

To donate and for more info, please visit: Inland Empire – register here!

For any questions, please email us at: info@ocdsocal.org

See you there!