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WSLD Purpose and History
Western Service Learning Days
(WSLD), formerly Western States Public Information Learning Days (WSPILD)
Convention was started in Fife Washington in 1987 and has been
continuing on a annual basis since then. The event was originally
conceived to help inform interested addicts about Public Information and
improve their skills and knowledge base for implementing PI projects in
their areas and regions.
As Phonelines was included with PI on a world level, the event evolved
to include Phonelines workshops and issues. Starting in 1991, the
convention logo included Phonelines, and since then a more concentrated
effort has been made to cover all aspects of Phonelines in our
workshops. In 1997 Northern California hosted the first (and last)
Western States Hospitals and Institutions Learning Days (WSH&ILD)
planned as a coordinated event with WSPILD 11. In 1996 a motion was made
and unanimously passed to expand the scope to include H&I beginning in
1999. By beginning with WSLD 12 in 1998, British Columbia accepted the
option of accelerating implementation of that motion.
In 2004 WSLD 18 hosted an all day, pre-event, joint presentation with
NAWS, Northern California Region, California Drug Courts and Providers,
and California Department of Corrections titled “Challenges,
Communication, and Cooperation”. Subsequent events have made use of the
Friday day time for similar purposes. NAWS also collected and presented
information about the Public Relations Handbook in an interactive
workshop. The interactive workshop is now part of WSLD.
1987 Fife, Washington (Washington/Northern Idaho Region)
1988 San Francisco, California (Northern California Region)
1989 Denver, Colorado (Colorado Region)
1990 Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah Region)
1991 San Diego, California (San Diego Imperial Region)
1992 Santa Monica, California (Southern California Region)
1993 Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah Region)
1994 Portland, Oregon (Pacific Cascade Region)
1995 Las Vegas, Nevada (Southern Nevada Region)
1996 Honolulu, Hawaii (Hawaii Region)
1997 Burlingame, California (Northern California Region)
1998 Vancouver, British Columbia (British Columbia Region)
1999 Burbank, California (Southern California Region)
2000 Salt Lake City, Utah ( Wasatch Area)
2001 Fresno, California (California Midstate Region)
2002 Portland, Oregon (Pacific Cascade Region)
2003 Phoenix, Arizona (Arizona Region)
2004 Burlingame, California (Northern California Region)
2005 Las Vegas, Nevada (Southern Las Vegas Area)
2006 Seattle, Washington (Washington/Northern Idaho Region)
2007 Ogden, Utah (Northern Utah Area)
2008
Honolulu, Hawaii (Oahu Area/Hawaii Region)
We originally included the 11
Western States and expanded in 1991 to include Alaska and Hawaii, in
1992 to include British Columbia, Canada and in 1995 to include Mexico.
In 1996 a motion was made and unanimously passed to change the name,
effective in 1998, to Western Service Learning Days to reflect the
expanded scope and geography.
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