The Southwest Area Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous (S.W.A.C.Y.P.A.A.) was created with the sole mission of promoting participation, enthusiasm, unity and excitement about the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and to support the sobriety of young people in the Southwest United States through an annual area conference.
Tucson, Arizona is thrilled to host SWACYPAA for the second time! We hope you support us and the greater AA fellowship by coming to our events, registering for the conference, supporting the newcomer, and continuing to be of service to your community.
During the three years after the Four Corners Summit was created, it became apparent to those involved that its attendees desired to keep that event small and intimate. The idea for creating an additional, larger conference for the Southwest region was born. After the unanimous blessing of the WACYPAA Advisory Council, YPAAs from Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada planned an informal gathering at the 2013 WACYPAA in Tucson, AZ, where an Advisory Council to lead the idea from concept to actualization was formed. From there the work to make SWACYPAA a reality began as the elected Advisory Council began to hold monthly video conference calls. The Southwest Area Conference for Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous has been established as an annual gathering to promote participation, unity, and enthusiasm about recovery among young AAs in the region. All across the Southwest there are young people achieving long-term, lasting recovery from alcoholism, but until now there has been no consistent vehicle for newcomers to be introduced to this reality. To fill this void, SWACYPAA has been designed to enable smaller, sometimes less populated cities with growing YPAA communities to experience attending, bidding, and hosting a local area conference.