Current Issues in Self-Advocacy
News and Events
November 2-13, 2009
www.UWRdialogue.org
Do you have suggestions and ideas that can increase access to affordable and reliable transportation services for people with disabilities, older adults, and people with limited incomes?
Please sign up now to participate in an upcoming online National Dialogue with representatives of the federal government, as well as state and community leaders! Stakeholders like you can provide critical input to the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) and help the best ideas 'rise to the top' during the dialogue. Just click the link at the bottom to sign up for participation in this free on-line dialogue!
For more information about this exciting new collaborative opportunity, please visit:www.UWRdialogue.org
Petition to Provide Services for People with Disabilities on the Waitlist
Friends,
The National Organization to End the Wait Lists (NOEWAIT) is building national momentum to organize citizens to take action to provide services for people with disabilities. NOEWAIT is gathering thousands of signatures for a petition to urge the President and Congress to provide community-based services for our most vulnerable citizens who currently get no services and languish on "waitlists."
Sign the petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/noewait.html
Sign the petition and forward it to others:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/noewait.html or, http://www.noewait.net.
Yours,
The Family Cafe
The 2nd Annual Youth Summit
Dear Friends,
The Florida Youth Council is excited to invite you to The 2nd Annual Youth Summit on August 7-8, 2009 at The Florida Hotel and Conference Center in Orlando. The Youth Summit is a fun-filled, educational event for youth and emerging leaders with disabilities between the ages of 13 and 30. Participants in The 2nd Annual Youth Summit will enjoy an art activity, multiple educational sessions, and a dance party on Saturday night to cap off the festivities. Financial assistance is available to cover the cost of your hotel room.
If you're interested in attending, you can download the registration form and send your completed registration form to our office at 1332 N. Duval St., Tallahassee, FL 32303, or fax it to 850/224-4674.
Register today!
We hope to see you there!
The Family Cafe and The Florida Youth Council
Partners in Policymaking -- Partners in Policymaking is a leadership and advocacy training program that teaches self-advocates and family members to be community leaders and how to obtain the best available services for themselves and others. For more information, download a more detailed document (in Microsoft Word) which contains tentative dates for the 2009 classes. An application (in Microsoft Word) is also available.
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day took place on March 24, 2008 at the Florida Capitol and was a success! Here is a link to some pictures and a video related to this event is below.
The above video coverage of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day includes Project Participant Frank Shalett!
Do you have a news item or event to share? Please let us know! You can email these items to us at thechp@syr.edu
