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Health Care Access (or lack thereof) - Share your story!
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Are you a person with a disability who has trouble accessing health care due to inaccessible equipment and architectural barriers or received poor care because of your disability? If so, we want to hear from you!
Please contact the DPC at 617-542-3522 or email
rpowell@dpcma.org.
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Support the DPC!
Your generous contribution will help us fight for your civil rights and against discrimination. Contributions are tax deductible.
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DPC Weekly Update
June 1, 2010
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Greetings,
As you may know, we are holding community meetings for disability commissions, members, and others looking to discuss advocacy. Upcoming meetings will be in Falmouth, Wilmington, and Middleborough. Details are below. Bring a friend!!
As the 20th Anniversary of the ADA quickly approaches, DPC would like to post all celebrations on our website. Please email me as soon as possible with any events you know of.
For more information on the DPC, please feel free to give me a call!
Sincerely,
Robyn Powell
Assistant Director, Disability Policy Consortium
rpowell@dpcma.org| 617-542-3522
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Upcoming meetings in Falmouth, Middleborough, and Wilmington
EXCHANGE & EMPOWERMENT
Please join the Disability Policy Consortium, local Disability Commissions, and others interested in learning more about advocacy, as we come together for an evening to share your ideas, your successes and your future! Learn what works, what doesn't and how to improve access for all in your community!
Thursday, June 17, 2010, 5:00pm-7:00pm
Falmouth Public Library
300 Main Street, Falmouth, MA
Thursday, June 24, 2010, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Middleborough Public Library
102 North Main Street, Middleborough, MA
Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Wilmington Public Library
175 Middlesex Avenue, Wilmington, MA
Pizza and refreshments!
With so many of you out there fighting the same battles and hitting the same walls, it's time to get together and share your triumphs and successes. Each of you has something to give that we can all benefit from. We would like to get that started - please join us.
Please RSVP to Robyn Powell ASAP at meeting@dpcma.org or 617-542-3522.
Please let us know IMMEDIATELY if you need any accommodations, such as ASL Interpreters, CART or alternate formats for handouts.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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ADA 20th Anniversary Celebration
Enjoy live entertainment including Comedian Jonathan Katz, the Matt Savage Trio, the Tommy Filiault Band, and our keynote speaker, John Hockenberry!
A march is planned to leave from
the Common at the corner of Tremont and Boylston at approximately 11:15 am.
For more details, go to www.NewEnglandADA.org.
If you need an accommodation, call 1-800-949-4232(v/tty)
by June 15th.
Or contact:
Oce Harrison
Project Director
New England ADA Center
617-695-1225 x227
Visit MassDOT or the MBTA for directions to the celebration.
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Welcome Reception for Alan Kerzin
Please join Disability Law Center Staff and Board at a reception to welcome DLC's new Executive Director, Alan Kerzin!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Institute for Human Centered Design
200 Portland Street, Suite 1
Boston, MA 02114
Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided.
Please RSVP to Maureen Henrikson mhenrikson@dlc-ma.org or 617-723-8455
Alan has had more than 30 years of executive leadership, program planning and development and legislative advocacy for organizations that provide support to people with disabilities. Until recently, Alan was the Executive Director of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities ("CADD Council"), in Sacramento, California, an independent state agency established under federal and state law, and designed to promote a consumer and family-based system of services and supports. As Executive Director of the CADD Council, Alan managed and oversaw a staff of 110 employees and a $14 million budget, which included both federal and state funds.
The Board and Staff are excited to welcome Alan aboard as the new DLC Executive Director.
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Job Opportunities for Disabled American Veterans
Job Opportunities for Disabled American Veterans (JOFDAV.com) a disABLEDperson Inc. organization is proud to be part of an innovative video based virtual job fair June 17, 2010 for Disabled American Veterans. Job Search Television (JSTN: myjstn.com) has graciously partnered with JOFDAV.com to provide their virtual job fair technology platform to disABLEDperson Inc. for this important event.
"We are extremely thankful to JSTN for partnering with us that we can connect disabled veterans with proactive employers, a service that we believe is vital for the re-acclimation of the veterans who have returned from war" says Diana Corso , disABLEDperson Inc. Executive Director.
If you are a veteran with a disability, come and register for Job Opportunities for Disabled American Veterans Virtual Job Fair June 17, 2010. Attend a job fair form the comfort of your home, a public service to our disabled veteran community. Click Here to register: http://www.myjstn.com/vcf/ad/jofdav/
All members of the disabled veterans community will be provided an opportunity to create a free Video Introduction of themselves through JSTN's proprietary technology giving putting them ahead of the competition. To obtain this code, go to www.JOFDAV.com and click on the words Video Introduction Code at the top of the page. Good luck in your job search!
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Employment Now Coalition Meeting
ENC meeting will be held on Friday, June 4th at 1pm:
John McCormack Building
One Ashburton Place
Charles River Conference Room
10th Floor, Room 1002
Boston, MA
We will be joined by Ron Marlow, Assistant Secretary for Access and Opportunity and Paul Dietl, Chief of Human Resources, probably along with Sandra Borders, Stan Eichner, and Myra Berloff - to discuss the progress of the Model Employer initiative.
They will be addressing us on items surrounding the initiative such as how many people with disabilities are represented in the executive branch, to what extent has the funding pool for reasonable accommodations been tapped, how many people with disabilities have been hired or identified as retained through Model Employer and the status of internship programs targeting youth with disabilities.
Model Employer is a critical program that came to fruition in part through the efforts of the Employment Now Coalition. We look forward to seeing you on June 4th.
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