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Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council
Full Council Meetings for 2010
The Council meets from 12:30 to 4:30 PM on the fourth Wednesday
of alternate months.
Location
for all is AT Partners, 601 E. 18th Avenue,
Suite 103, Denver
2010
March 24, 2010 (canceled due to weather)
May 26, 2010
July 28, 2010
September 22, 2010
Council Minutes
Upcoming Events
In-State Conferences and Events:
Look
for the Regional Forum coming to a Colorado community near you!
The
Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council (CDDC) and The Legal Center for
People with Disabilities and Older People proudly announce a series of regional
forums, featuring presentations by fellow Colorado citizens concerning
cutting-edge ideas for people with disabilities and their family members being
active and contributing members of their communities. We need to hear from you!
Let
the Council and The Legal Center know some of the important issues and concerns
for people with disabilities and their family members in our region of Colorado.
Forums will be
held in:
Alamosa
Denver metro area
Fort Collins
Glenwood Springs
Greeley
Lamar
Check
this site for upcoming dates.
The
Glenwood
Springs
forum was held on June
16, 2010.
The
Denver
metro area
forum is confirmed for August
14, 2010
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Cross Community Coalition Family Resource Center
2501 E. 48th Ave.
Denver, CO 81216
Contact:
Maria Cabral
(303) 885-3735
mcabral@tchd.org
Veronica Armas
(303) 292-3203, x 25
vero827_chappas@yahoo.com
The forum
will begin with presentations and information from the Council and The
Legal Center, with a focus on cultural responsiveness and implementing best
practices in including people with developmental disabilities as active members
in the life of their community. Before lunch there will be a presentation
on Project SEARCH by Employment Link, one of the Council's current grantees, After the presentations we will be sharing
lunch together (food is provided at no
cost). After lunch there will be focus groups, led by the Council and The Legal Center,
so that we may learn what some of the important
issues and concerns for people with disabilities and their family members in the
Denver metro region
The
Fort
Collins
forum is confirmed for August
30, 2010
3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Fort Collins, CO
Contact:
Rhonda Stute
(970) 416-0698
rdstute@gmail.com
The forum
will begin with presentations and information from the Council and The
Legal Center, with some highlights from projects that the Council has funded
over the last five years. An additional topic will be a focus on cultural responsiveness and implementing best
practices in including people with developmental disabilities as active members
in the life of their community. Before dinner there will be a presentation by
Watch Our Words (WOW), one of the Council's current grantees. After the presentations we will be sharing dinner together (food is provided at no
cost). After dinner there will be focus groups, led by the Council and The Legal Center,
so that we may learn what some of the important
issues and concerns for people with disabilities and their family members in the
region around Fort Collins.
The
Alamosa
forum is confirmed for August
31, 2010
3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Alamosa Senior Citizens' Center
92 Colorado Avenue
Alamosa, CO 81101
Contact:
Mary Russell
719-580-4029
mrussellco@msn.com
The forum
will begin with presentations and information from the Council and The
Legal Center, with a focus on cultural responsiveness and implementing best
practices in including people with developmental disabilities as active members
in the life of their community. After the presentations we will be sharing dinner together (food is provided at no
cost). After dinner there will be focus groups, led by the Council and The Legal Center,
so that we may learn what some of the important
issues and concerns for people with disabilities and their family members in the
region around Alamosa.
The
Greeley
area
forum is confirmed for September
9, 2010
3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
City of Evans Community Complex
1100 37th Street
Evans, CO 80620
Contact:
Menda Warne
970-545-1344
access-ability@prodigy.net
The forum
will begin with presentations and information from the Council and The
Legal Center, with some highlights from projects that the Council has funded
over the last five years. Before dinner there will be a presentation by
Access and Ability, one of the Council's current grantees. After the presentations we will be sharing dinner together (food is provided at no
cost). After dinner there will be focus groups, led by the Council and The Legal Center,
so that we may learn what some of the important
issues and concerns for people with disabilities and their family members in the
region around Greeley.
Out-of-State Conferences and Events:
Community Building for Microboards and
Human Service Cooperatives, July 27 - 28, 2010, Bloomington, Illinois
Summer Symposium for Change:
Eliminating Disparities for People of Color with Significant Needs for
Support, July 28 - 29, 2010, Washington, DC
Reap What You Sow: Harvesting Support
Systems, a National Youth Leadership Network Conference, July 29 - 31, 2010,
Raleigh, North Carolina
Women's Institute on Leadership &
Disability, August 6 - 29, 2010, Eugene, Oregon
Aligning Disability with the Bottom
Line: Talent, Market Share, and Supplier Diversity: National Conference of
the U. S. Business Leadership Network, September 19 - 22, 2010, Chicago,
Illinois
Feeling the Music of Self-Advocacy,
September 23 - 26, 2010, Kansas City, Missouri
US Autism & Asperger Association
2010 World Conference, October 1 - 3, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri
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