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This Week with DVU!

SDP Connect on Wednesday: Fair Hearings in the Self-Determination Program


Thursday's Webinar:
Words Matter: How Politicians Talk About Disability and Race
SDP Connect
Wednesday, September 16th, 4:30 - 6 pm PT
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A weekly information-sharing Zoom meeting for Self-Determination Program participants from everywhere in California, family members, independent facilitators, FMSs, regional center staff, service providers, and anyone else who is interested in moving the SDP forward!

Each meeting will last an hour and a half. The first 15-30 minutes will be a presentation on a different topic followed by questions and answers from attendees at the meeting. We will stop each meeting after an hour and a half, but we will be back the following week to provide more assistance

This week’s topic:
FAIR HEARINGS IN THE SELF-DETERMINATION PROGRAM

Presented by Katie Hornberger, Director, Office of Clients Rights Advocates, Disability Rights California

To listen to simultaneous translation in Spanish:
Call 551-241-6310. There is no access code.

The Zoom meeting ID is 873 6463 5352.
The Zoom meeting password is 123456.

The call will be recorded and posted on The Self-Determination Interchange. Watch past SDP Connect Calls on the Self-Determination Interchange.
Disability Vote California Webinar:
Words Matter: How Politicians Talk About Race and Disability
Thursday, September 17, 1 - 3 pm PT
PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE!
The webinar this week will be 1 - 3 PM PT.
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Find out more at: DisabilityVoteCA.org

Recent elections have been filled with dialogue from candidates and leaders that stereotypes and stigmatizes people with disabilities and people of color. This “uncivil discourse” has now filtered down to discussions on social media and between family members and neighbors. Presenters on this webinar will speak about how language from our leaders — and ourselves — can perpetuate ableism and racism and what we can do to create change and demand respect.

Please join us Thursday, September 17th, from 1 - 3 PM PT.

Presenters include:
  • Howard McBroom, Self-Advocate
  • Stephanie Keeney Parks, Parent, Author and Researcher on Race and Disability
  • Dr. Kristin Prater, Leaps n’ Boundz
  • Dr. Beth Ribet, Repair and UCLA School of Law
  • Other presenters to be announced
Disability Vote California is a coalition of self-advocate and family-led organizations joining with disability rights groups, service providers, regional centers, advocates, and others to ensure that the disability community is educated about their right to vote and understand how the issues and candidates affect us. We plan to: 

  • Host weekly webinars on voting access, the ballot propositions, and the competitive races in California
  • Hold candidate and issue forums
  • Produce plain language voter education materials 
  • Provide outreach to assist and encourage self-advocates, families and professionals to vote
  • Create phone trees, text chains, and What’s App groups to remind people in the disability community to vote
  • Activate a social media campaign
To listen to simultaneous translation in Spanish:
Call 551-241-6310. There is no access code.

The webinar ID is 846 4944 2235.
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  • Meaningful outcomes that matter to us

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