Disability Network | Global Moment: DEIA

CITY SPLITS:
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Group 1: Disability Network Southwest Michigan

Kalamazoo, Michigan | Organized by Global Ties Kalamazoo

Anush ASLANYAN | Armenia
Karine GRIGORYAN | Armenia
Vipula SRIVASTAVA | India
Marthella Rivera ROIDATUA | Indonesia

Meeting Resources

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Meet Your Speaker

Leatrice Fullerton

she/her/hers

Advocacy & Community Education Director

Disability Network Southwest Michigan

Leatrice Fullerton is the Advocacy & Community Education Director with Disability Network Southwest Michigan. In this role, she works closely with staff to participate in different systems change activities and to ensure satisfactory community education presentations. Leatrice is well respected and sought after within the community to provide her unique perspective on a variety of issues including race, disability, and equity. Her commitment to creating positive change, coupled with her strong desire to serve her community, has led to her being appointed to the Kalamazoo Public Library’s Anti-Racism Transformation Team, the Kalamazoo Public Library’s Reading Together Planning Committee, the Kalamazoo Valley Museum’s Advisory Committee, the Kalamazoo Community Foundation’s Women’s Education Coalition Committee, and as the Board President with First Day Shoe Fund. After receiving her Master’s degree in Social Work from Western Michigan University, Leatrice has made it her goal to assist, advocate for, and to be a positive representation of people from different marginalized groups in all that she does.

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Meeting Details

Please join 10 minutes early

Meeting: 08:00–09:30 Eastern U.S. Time

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Zoom link: https://meridian-org.zoom.us/j/89842664319?pwd=N29GNVBmaHFuUW9lRXlNdThFVlk1dz09

Meeting ID: 898 4266 4319

Passcode: IVLP

Meeting organized by: Global Ties Kalamazoo in collaboration with Meridian International Center

Meeting Topic: Leatrice Fullerton will provide an overview of services and programs provided to the disabled community, advocating to protect the civil and human rights of individuals with disabilities.

About the Organization

Disability Network Southwest Michigan (DNSWM) (Kalamazoo, Michigan) helps foster a community where people with disabilities are able to participate fully in everyday life with equal opportunities and self-determination. Whether someone has a physical, psychiatric, neurological, or sensory disability, the organization believes they should be able to thrive and grow at home, in the workplace, and in their community. Services provided include workshops and onsite training, technical assistance, and support in learning to be welcoming of people with disabilities as customers, clients, patrons, volunteers, or employees. DNSWM also serves as a disability rights advocate, protecting the civil and human rights of individuals with disabilities, and making sure that the laws put in place to protect them are vigorously enforced. At least 51% of their Board of Directors and staff members identify as having some kind of disability. Their philosophy has always been that people who live with a disability are experts on disability issues and that services they provide should be created with the direct input of those they will impact.

World Institute on Diversity (California):

https://wid.org/

https://wid.org/whats-up-wid/ - podcast

Ed Roberts - founder of WID:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Roberts

IREX Community Solutions Partner Board

https://www.irex.org/project/community-solutions

Support for Parents of Children with Disabilities:

https://www.care.com/c/10-helpful-special-needs-organizations/

https://www.cdss.ca.gov/in-home-supportive-services

Community Inclusion

https://communitymainstreaming.org/what-is-community-inclusion/