A Candidates’ Forum on Disability Issues takes place from 3 to 7 p.m. Fri. Oct. 12, at Manchester Community College
Confirmed Keynote Speaker: John Kemp, Esq., a national leader on employment for people with disabilities, and a person with a disability himself, Mr. Kemp will be presenting “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs for People with Disabilities.”
Light refreshments will be served, and sign language interpreters will be provided.
All Congressional and Senatorial candidates, as well as presidential surrogates, have been invited. Come hear the candidates present their platforms on disability issues.
This event is funded by the Developmental Disabilities Network:
The Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities, The Connecticut State Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, The University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Partial list of sponsors:Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Advocacy Unlimited, African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities, American School for the Deaf, Americans with Disabilities Act Coalition of Connecticut, Autism Spectrum Resource Center, Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut, Center for Disability Rights, Communitas, Connecticut Business Leadership Network, Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Connecticut State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Connecticut State Department of Developmental Services, Disabilities Network of Eastern Connecticut, Disability Resource Center of Fairfield County, Focus on Recovery United, Eastern Regional Mental Health Board, Hear Here Hartford, Independence Unlimited, Institute on Disability and Community Inclusion at Manchester Community College, Keep the Promise Coalition, Mental Health Association of Connecticut, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Connecticut, National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut, North Central Regional Mental Health Board, Inc., People First, State Independent Living Council, The Arc Connecticut, The Connecticut Association of Personal Assistance, Inc. and Western CT Association for Human Rights, Inc.
For more information, contact Melissa Marshall at [email protected] or 860-561-1089