Diversity includes ethnicity, race, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, you name it . . . The conference will present a unique opportunity for participants to contribute to the Statewide Strategic Advocacy Plan. Open space allows a group of people to look at circumstances where there are many questions and no simple answers. It allows the people in that group to share knowledge, experience, ideas, and concerns in a comfortable forum, and participants will be encouraged to get involved. Registration forms and information will be available mid-summer of 1997.
Registration is limited, so register early.
Power Through Knowledge is an experience that changes people's lives forever. In January, Cassie James, a nationally known disability rights advocate, was named Program Manager for the Center's Training and Support Unit, which includes the CIL services. Cassie has worked at Liberty Resources, and the former Resources for Living Independently Center, on and off since 1988. In 1993, the Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council honored Cassie with the Wade Blank Memorial Award for her contribution to disability rights through grassroots advocacy. She has been recognized as the recipient of the Bonnie Gellman-Simon Award by Liberty Resources for her significant contribution to empowering people with disabilities.