What
is it?
Partners in Policymaking teaches people to be community
leaders. The program educates participants about current issues
and best practices in the disabilities field and teaches them
about the policymaking and legislative process.
The goal is to reach a productive partnership between people who
need and use services and those in a position to make policy and
law.
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The Program
Participants attend six two-day sessions. During
each session, experts in specific will present up-to-date information
and discuss recent breakthroughs. Attendance at all sessions is
mandatory.
A maximum of thirty people will be chosen. The following will be
provided: air travel, hotel accommodations, meals,
personal assistance services, and child care.
You will be expected to complete assignments between sessions
and a major assignment at the end of the program.
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What does it give
you?
Opportunities
to:
- Meet
and talk to leaders in the field of disabilities.
- Understand and help change public policy. The program will
teach you about current issues and how policies are made at
the state and national levels.
- Acquaint and connect you with organizations, and opportunities,
and possibilities.
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Why you should fill out the application
- If you
feel you need increased skills in leadership;
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If you want to share and develop a collective vision for the year 2007 and beyond;
- If you want to meet and talk about issues with leading experts
in the field of disabilities;
- If you want to develop grassroots efforts to affect social
change;
- If you want the
chance to see and experience the newest technologies and
practices available; and
- If you want to influence government processes and policies.
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Program
Dates 2007-2008
Session 1:
August 24/25
Session 2:
September 21/22
Session 3:
October 26/27
Session 4:
November 16/17
Session 5:
January 18/19
Session 6;
February 15/16
Fridays 3:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Saturdays 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Sessions
will be held at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu.
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Contacts
For more information and applications for future Academies,
call the DD Council office on Oahu:
Partners
in Policymaking
is an innovative program for individuals with developmental disabilities
and family members of individuals with developmental disabilities.
The program is designed to provide information, training, resources
and skills, which will develop productive partnerships between people
who need and use services and those in position to make policy and
law. This program will support individuals to lead self-determined
lives.