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;
- 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.